12 and a half years ago, the bodies of four people were found over several days buried near a remote beach on New York's Long Island. All four women were women murdered, wrapped in burlap They were eventually identified as Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, Maureen Brainard, Barnes and Sambolin Costello. And they were not the only ones in the year that followed investigators will uncover seven more sets of human remains across two Long Island counties, bringing the total to 11. But there were few clues. The case went cold. No arrests. Were made until now. Tonight, the remarkable story of how authorities came first to suspect and then build a six count murder case against a 59 year old married architect with two children of his own in a home in a quiet Long Island neighborhood. Miguel Marquez joins us now from outside the suspect's home. Miguel, Anderson, I want to show you some of what's been happening outside his home. This case, these unsolved murders have just gripped Long Island and so many people for so long police have been out here all day going through his home, bringing out tons of evidence. And even though they've only brought charges regarding three of those deaths, near Kilgore Beach, it has been received with enormous relief to help here. I'm standing here with my law enforcement partners in the Gilbert Task Force to announce the indictment of defendant Rex Andrew. Sex workers found tied up their bodies wrapped in camouflage burlap dumped near Guillot Beach on New York's Long Island. When I took office in January of 20, 22, I made Gil go a priority. The kill go beach murders traumatized and captivated Long Island, just east of New York. City, for more than a decade. Now, the suspect as unthinkable as the murders themselves. This is a shock to many lives here. I mean, I've seen some things, but this is worth it. Rex Schuerman 59, charged with three murders today. The investigation continuing. He faces a possible fourth murder charge. Investigators say they identified human using DNA from the bodies of the victims and from witness descriptions of him and the car he drove Investigators obtained hundreds of search warrants and subpoenas linking human to temporary burner phones and fake email accounts. Investigators allege he used them to communicate with his victims, taunt the family of one of them, and search for information related to the investigation into the long unsolved murders. We recognize that these crimes may have happened years ago, but that pain continues. Investigators biggest break came when they were surveilled human at his midtown Manhattan office. He was eating pizza and discarded it in a public trashcan. DNA from the pizza crust say investigators linked human to the murders. Human has been charged with the murders of Melissa Barthelemy, Amber Lynn Costello and Megan Waterman. All sex workers, all on their toes. The investigation is continuing, and he has also been named as a suspect in the murder of Marine Raynard Barnes. In all, there were 11 bodies found in and around Gill Beach, only three and possibly a fourth now linked to one alleged killer. So far, investigators say they made the arrest now because they feared human could strike again. One of the reasons why we had to take this case down was we learned that the defendant was using these alternate identities and these alternate instruments to continue to patronize sex workers. Rex Human has pled not guilty and insists through his lawyer that he's innocent. He is an unlikely suspect, a husband, father of two, an architect working in Manhattan dealing with arcane building codes. In February 20, 22, he was even interviewed about his job for a YouTube show. Recommend an architect. I'm an architectural consultant. I'm a troubleshooter. Born and raised on Long Island. As for the several other victims found near Guillot Beach, many of their family members hope this will lead to answers about their loved ones. Were they victims as well? I'm hopeful for the future, and I'm hopeful that a connection is made What more investigators saying about the suspect and his alleged crimes My God, the more you dig into this, Anderson, it is just shocking how much investigators have put out there and some some seriously incredible investigative work that they have done. They're saying that this guy became increasingly brazen through all of this, saying that he was using burner phones to search about the investigation itself. And with regard to that one taunting, that he'd use a burner phone to call a relative of Melissa Barthelemy telling that person that he had both sexually assaulted and killed Melissa Barthelemy. Just shocking Anderson. So incredible. Miguel Marquez, appreciate it. Joining us now is Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney, who you saw there in Miguel's piece. Mr. Tierney, thank you so much for joining us on this evening. What initially led you to this suspect? Was there a first clue that was sort of an aha moment? Well, I took office in January of 20, 22. Of course, the investigation had been going on for about 12 years. So we did sort of a soup to nuts analysis of the case and we looked at some of the old evidence and then we factored into some some new evidence, specifically some information with regard to a car that the defendant owned. And we able to plug that into existing phone evidence as well as the sum of the hairs that were left on the murder victims and I think March 14th of of 20, 22 was, was when we really focused on this defendant and not had been the first time that this defendant had ever been identified as a suspect in these murders. Well, so he wasn't even identified as a suspect early on. It was it was March of 20, 22. That was the first time he was identified as a suspect. That's correct. And when did you know for sure, in your opinion, that he was the killer? Well, I mean, I think that there's you know, it just kept on getting more and more interesting. I think if you look at the defendant. Yes, he's a he's a he's a very large person with with the distinctive appearance of the witnesses at the time of Ambling Costello's disappearance, really described the person that looked that that appeared very much like the defendant. He owned a particular vehicle, a Chevy Avalanche. FBI agents back in 20, 2012 established areas of interest of phone usage in both Massapequa Park and New York City, where it appeared as though the the murderer was making phone calls. And this constrained area was exactly where this defendant lived as well. As where he worked. So, you know, we kept on putting these things together, stringing them together. Then, of course, following him, obtaining the abandonment sample, and then being able to link up some of the DNA samples left at the scene with the profiles of both the defendant and his relatives was was very helpful. Can you say how long you were following him for, like like physically following him or. Well, it's very difficult to follow somebody. 24. Seven. Yeah. But, you know, we had the resources of our task force, fortunately. So we had the resources, but Suffolk County P.D. in this instance, as well as the FBI. So we were we were physically surveilling him. And then we have ways of electronically surveilling people, which I don't really want to go into. But so we were, you know, the combination of the two, you know, we were gathering evidence. We felt comfortable. But then we got to the point where, you know, the interest in gathering evidence didn't override our our, you know, concern for public safety, given his activities and how much I mean, in the 12 and half years, there's obviously been a lot of technological advances and changes in DNA, DNA. How much of the technological changes in that time frame have been instrumental and help help it? Well, I think the thing that's really extraordinary about the case is the FBI, the cast agent, he did a phenomenal job. And he really back in 2012, you know, he set the course for the cell site evidence. You know, the the women were were out in in a tough environment. For a long period of time. So there was not a lot of forensic evidence. But the hairs that we got in in 2010 I'm sorry, 2011 you you couldn't use traditional DNA analysis methods. So the DNA technology improved where you could now go from that. You couldn't use what's what's known as traditional nuclear DNA testing, which you could do mitochondrial DNA testing. And as we got into, you know, the late teens and into the early twenties, now, the the technology caught up to where we could do that, which was very fortunate routinely to extraordinary work. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you, Anderson.
