The Long Island man accused of killing multiple women near Gilgo Beach has been charged in the murder of a seventh victim, according to a grand jury indictment unsealed on Tuesday in Suffolk County.
The remains of Valerie Mack, who prosecutors say was 24 when she died, were identified in 2020 through DNA evidence, the indictment states. Mack is believed to have been a sex worker who traveled between Philadelphia and Wildwood, New Jersey, where she lived with her son’s father, as well as Atlantic City, before she was killed, according to prosecutors. Her remains were found in two separate locations in Suffolk County in 2000 and 2011, respectively.
Rex Heuermann, 61, had already faced murder charges in the deaths of six other women whose remains were found within miles of each other. After decades without a break in the case, police and prosecutors finally had enough evidence to charge Heuermann in a bombshell indictment issued the summer of 2023. Heuermann, an architect and consultant who lived in Massapequa Park, pleaded not guilty to the earlier charges.
His lawyer did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Tuesday. Prosecutors asked a judge to remand him without bail.
Mack’s torso was found in a wooded lot near Manorville in November 2000, prosecutors said, while her head, hands and feet were found near Gilgo Beach in April 2011. Heuermann is accused of referring to these sites in planning documents as “DS,” or “dump sites,” according to the Suffolk County district attorney’s office.
The indictment states that prosecutors uncovered electronic documents from Heuermann’s residence that described his preferred victims. At approximately 5’0” and weighing less than 110 pounds, Mack fit Heuermann’s alleged description of “SMALL IS GOOD” in the documents.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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