Gilgo Beach LISK Serial Killer, Rex Heuermann, charged with 3 murders, July 2023

[sceawian]

I'm so excited that it seems like Peaches, her daughter, and I'd guess Asian Doe will finally have their names back! Edit: Fire Island Doe!!

I wonder if it was previously unreleased Google searches for their names, or if trophies were found in his house?

 

[sds71]

The authorities are expected to identify Jane Doe No. 7, whose remains were found on Fire Island in 1996.

The remains were later linked by DNA to other human remains found along Ocean Parkway near Gilgo Beach in 2011.

Gilgo Beach: Suffolk County authorities identify another victim in string of killings

The authorities identified Jane Doe No. 7, whose remains were found on Fire Island in 1996, as 34-year-old Karen Vergata.

abc7ny.com

 

[iamshadow21]

I'm so excited that Peaches, her daughter, and I'd guess Asian Doe will seemingly, finally have their names back!

I wonder if it was previously unreleased Google searches for their names, or if trophies were found in his house?

It looks like it may be Fire Island Doe, but this will be the seventh identification, so I'm not sure that some media haven't got their wires crossed between "Jane Doe #7/Fire Island Doe" and "seventh Jane Doe" identified. We'll know in three hours.

I think that since they took over, the new investigators have been beavering away at identifying the unidentified victims. I don't think it's necessarily related to the search of RH's life and belongings. I know that recently they released information that they knew of an ancestor of Peaches and asked for descendants of that person to help if they could. I think the genetic genealogy folks have been doing their darnedest, and whoever this ID turns out to be, they're just the first whose ID has been able to be confirmed, with the others still in the works but hopefully not too far away.

MOO

 

[JerseyGirl]

New thread here, this one will close shortly:

Gilgo Beach LISK Serial Killer, Rex Heuermann, charged with 3 murders, July 2023 #7

In my our lifetime, an arrest is made for LISK! 10 victims Friday’s reported arrest came after Suffolk County’s new police commissioner created a special Gilgo Beach Homicide Investigation Task Force in February last year Gilgo Beach, LISK serial killings suspect in police custody MEDIA ONLY...

www.websleuths.com

 

[sds71]

Gilgo Beach: Suffolk County authorities identify another victim in string of killings

The authorities identified Jane Doe No. 7, whose remains were found on Fire Island in 1996, as 34-year-old Karen Vergata.

abc7ny.com

Long Island police expected to identify another victim in Gilgo Beach killings: Source

DNA played a key role in Heuermann’s arrest. Prosecutors have said hair found at the crime scene matches DNA from a pizza box the suspect threw into a trash can in Manhattan.

www.nbcnewyork.com

 

[FromGermany1]

Who is The Girl With The Peach Tattoo?

Wednesday marked 20 years since the June 28, 1997 discovery of the woman dubbed Peaches, who was confirmed in December to be the mother of the only child among the homicide victims found six years ago along Ocean Parkway.

www.longislandpress.com

Investigators revealed the link between Peaches and Baby Doe in a recently updated case file listed in NamUs, a federal database used to help identify Jane and John Does nationwide, following inquiries from Zeman and Mills. They were acting on a tip from a Massapequa native who uses the handle “Fieldnotes” in the online crime buff forum WebSleuths. Fieldnotes previously told the Press he first noticed Jane Doe No. 3 wasn’t listed in NaMus in 2013 after meeting the victims’ families and pushed for her inclusion before authorities later confirmed Jane Doe No. 3 was actually Peaches.

 

[Oakie]

All this LISK stuff is happening so fast I can't keep up. What is the status of genetic geneaology efforts for "Peaches"?

 

[dotr]

rbbm.

Authorities identify another victim in Gilgo Beach serial killing investigation

Suffolk County authorities have identified another victim in the Gilgo Beach investigation, which they are expected to reveal at a 10:30 a.m. news conference.

abcnews.go.com

''The authorities are expected to identify Jane Doe No. 7, whose remains were found on Fire Island in 1996, the sources said. They were later linked by DNA to other human remains found along Ocean Parkway near Gilgo Beach in 2011.

Additionally, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney told Newsday that authorities believe they will soon be able to identify the remains of three more unidentified victims in the larger Gilgo Beach investigation.''

“We’re honing in on that, and I think we’ll have information on that -- on some of the identifications shortly,” Tierney said.

Asked when, Tierney replied: “Real shortly.”

 

[sds71]

All this LISK stuff is happening so fast I can't keep up. What is the status of genetic geneaology efforts for "Peaches"?

Tierney, in a more than hourlong interview with Newsday on Thursday to discuss the ongoing Gilgo Beach homicide investigation and the efforts that culminated in the indictment and arrest of Heuermann more than 13 years after the first victims’ bodies were discovered, also revealed that authorities likely will be able to identify the remains of three of the total 10 victims whose remains were found in the vicinity of Gilgo Beach.

Those victims — a woman who investigators have nicknamed “Peaches” because of a tattoo she had, a toddler that was found with her and those of a man who was found separately — have remained unidentified.

“I think we’re getting closer with regard to all of those profiles,” said Tierney, who confirmed that the identifications would be made by the FBI using genetic genealogy, “among other things." The FBI used genetic genealogy to positively identify another of the 10 victims tied to Gilgo Beach: Valerie Mack, in 2020.

“We’re honing in on that, and I think we’ll have information on that — on some of the identifications shortly,” Tierney said.

