Could the Gilgo Beach murders have been solved much sooner? Elizabeth Vargas Reports
July 21, 2023
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5:21Now PlayingCould the Gilgo Beach murders have been solved much sooner? Elizabeth Vargas Reports
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as posted by the channelLong Island investigators had a description of a suspect vehicle — a Chevy Avalanche — in the Gilgo Beach murders in case files since 2010. However, no one tracked down the vehicle until a task force was created to solve the murders more than a decade later. Then, it only took detectives six weeks to identify the vehicle and suspect 59-year-old Rex Heuermann.
Suffolk County legislator and retired detective Robert Trotta joined "Elizabeth Vargas Reports" to discuss what he calls a "major mistake" that authorities made during the decadeslong investigations.
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