Suspect charged in unresolved Gilgo Beach serial killings in US

By Iclal Turan

WASHINGTON (AA) - A New York architect was charged with six counts of murder on Friday in connection with the unsolved killings of women whose bodies were discovered on Gilgo Beach in Long Island over a decade ago, according to multiple reports on Friday.

The suspect, identified as Rex Heuermann of Massapequa, Long Island, was already in custody for some of the murders. The unsolved case involved the discovery of at least 10 sets of human remains between 2010 and 2011 in suburban Long Island, as reported by CNN, citing two law enforcement sources.

CBS reported that Heuermann was taken into custody at his home late Thursday night and will be arraigned Friday in Suffolk County court in Riverhead.

"Members assigned to the Gilgo Beach Task Force, which consisted of numerous detectives and investigators from the Suffolk County Police Department, as well as our partners in the FBI, did place one individual under arrest," Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison said Friday.