Suspect charged in Gilgo Beach murders

CLOSE IN ON THE ALLEGED SERIAL KILLER, AFTER MANY QUESTIONED WHETHER THE TRAIL HAD GONE COLD, IT’S WHERE WE BEGIN TONIGHT. GOOD EVENING. I’M STEVE LACY, NATASHA VERMA. HERE ARE THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS. REX GERMAN OF MASSAPEQUA PARK. LONG ISLAND IS THE MAN POLICE SAY IS BEHIND THREE OF THE GRIZZLY GILGO BEACH MURDERS. AND THEY SAY DNA EVIDENCE PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN CATCHING THE 59 YEAR OLD ARCHITECT OF ALL THE ANGLES OF START WITH SHARON CROWLEY LIVE IN THAT MASSAPEQUA PARK NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THE SUSPECT CALLS HOME. SHARON. YEAH THAT’S RIGHT, STEVE. THIS IS STILL AN ACTIVE

CRIME SCENE. AS YOU MAY BE ABLE TO SEE BEHIND ME. THERE ARE STATE POLICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM NASSAU AND SUFFOLK COUNTY WHO HAVE BEEN HERE ALL DAY. THEY’VE BEEN THAT HE LIVED IN. WE’VE SEEN THEM BRING OUT BOXES OF THINGS FURNITURE, WHAT APPEARED TO BE A COOLER AS THEY TRY TO UNRAVEL THE MYSTERY OF WHAT IS NO LONGER A COLD CASE. SHERMAN IS A DEMON. THAT WALKS AMONG US. PREDATOR. THAT RUINED FAMILIES. IF NOT FOR THE MEMBERS OF THIS TASK FORCE. HE WOULD STILL BE ON THE STREETS TODAY. INVESTIGATORS ANNOUNCING A DRAMATIC DEVELOPMENT IN

A COLD CASE THAT HAS HAUNTED LONG ISLAND FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, HUMAN MARRIED FATHER OF TWO FROM MASSAPEQUA PARK IS A SERIAL KILLER. HE’S CHARGED WITH THE UNSOLVED MURDERS OF SEX

WORKERS GILGO BEACH MORE THAN A DECADE AGO. HUMAN WHO IS AN ARCHITECT, WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AT HIS MIDTOWN MANHATTAN OFFICE. HE WAS ARRAIGNED FOR KILLING MELISSA BARTHOLOMAY, MEGAN WATERMAN AND AMBER COSTELLO. HE’S ALSO THE PRIME SUSPECT IN 1/4 WOMAN’S MURDER. THE WOMEN’S REMAINS WERE FOUND CLOSE TOGETHER, BOUND AND WRAPPED IN CAMOUFLAGE COLORED BURLAP ALONG OCEAN PARKWAY NEAR ENTERED A NOT GUILTY PLEA AT

THE COURTHOUSE IN RIVERHEAD. THE ONLY THING I CAN TELL YOU THAT HE DID SAY AS HE WAS IN TEARS WAS I DIDN’T DO THIS REOPENED LAST YEAR WHEN THE NEW DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND POLICE CHIEF CREATED A SPECIAL TASK FORCE INVOLVING THE FBI TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE. WITHIN TWO MONTHS. THE TASK FORCE IDENTIFIED HUMAN AS A SUSPECT. DETECTIVES LINKED HIM TO A PICKUP TRUCK HE OWNED AT THE TIME THAT WITNESSES REPORTED DISAPPEARED. ANOTHER HUGE BREAK CAME WHEN POLICE MATCHED DNA FROM PIZZA HUMAN EIGHT AND DISCARDED IN THE TRASH CAN TO GENETIC MATERIAL FOUND

ON THE WOMAN’S REMAINS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID IS WE FOLLOWED HIM BECAUSE WE WANTED TO GET AN ABANDONMENT SAMPLE OF HIS DNA. WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO DO, INVESTIGATORS SAY HUMAN BUT BURNER PHONES TO CALL HIS VICTIMS AND ARRANGE MEETINGS. THIS IS A PICTURE FROM COURT DOCUMENTS SHOWING HIM AT A MOBILE PHONE STORE IN MIDTOWN MANHATTAN 13 YEARS SINCE THE UNSOLVED CASES, SCIENCE HAS ADVANCED, HELPING INVESTIGATORS FINALLY MAKE THE BREAK THEY NEEDED FOR SO LONG. HE’S STILL A BIG MYSTERY TONIGHT AS TO WHAT HAPPENED. CHAIRMAN IS STILL IN CUSTODY. HE’S EXPECTED TO

HAVE ANOTHER COURT APPEARANCE NEXT MONTH. AS FOR HERE LIVE AT MASSAPEQUA PARK, YOU CAN SEE AS WE SAID ENFORCEMENT. STILL CONSIDERING THIS A CRIME SCENE, HERE FOR SEVERAL MORE DAYS. AND THIS IS NOT THE ONLY PROPERTY THAT THEY’RE SEARCHING. THEY’RE ALSO SEARCHING HIS OFFICE IN MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, TRYING TO GET