Asked to specify if that meant weeks or months, Tierney replied: “Real shortly.”

Gilgo Beach killings: Maureen Brainard-Barnes' remains bound with belt embossed with the initials 'WH' or 'HM,' DA says

The killing was not part of the indictment of alleged serial killer Rex A. Heuermann, though prosecutors have named him as the "prime suspect" in her slaying.

www.newsday.com

 

[Ann99]

If todays presser identifies Peaches ( and her baby) as a victim of RH, that is huge.
Peaches was killed so long ago, 1997. Approx June 27, 1997.

This article

Is The FBI Close to IDing Peaches, Baby Doe in Gilgo Case?

Investigators appear to be one step closer to identifying a woman and her young child whose murders have been unsolved for 25 years and were linked to the gruesome Gilgo Beach murders.

www.longislandpress.com

Gives a genealogy that explains the relationships but is hard to follow.

 

[arielilane]

15 hr ago

There's a #GilgoBeach press conference scheduled tomorrow at 10:30ET with the latest developments in the #RexHeuermann case. Speakers include Suffolk County District Attorney Tierney, Police Commissioner Harrison, Suffolk County Sheriff Toulon, New York State Police and FBI.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1687206631631974400

https://twitter.com/alcaprari23

 

[Momoffourboys]

Gilgo Beach: Police identify another victim in serial killing investigation, sources say

Authorities have identified another victim in the Gilgo Beach, New York, murders investigation, sources familiar with the case told ABC News, though it is not clear if this new victim is linked to suspect Rex Heuermann. Suffolk County officials are expected to identify Jane Doe No. 7, whose...

www.yahoo.com

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Meanwhile, Suffolk County prosecutors are asking a judge to order Heuermann to submit a DNA sample as they work to determine whether he is connected to other Gilgo Beach killings or other murders across the country. The mitochondrial DNA and the discarded pizza box sample used to tie him to the three murders he's charged with are ineligible to be submitted to databases circulated to law enforcement agencies nationally and statewide.

 

[sds71]

Gilgo Beach investigators have identified the victim known as “Jane Doe No. 7,” whose partial remains were first found on Fire Island in 1996, another critical step forward in the investigation following the arrest last month of suspected serial killer Rex A. Heuermann, a source told Newsday.


Investigators have not linked Heuermann to the newly identified victim’s killing, the source said.

Gilgo Beach killings: Investigators have identified 'Fire Island Jane Doe' as Karen Vergata

Vergata, who lived on West 45th Street in Manhattan and was last seen Feb. 14, 1996, worked as an escort, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said.

www.newsday.com

 

[Logic Bomb]

Another victims name returned to them. Absolutely fantastic news and long over due. I think IDs for Peaches and Baby Doe are right around the corner as well.

RH seems like a hoarder. IIRC, Peaches was wrapped in a bath towel and floral print pillow case. Perhaps he still has some of these linens. Or maybe they're visible in some old family photos.

If RH is responsible for Fire Island Jane Doe, we know he's been active since at least 1996. There are large gaps of time inbetween some of the victims. I'm fearful there are more we don't know about.

 

[NyxNY]

In your link RH's attorney says:

"The press has convicted my client without seeing a shred of evidence,” Michael Brown told reporters after the hearing, suggesting that prosecutors "very well could have the wrong guy."

Guess Brown doesn't know was a Bail Document is....

Just another defense attorney twisting things to make his client appear to be wrongly accused, even though he claims he doesn't want his client tried in the media. Kohberger's attorney is doing the exact same thing.

 

[citizen_sleuth]

“I think we’re getting closer with regard to all of those profiles,” said Tierney, who confirmed that the identifications would be made by the FBI using genetic genealogy, “among other things." The FBI used genetic genealogy to positively identify another of the 10 victims tied to Gilgo Beach: Valerie Mack, in 2020.

Gilgo Beach killings: Maureen Brainard-Barnes' remains bound with belt embossed with the initials 'WH' or 'HM,' DA says

The killing was not part of the indictment of alleged serial killer Rex A. Heuermann, though prosecutors have named him as the "prime suspect" in her slaying.

www.newsday.com

RSBBM

The identifications being made possible by genetic genealogy "among other things" makes me believe that perhaps evidence was found with the bodies that, when put together with other information, led them to IDs.

 

[Scotch]

Just another defense attorney twisting things to make his client appear to be wrongly accused, even though he claims he doesn't want his client tried in the media. Kohberger's attorney is doing the exact same thing.

Probably setting up a defense related to RH’s mental health...it was a different personality in his head that killed all those women.

 

[x_files]

I'm feeling the most complicated, heightened anxiety but also excitement. I almost feel sick with it. Peaches and her daughter, Fire Island Doe, Asian Doe... they've been waiting so long. Is it one of them, or is it someone else? Is it someone we don't know about? Whose name are we going to hear for the first time?

MOO

They all deserve justice! I'm here for the truth to be revealed!

 

[citizen_sleuth]

In less than an hour, Fire Island Jane Doe will have her name back after 27 years. She is believed to have died in 1996.

 

[jessr927]

RH is not what I had expected the accused GB4 killer to look like, that's for sure. I definitely pictured someone shorter, in better shape, and sleazier looking. In fact I had a POI who was looking very good for it and even admitted to hanging out with and possibly having sex with one of the 4 girls. Long story but of course it was not him.