Rex Heuermann, whom prosecutors charged in July as the Gilgo Beach serial killer, was indicted Tuesday morning in connection with a fourth murder.
Mr. Heuermann, 60, was previously charged in the killings of three of the four women who in 2010 were found bound in similar fashion with burlap, belts and tape on the Long Island oceanfront.
In July, prosecutors called Mr. Heuermann the prime suspect in the murder of the fourth woman, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, 25, of Norwich, Conn. Ms. Brainard-Barnes disappeared in 2007, becoming the first of the so-called Gilgo Four to vanish.
But charges in her killing were delayed, pending DNA test results on a hair recovered from her remains, and the grand jury in the case continued its work.
Months later, it finally returned a murder indictment in connection with her death.
Persons:
Rex Heuermann, Heuermann, Maureen Brainard, Ms . Brainard, Barnes
Locations:
Barnes, Norwich, Conn