into the truck. police missed her by five minutes. could have kept her from getting out of here. that weighs heavily on your mind. sandra: it is a case that has baffled investigators on long island and captured the attention of a nation over a decade now, but a suspect is about to be arraigned. nonstop dogged determination of the men and women of the police department, investigators and partners in law enforcement, all of that work never stopped. sandra: welcome back, a second hour kicks off of america reports, and it is a busy news hour indeed. sandra smith in new york. hi, rich. rich: good afternoon, sandra. i m in for john roberts in washington. rex heuermann is expected to be arraigned after he was arrested in new york city. sandra: heavy police presence outside his massapequa park home, 25 minute ride from where four minute were found along the highway leading to gilgo beach. six more victims were found in 2011. many neighbors acting to the arrest. the gu
leading a middle class life in one of long island, new york s bedroom communities. 59-year-old rex heuermann is in custody and expected to make a court appearance. new information from the bail application lists the charges against him, three counts of murder in the first-degree, and three counts of murder in the second degree. he is the owner of r.h. architectural, and he does consulting and helps building owners navigate the building codes. a swarm of police vehicles swarmed his home on long island, searching his home for evidence of the gilgo women of four women, and could be linked to ten killings. shannon gilbert, 24-year-old
and now working the rest of the cases of the gilgo beach murders. sandra: this arraignment could be happening right now, we have asked to put cameras in the room, we can t get a whole lot of information out of the courthouse directly. you are smiling, i m sure you know how that goes. but no electric devices in the courtroom itself we have been told, so we don t know what we are about to see but it s expected to happen by 2:00 eastern time. so we ll be ready. but at best, allow one pool camera in there and that cameraman feeds it to the rest of the agencies, obviously they are very tight letting people in there, and each judge and each courtroom is different. there s no uniform way of determining whether or not cameras are going to be let into the courtroom. and i was a reporter for a while, too. it s very frustrating when you want to get in there and you can t, so i understand the reerns, reasons.
they say they revived this back in 2022 and that dna evidence, car connections to burner phone, his wife being out of town, a number of different pieces of evidence have led them to the moment and led them to the person they believe did this, ongoing initial appearance in long island, and i want to get you back to the idea we were just discussing here. to that end, you know, what we are looking at here, where are we in this process and you know, this is a suspect who is also going to have a day in court and likely multiple days in court. exactly. and suspect is the key word, as digsal information is gathered we don t expect as far as the court filings is the be all and end all that they will come up with, searching his home, his office, the vehicle, you know,
somebody decent. sandra: a little more information and i will tell you what i m getting and have you react to it. we are hearing from the bail application if convicted on the current charges, defendant rex a. heuermann faces multiple sentences of life without parole. ok, we know that he s been charged with murder and the death of three of the 11 victims in this long unsolved string of killings. he s charged with first and second-degree murder in connection with the death of three victims, the authorities say he s also the prime suspect in another killing, so from that bail application, again, if convicted on the current charges, the defendant faces multiple sentences of life without parole. no surprise there. they have the three arrests, he s behind bars. now they can slow down and really be methodical about chasing down all the remaining murders that are out there.