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Maureen Brainard-Barnes — Victim in Gilgo Beach Serial Killings | CaseSleuth

Gilgo Beach Serial Killings/Maureen Brainard-Barnes

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Maureen Brainard-Barnes

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Maureen Brainard-Barnes was a 25-year-old from Norwich, Connecticut who disappeared in July 2007 and whose skeletal remains were found along Ocean Parkway, Babylon, New York in December 2010, making her one of the original 'Gilgo Four' victims. A mother of two young children, she had worked as an escort she advertised on Craigslist. Her case remained unsolved for over 13 years before Rex Heuermann was charged in connection with her murder in July 2023.

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Gilgo Beach Serial Killings

The Gilgo Beach serial killings involved the murders of at least eight women whose remains were discovered along Ocean Parkway on Long Island, New York, beginning in December 2010. Rex Heuermann, a 59-year-old Manhattan architect, was arrested on July 13, 2023, after DNA from discarded pizza crust linked him to evidence found with the victims. On April 8, 2026, Heuermann pleaded guilty to seven murders and admitted to an eighth, with sentencing scheduled for June 17, 2026.

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