Police investigate LI wooded area in possible connection to Gilgo Beach murders: sources

NEW YORK (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) – Police are investigating a wooded area on Long Island believed to be connected to the Gilgo Beach murders, sources told 1010 WINS.

“The Suffolk County Police Department, the New York Police Department and the New York State Police are working with the District Attorney's Office on an ongoing investigation,”the office of Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said in a statement. “We do not comment on investigative steps while they are underway. We will make further statements when appropriate.”

The Suffolk County District Attorney's Office did not provide further details, but a source familiar with the investigation confirmed that the search is connected to the Gilgo Beach murder investigations.

Several officers were seen near a wooded area off Wading River Manor Road, according to Newsday. Police dogs were deployed in a different section of the woods off Ryerson Avenue near The Maples bar.

Rex Heuermann, 60, the main suspect in the Gilgo Beach murder, has remained jailed in Riverhead since his arrest last July outside his Midtown architectural consultant firm. He has maintained his innocence after being charged with the murders of four women—known as the “Gilgo Four”—whose remains were found along Ocean Parkway near Gilgo Beach in 2010 and 2011.