A suspected serial killer identified as Rex Heuermann has been arrested in New York and charged with six counts of murder for killing three women.
Heuermann, an architect in his late 50s was alleged to have killed his victims, leaving their bodies near a Long Island beach.
Eleven sets of human remains were found in 2010 and 2011 along an isolated stretch of Gilgo Beach on an Atlantic barrier island about 40 miles (64 kilometers) east of New York City.
The killings drew national attention.
News of his arrest came via a bail application filed Friday by the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office.
The New York Post reported that the suspect, who is married and works at a New York City firm, was arrested after being matched to DNA.
The Suffolk County District Attorney’s office requested in Friday’s bail application that Heuermann, who lived a 20-minute drive from Gilgo Beach in Massapequa Park, be remanded into custody without bail while he awaits prosecution for three counts each of murder in the first and second degree.
Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison told reporters outside Heuermann’s home on 1st Avenue in Massapequa Park in the Long Island town of Massapequa, Friday that suspect was arrested at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday in Midtown Manhattan.
He did not identify the suspect but said a grand jury was expected to hand down an indictment on Friday afternoon. Harrison said more information would be provided at a press conference at 4 p.m. (2000 GMT) on Friday.
Some bodies were found wrapped in burlap bags, and five of the victims were identified as missing prostitutes who had advertised for clients online, including on Craigslist, police have said.
The remains were linked to nine women, one man and a toddler girl. Police have said that one person might be responsible for all the murders.
