A modern Jack the Ripper haunted Long Island for decades, targeting sex workers while authorities failed to act. Discover how Rex Heuermann evaded capture for so long despite leaving victims along Ocean Parkway. From corruption within Suffolk County PD to public apathy toward the victims, this chilling case exposes how prejudice and incompetence allowed a killer to continue his reign of terror until a DNA breakthrough finally brought him to justice.
Long Island Serial Killer, Rex Heuermann, Gilgo Beach murders, Suffolk County Police, Tom Spota, Jim Burke, Shannan Gilbert, Melissa Barthelemy, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Amber Costello, Megan Waterman, Ocean Parkway, serial killers, true crime, cold case, police corruption, criminal investigation, unsolved murders, DNA evidence, New York crime, sex workers