Heuermann, an architect who has lived most of his life in Nassau County and worked in Manhattan, New York, on Friday pleaded not guilty to murder in the case of the first three victims and was ordered held without bail.
The four women were found when investigators began looking for Shannan Gilbert, a year-old from Jersey City, New Jersey, who worked as an escort and was reported missing on Long Island in May She disappeared while visiting a client in Oak Beach, 3 miles from Gilgo Beach. Barthelemy was the first one discovered on Dec. Blue discovered human remains. Two days later, the police returned to the stretch of beach where the remains were found and recovered three more bodies within a quarter-mile of where Barthelemy was discovered, prosecutors said.
The four women, all in their mids, were later identified by DNA evidence in Here is what we know about the victims. Melissa Barthelemy was 24 years old and lived in the Bronx when she went missing.
Barthelemy worked as an escort and advertised on sites like Adult Friend Finder, the police said. She was last seen at her home, in a basement apartment, on July 12, On the night she disappeared, Barthelemy told a friend that she was going to see a man and would return, according to the police.
Her mother reported her missing July 18 after not hearing from her. After Barthelemy was reported missing, her younger sister, Amanda, began receiving calls, never lasting more than three minutes, from an unidentified male caller, the police said. Although the first of the four to be found, the police said she was likely the second of the women to be killed.
