a suspect rick sherman is a demon that walks among us. a predator that ruined families. if not for the members of this task force, he would still be on the streets today. 459-year-old rex is married and has two children. he was cuffed and surrounded by police as he headed to court where he pleaded not guilty to six counts of murder. the only thing i can tell you he did say as he was in tears i didn t do this. he was arrested thursday night, not far from his architectural design office fifth avenue. early this morning a swarm of police vehicles surrounded his vehicle massapequa park long island not far from where the bodies were found. law enforcement searching for evidence and toeing away cars. the charges are connected to the killings of three women and heuerman is the prime suspect in a fourth murder but he could be linked to as many as 10 killings. the investigation began in 2010 with the search for missing 23-year-old shannon gilbert. police discovered the bodies of
enter without a warrant, skull and crossbones. he doesn t want you to come in there. according to neighbors he is trying to buy up the area for more what? rural area? i would be very carefully looking at that area with ground penetrating radar to see if the dirt had been disturbed but he also has a time share in vegas where he would visit without his wife and children. when asked in a 2017 deposition, you go there for business or pleasure, sir? he says i guess you could call it pleasure. man, i would be all over that like a cheat suit. bill: i want to quote amanda, a sister of one of the victims, melissa, on these taunting phone calls. she said he knew my name, he knew what i looked like, and the final call he said he would kill her and that s the statement that she has given investigators for some time, nancy.
police department as well as members from the district attorney s office. i m curious about the cell phone data here. it was said the recent burner phones and he was alleged to have had, but they re also there are allegations that are made by prosecutors that he may have made taunting phone calls to the victims families. what can you tell me about that? yeah, there were calls that were part of the investigation where it s very possible that rex had placed phone calls to some of the victims and to some of the victims family members. for that reason and because he was still looking to still contact and still looking to reach out is why he was apprehended when he was. what does it mean the word taunting? what kind of communication was he having? was he pretending to be the victim? was he insulting? or trying to make them believe
new york state police, the new york south county sheriff s office, the fbi, our very own investigators from south county police department as well as members from the district attorney s office. i m curious about the cell phone data here. it was said the recent burner phones and he was alleged to have had, but they re also there are allegations that are made by prosecutors that he may have made taunting phone calls to the victims families. what can you tell me about that? yeah, there were calls that were part of the investigation where it s very possible that rex had placed phone calls to some of the victims and to some of the victims family members. for that reason and because he was still looking to still contact and still looking to reach out is why he was apprehended when he was. what does it mean the word taunting? what kind of communication was
collaboration reporter: the d.a. says they identified heuermann and a dna match was made with some help from this discarded pizza box. we have a lot of pieces that when put together i think they tell a story, and that certainly is a key piece. reporter: among the allegations in court documents melissa barthelemy s family received multiple taunting phone calls. a male caller admitted killing and sexually assaulting her. police say heuermann spent time online searching child pornography, sadism, and the gilgo beach investigation. but the developments in the case weren t made public. he likely had no idea they were closing in. and stephanie joining me here in the studio with a late-breaking development. they ve apparently found a vehicle linked to the killings? yeah, lester, they found that chevy avalanche down in south carolina. it s going to be brought back up here to new york to be processed. it s important because they have a witness who says that one of the victims was la