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Bu içerikte, New York’un Long Island bölgesinde altı kadının ölümüyle suçlanan Gilgo Beach seri katili, yedinci bir kurbanın cinayetiyle suçlandı. Rex Heuermann adlı şüpheliye bağlı olarak Valerie Mack, 24 yaşında ve New Jersey’li bir kadın olarak tanımlandı. Mack’in 2000 yılında Manorville’deki bir ormanlık alanda bulunan torsosu ve 11 yıl sonra Gilgo Beach yakınında bulunan diğer kalıntıları, 2020 yılında DNA ile tanımlandı. Mack’in kalıntıları, Heuermann’un hedef aldığı diğer kadınların kalıntılarıyla birlikte bulundu ve şüpheli, 61 yaşında olduğu ve Temmuz 2023’ten beri tutuklu olduğu için yargılanmayı bekliyor. Heuermann, Mack’in ölümüyle bağlantılı suçlamaları reddetti ve duruşma tarihi belirlenecek. Mahkeme belgelerine göre, Mack’in kalıntıları üzerinde bulunan kadın saçları, DNA testiyle Heuermann’un eşi ve kızına bağlandı. Savcılar, Mack’in göğüslerinin sakatlandığını ve kalıntılarının Heuermann’un elektronik cihazlarındaki pornografik görüntülerle benzer şekilde ip ile bağlandığını belirtti. Ayrıca, Heuermann’un cihazlarında bulunan bir belge, savcıların cinayetlerini örtbas etmeye çalışırken aradığını düşündüğü “köpük drenaj temizleyici” gibi malzemeleri listeledi. Araştırmacılar, Heuermann’un Long Island evinde sakladığı Newsday, New York Post, People ve New York dergisi gibi gazete ve dergi makalelerinin koleksiyonunu da ele geçirdi. Heuermann, Mack’in ölümüyle bağlantılı olduğu düşünülen yedi kurbanın altısına DNA kanıtıyla bağlandı. Savcılar, Mack’in göğsündeki “iki sürekli pürüzsüz defektin” ölümünden sonra yapıldığını belirtti. Heuermann’un ayrıca, Mack’in sol bileğindeki oğlunun adını taşıyan dövmeyi çıkardığı şüpheleniliyor. Heuermann, Manorville’deki silah kulüplerine kaydolduğu yer olarak atıfta bulunan bir belgeyi açıkladığında, Mack’in öldürülmesiyle bağlantılı bir şüpheli haline geldi. Mack, son olarak 2000 yılında ailesi tarafından görüldü. Diğer altı kurban gibi Mack de bir seks işçisiydi ve Megan Waterman, Melissa Barthelemy, Amber Costello, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Jessica Taylor ve Sandra Costilla gibi diğer altı kurbanın yanı sıra öldürüldü. Heuermann, suçlanan kadınların Waterman, Barthelemy ve Costello’nun 2009 ve 2010 yılları arasında öldürüldüğü cinayetlerle başlangıçta suçlandı. Daha sonra 2003’te Taylor ve 1993’te Costilla’nın öldürülmesiyle suçlandı. Savcılar ayrıca Heuermann’u, 2011 ve 1996 yıllarında farklı yerlerde bulunan Karen Vergata’nın ölümüyle de suçlu olarak adlandırdılar, ancak onun bu cinayetle suçlanmadı.
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Kaynak: www.theguardian.com

The alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer previously charged in the deaths of six women on New York’s Long Island was charged on Tuesday with the murder of a seventh alleged victim.

Valerie Mack, 24, is the latest murder victim linked to Rex Heuermann.

Mack, of New Jersey, was for two decades known as Jane Doe No 6. Her torso was discovered in a wooded lot in Manorville in November 2000 – and the rest of her remains were found 11 years later near Gilgo Beach – before her identification through DNA in 2020.

The remains of Mack found on Gilgo Beach were alongside those of other women who authorities believe were also allegedly targeted by Heuermann, 61. He has been under arrest and jailed awaiting trial since July 2023.

Heuermann had pleaded not guilty to the earlier charges when he appeared on Tuesday on the charge connected to Mack’s death.

“I’m not guilty of any of these charges,” he said.

A tentative trial date will probably be set on Tuesday.

According to court papers, female hair found on Mack’s remains was linked to Heuermann’s wife and daughter through DNA testing.

Prosecutors said that mitochondrial DNA tests on the head hair found near Mack’s left wrist excluded 99.65% of the North American population. Those not excluded: a daughter of Heuermann who was between three and four years old at the time Mack was killed – and his wife, Asa Ellerup.

Prosecutors have said Mack’s breasts were mutilated and her remains tied with rope in a similar fashion to pornographic images on Heuermann’s electronic devices from around the time she was killed.

Prosecutors also said an alleged planning document found on his devices lists “foam drain cleaner” among supplies prosecutors believe he sought while trying to cover up his alleged killings.

Investigators also said they recovered a collection of physical copies of magazine and newspaper articles about the killing, including copies of Newsday, the New York Post, People and New York magazine that Heuermann kept at his Long Island home.

According to prosecutors, six of Heuermann’s alleged seven victims are linked to the defendant or his family by DNA evidence.

Prosecutors said that – in addition to dismemberment – “two continuous ragged defects” found on Mack’s breast were made after her death. The alleged serial killer also removed a tattoo of Mack’s son’s name from her left ankle, prosecutors suspect.

Heuermann became a suspect in Mack’s killing in June when prosecutors revealed a document they discovered that referred to Manorville – near gun clubs in which Heuermann was enrolled – as a potential “dump site.”

Mack was last seen by family in October 2000. She had been a sex worker like the six other victims – Megan Waterman, Melissa Barthelemy, Amber Costello, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Jessica Taylor and Sandra Costilla.

The remains of four of the women were discovered intact along Gilgo Beach on southern Long Island. But two others had been separated – with some body parts in Gilgo Beach, Manorville and North Sea. Investigators have long believed the deaths were related.

Heuermann, a New York architect, was initially charged with the murders of Waterman, Barthelemy and Costello, who were killed between 2009 and 2010. He was later charged with the killings of Taylor, in 2003, and Costilla, in 1993.

Prosecutors have also named Heuermann a suspect in the death of Karen Vergata, whose remains were found in different locations in 2011 and in 1996, though he has not been charged with her death.

Gilgo Beach serial killings: suspect charged with murder of seventh victim | Gilgo Beach serial killings
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