Suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann to face new murder charges: reports

Suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann is set to appear in court on a new indictment that charges him with a fifth murder, according to a report.

NBC New York on Monday reported 60-year-old Heuermann, of Massapequa Park, N.Y., is expected to be arraigned Thursday. He will appear for an arraignment before a State Supreme Court Justice, the media outlet noted.

The news comes just a few weeks after authorities searched the suspected killer's New York home a second time.

Fox News reported New York State Police, as well as investigators from Suffolk County, were converged at the Massapequa Park home May 20.

The media outlet noted law enforcement agents were seen in the driveway, with some wearing rubber gloves, as others carried white cardboard document boxes into the home.

In August, attorneys for Heuermann's wife, Asa Ellerp, said authorities ransacked the family's home during an initial search.

"Their valuables were shattered,” Attorney Vess Mitev, who represents Heuermann's children, said during a previous news conference. “Their beds were destroyed. The places that they lay their heads down at night no longer exist ... They can't be inside. The house is in shambles. It’s ransacked. The conditions inside are deplorable -- and they were left in deplorable conditions."

Heuermann, who was arrested in July, was accused of murdering at least four woman and dumping their bodies in Gilgo Beach, New York.

The women were identified as 27-year-old Amber Costello, 24-year-old Melissa Barthelemy, and 22-year-old Megan Waterman. Heuermann was later charged in connection to the death of 25-year-old Maureen Brainard-Barnes, and is suspected of killing at least seven others.

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