Gilgo Beach killings suspect charged in 4th murder

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. – Rex Heuermann, the suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer accused of dumping his victims in the brush alongside Ocean Parkway east of New York City, has been charged with a fourth murder. Heuermann already faces six charges total in the deaths of Melissa Barthelemy, 24, Megan Waterman, 22, and Amber Costello, 27. Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney called him the prime suspect in the death of the fourth victim, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, 25, when he announced the first set of charges last year.