Suspected Gilgo Beach killer may have wanted to keep victims captive, evidence suggests

>> NOW TO ANOTHER HIGH PROFILE COURT CASE AND WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE NEW CHARGES FILED AGAINST ALLEGED GILGO BEACH SERIAL KILLER REX HERMAN, A DAY AFTER HE WAS CHARGED WITH THE MURDERS OF TWO ADDITIONAL VICTIMS. A SUFFOLK COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAYS NOTES WRITTEN OUT BY HERMAN SUGGEST THAT HE MAY HAVE WANTED TO KEEP HIS ALLEGED VICTIMS CAPTIVE OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. EYEWITNESS NEWS ANCHOR MIKE MARZA HAS MORE. >> PROSECUTORS REVEALING CHILLING NEW DETAILS OF REX HERMAN'S SO-CALLED PLANNING DOCUMENT. THEY BELIEVE HE USED TO PLAN OUT HIS KILLS NOTES TO HIMSELF TO HIT HARDER. CONSIDER A HIT TO THE FACE OR NECK. NEXT TIME, REMOVE MARKS FROM TORTURE AND USE PUSHPINS TO HANG, DROP CLOTHES FROM CEILING, NOT TAPE. >> WE ALLEGE THAT THE PLANNING DOCUMENT SHOWS HIS MOTIVATIONS, HIS METICULOUS PLANNING, AND HIS CLEAR INTENT TO MURDER THOSE SIX VICTIMS. >> SUFFOLK COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY RAY TIERNEY ON GMA THIS MORNING. >> IT WOULD SEEM TO INDICATE FROM THE DOCUMENT AGAIN, AND IT'S OUR ALLEGATION THAT THERE WAS A PLAN TO ABDUCT THESE WOMEN AND KEEP THEM FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. >> HERMAN, BACK IN COURT YESTERDAY CHARGED WITH TWO MORE MURDERS. SANDRA CASTILLO IN 1993. HER BODY FOUND IN NORTH SEA, AND JESSICA TAYLOR, HER DECAPITATED BODY FIRST DISCOVERED IN MANORVILLE IN 2003, AND THE REST OF HER REMAINS AT GILGO BEACH IN 2011, NEAR THE REMAINS OF HIS FOUR OTHER ALLEGED VICTIMS. HERMAN PLED NOT GUILTY TO ALL SIX MURDERS. >> THIS YEAR HAS BEEN 21 YEARS SINCE SHE WAS TAKEN FROM US LONGER THAN THE CHANCE THAT SHE GOT TO BE ALIVE. I CAN'T EXPRESS WHAT THIS DAY MEANS. AFTER WAITING AND HOPING FOR ANSWERS, INVESTIGATORS USING ADVANCED DNA TO LINK HIM. >> WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THE CASES. >> WE'VE GOT MORE BODIES ON GILGO BEACH, AND WE HAVE MORE BODIES OFF OF THE, OFF THE BEACH AS WELL, WHICH HAS RESULTED IN THESE TWO NEW CHARGES. AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK. >> ONE MURDER IS OBVIOUSLY HORRIFIC, AND IT'S A DIFFICULT THING TO DEFEND. NOW WE'RE AT SIX. >> PROSECUTORS BELIEVE HUMAN CONSULTED BOOKS ABOUT SERIAL KILLERS. >> THERE WAS A SPECIFIC REFERENCE IN THE DOCUMENT TO PASSAGES FROM A BOOK BY A FBI CRIMINOLOGIST. >> REPORTER. INVESTIGATORS SAY HE ACTED ALONE. HIS ESTRANGED WIFE, ASA ELLER, STILL MAINTAINS SHE DOESN'T BELIEVE HE'S CAPABLE OF HIS ALLEGED HORRIFIC CRIMES. >> WE ALLEGE THAT THIS DEFENDANT LIVED A DOUBLE LIFE. HE HAD HIS HIS PUBLIC FORWARD FACING LIFE AND THEN HIS WHAT HE DID

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Length: 2min 41sec (161 seconds)

Published: Fri Jun 07 2024