welcome to the whole story. in d december of 2010, four bods were found along a quarter mile stretch of gilgo beach on the south shore of long island, new york. all four victims were young women in their 20s who advertised sex work on craigslist. they were all bound at the feet or ankles. it was a shocking discovery and it was just the beginning. over the next year, seven more sets of human remains were found in the kra. m most of them women. so was this the work of a serial killer? that s the question investigators have been asking until they got a new lead. they now have a suspect, someone who say was living a double life as a husband and father. over the next hour, we ll piece together how exactly police were able to identify the suspect and how the killer was able to get away with it for so long. state police. there s somebody after me. what s your name? shannon gilbert. where are you? i m on long island. and what s wrong? these people are me. may 1st
more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. any moment now we expect the gilgo beach serial killer suspect to appear in court. this is rex heuermann s first appearance since pleading not guilty to the murder of three women. police believe heuermann may have, in fact, committed those killings inside his family s home when his wife and two children were out of town and after an intensive search of the property his wife s attorney shared these photos of the aftermath of that search. cnn s jean casarez joins us live from outside the courthouse. jean, often these appearances are procedural, but what do we expect to happen today and soon after? reporter: well, we just understood that media was just allowed into the courtroom, so it has not quite begun yet, but i think any minute this conference, this case has been set for conference today. i was told is the proper terminology. i ve been told by the public information officer there s nothing formally set that they are
the case, i know it seems damning, it s not open and shut by any stretch of the imagination. trace: fox team coverage with brian foley and phil holloway, but bryan is in riverhead, new york. what can we expect in court today? trace, good afternoon. right now this preliminary hearing is expected to start right now. we know that the suffolk county district attorney and his team have made their way inside of that courtroom. we also know that neighbors that lived in rex heuermann s neighborhood in massapequa park, long island have made their way in, as well as the family of some of the victims, including the sister of melissa barthelmy, the first victim whose remains were found in 2010, and the fourth victim that prosecutors say they are confident they ll be able to link and eventually charge rex heuermann with that death. cameras are not allowed inside the courtroom but we have that live feed of the hallway and rex heuermann was brought in through a secure area. the jail is
bodies were found along a quarter-mile stretch of go-go beach on the south shore of long island, new york. all four victims were young women in their 20s who advertised a work on craig list. their bodies were found within a quarter-mile stretch of beach, all bound at the feet or ankles and covered with burlap to hide them. it was a shocking discovery, and it was just the beginning. for the next year, seven more set of human remains were found in the area, mostly women. was this the work of a serial killer? that is the question investigators have been asking for more than a decade, with no answers until 2022, when a recent dna technology gave police a new lead. they now have a suspect, someone they say who is living a double life as a husband and father. police fear he was targeting even more victims. over the next hour, cnn will piece together exactly how police were able to identify the suspect and how the possible killer was able to get away with it for so long. state pol
engaging in sexual activity without consent and one count of engaging in penetrative activity without consent. he has now been found not guilty of all of those charges, rahel. this will, of course, be welcomed by kevin spacey and his lawyers. he has said throughout this trial that he welcomes his day in court. he welcomes the in 2000 and 2010, a period in which kevin spacey was the artistic director of the old vick theater here in london. the prosecutor, of course, bringing forward these accusations of the young men who at the time were in their 20s and 30s described spacey as a sexual bully saying he delighted in making others feel powerless. of course, kevin spacey hit back in court, yes, i was a big flirt and a promiscuous person and went on to describe the encounters as fun, flirtatious and denying that, and found innocent of all 12 of those charges and this is huge for kevin spacey and said he hopes to be found innocent and hopes to get his career back. salma, this w