Medical examiner arrives at Gilgo Beach suspect’s house as search continues
- Rex Heuermann charged with the deaths of four women found along Gilgo Beach
- All four women were sex workers who went missing
- A previous search of the home turned up a 'huge list' of items
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(NewsNation) — Police served a search warrant Monday at the home of Rex Heuermann, the suspect in the deaths of four women whose bodies were found along Gilgo Beach, NewsNation has confirmed.
No family members were present and Heuermann’s estranged wife, Asa Ellerup, confirmed that the home had been searched. It isn’t clear what prompted police to search the home or what specific information they were seeking.
The medical examiner arrived at the home later in the morning and NewsNation’s Laura Ingle saw very large evidence bags being carried out of the home.
Last month, authorities conducted a multiday search of the woods in Manorville, New York, though it’s not clear if this second search is connected.
Riverhead, N.Y.: Accused Gilgo Beach killer Rex Heuermann appears before Judge Timothy P. Mazzei in Suffolk County Court in Riverhead, New York on August 1, 2023. (Photo by James Carbone/Newsday RM via Getty Images) 
Asa Ellerup enters court before a conference on her husband, Rex Heuermann’s case. (NewsNation) 
Police investigators in the backyard of Gilgo Beach murders suspect Rex Heuermann in Massapequa Park. (Credit: WPIX) 
A crime laboratory officer removes a box of items as law enforcement searches the home of Rex Heuermann, Saturday, July 15, 2023, in Massapequa Park, N.Y. Heuermann, a Long Island architect, was charged Friday, July 14, with murder in the deaths of three of the 11 victims in a long-unsolved string of killings known as the Gilgo Beach murders. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon) 
Authorities remove a picture frame as they search the home of suspect Rex Heuermann, Tuesday, July 18, 2023, in Massapequa Park, N.Y. Police carted more boxes of potential evidence Tuesday out of the Long Island home of Heuermann, who has been charged with killing at least three women and leaving their remains alongside a beach highway. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) 
Authorities search the home of suspect Rex Heuermann, Tuesday, July 18, 2023, in Massapequa Park, N.Y. Detectives investigating the long-unsolved slayings known as the Gilgo Beach killings have continued their searches, recently including a storage facility in the Long Island community of Amityville over the weekend. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) 
Authorities remove evidence as they search the home of suspect Rex Heuermann, Tuesday, July 18, 2023, in Massapequa Park, N.Y. Police carted more boxes of potential evidence Tuesday out of the Long Island home of Heuermann, who has been charged with killing at least three women in the long-unsolved slayings known as the Gilgo Beach killings. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) 
Another view of the Heuermann home. (Asa Ellerup via Robert Macedonio) 
Photos from inside the Heuermann home. (Asa Ellerup via Robert Macedonio) 
Items from the Heuermann home. (Asa Ellerup via Robert Macedonio) 
Authorities continue to work at the home of suspect Rex Heuermann in Massapequa Park, N.Y., Monday, July 24, 2023. Heuermann has been charged with killing at least three women in the long-unsolved slayings known as the Gilgo Beach killings. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) 
This combination of undated images provided by the Suffolk County Police Department shows Melissa Barthelemy, top left, Amber Costello, top right, Megan Waterman, bottom left, and Maureen Brainard-Barnes. Authorities on Long Island are vowing to continue investigating a string of killings known as the Gilgo Beach murders after charging an architect in the deaths of three of the 11 victims. Rex Heuermann, 59, is accused of killing Barthelemy, Costello and Waterman over a decade ago. He is also considered the prime suspect in the death of Brainard-Barnes. (Suffolk County Police Department via AP)
Heuermann is currently awaiting trial, facing murder charges in the deaths of four women known as the Gilgo Four, whose bodies were all found along Gilgo Beach in Long Island, New York.
Investigators previously searched the Heuermann home after he was arrested and charged with the deaths of Amber Lynn Costello, Megan Waterman and Melissa Barthelemy. He was later charged with the death of Maureen Brainard-Barnes.
All four women were sex workers and their bodies, along with several others, were found along Gilgo Beach in 2010 and 2011. At this time, Heuermann has not been linked to any other of the deaths.
In the initial search of Heuermann’s home in summer 2023, police found what they described as a “huge list” of items, including more than 200 weapons. They also searched the backyard of the home as well, and Heuermann’s family claimed investigators left the home in chaos.
Ellerup filed for divorce after Heuermann’s arrest. Her DNA was among the evidence used to eventually arrest Heuermann, as police used familial DNA to help identify a suspect.
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