president of the screen actors guild, fran drescher, will join us in moments. welcome to the lead, i am jake tapper. we re going to start with our law and justice lead and the hunt for a serial killer. any moment, state and federal investigators in long island, new york, will update the public on the first arrest in their dede-long investigation into the gilgo beach murders. this is a case tied to at least ten sets of human remains discovered since 2010 along the shore in suburban long island. earlier this afternoon, a married father of two and a new york city architect named rex huerman was arraigned and pleaded not guilty. he s connected to the serial murders of three women and is the prime suspect in a fourth. those three women were part of a group known to law enforcement as the gilgo four. their bodies were found near each other, wrapped in burlap, discovered within 2010. they were all in their 20s and offered sex services on craigslist. as details emerge showing hum
In this edition of Eyewitness News Extra Time, we discuss the latest on the Gilgo Beach murders, a shooting that left two officers shot in Brooklyn, and how the turmoil in Ecuador is affecting New Yorkers.
Asa Ellerup, the estranged wife of Gilgo Beach killer suspect Rex Heuermann has reportedly been in touch with him while he awaits trial in Suffolk County jail, though has not yet been to visit him
Long Island architect Rex Heuermann has appeared in court for the first time since July 14, when he pleaded not guilty to the murders of Amber Lynn Costello, Megan Waterman and Melissa Barthelemy
as well as children fainting because of the heat and we learned of a 19-year-old who was trapped in the razor wire while having a miscarriage. you can see some of the images there and the injuries that have been sustained and of course, wolf, i have been to the border multiple times and migrants do die when they cross. it is hard when i talk to agents to make the direct correlation, but they are noticing more injuries and there is concern now leading, wolf, to this potential investigation by the justice department after their assessment. good reporting, priscilla. thank you very much. coming up on erin burnett out front after the situation room, erin will speak with the sheriff in the gilgo case. we ll be back with more news right after this. m unlimited. so, if you re off the e racking. .or crab cracking, you re cashbacking. cashback on flapjacks, baby backs, or tacos at the taco shack.