The former executive assistant of accused Long Island serial killer Rex Heuermann is speaking for the first time exclusively with Eyewitness News.Donna Sturman told investigative reporter Kristin Thorne she still has not gotten over the shock

Who is Rex Heuermann?

Mar 14th, 2024 14m 15s

"Rex Heuermann is everything we've been led to believe would be the guy," said reporter Josh Einiger. "He's kind of a loner. He's kind of antisocial. His house is different from every other house on that block. It's sort of a mess. He works in

Out of the blue, a Gilgo Beach arrest

Mar 7th, 2024 12m 43s

On July 13, 2023, police finally made an arrest in the Gilgo Beach murder case."This was an earthquake in Massapequa Park. This was a storm like they had never expected this," recalled Eyewitness News reporter Stacey Sager.Rex Heuermann was a

Shannan's chilling 911 call released

Feb 29th, 2024 10m 57s

Eyewitness News got an alert that Suffolk County police were going to release surveillance video of Megan Waterman leaving a hotel in Hauppauge -- the last place she was seen."As reporters were thinking, again, why do this now?" recalled Krist

Decade later, belt emerges as key Gilgo murder clue

Feb 22nd, 2024 12m 57s

In December 2015, the FBI joined the investigation.Why did that collaboration not happen for so many years?"It didn't happen because of politics. We had a police chief in Suffolk County, as well as a DA, that did not seem open to FBI involve

Shannan Gilbert's bones found on Gilgo Beach

Feb 15th, 2024 13m 59s

After a year and a half of searching, investigators found the skeletal remains of Shannan Gilbert on Gilgo Beach."What was the ultimate stunner in all of this is that they believed -- and still do believe -- that Shannan Gilbert was not murder

Gilgo investigators stumped

Feb 8th, 2024 15m 47s

Investigators had found 10 bodies and identified five of them, but they were still searching for Shannan Gilbert."This investigation started because Shannan Gilbert disappeared," said reporter Kristin Thorne. "It wasn't until Shannan Gilbert d

Gilgo Beach body count rises

Feb 1st, 2024 14m 47s

Investigators continued to find more bodies, but the remains differed from those of the "Gilgo Four".Police found three more victims in the area between Oak Beach and Gilgo Beach, bringing the total count of victims to eight.Investigators ide

We have a serial killer

Jan 26th, 2024 15m 54s

Shannan Gilbert's disappearance in 2010 sparked the discovery of 11 bodies on and near Gilgo Beach on Long Island."One of the most significant things I've ever heard at any kind of public official say, I think it was the first full day after

Bodies found on Gilgo Beach

Jan 26th, 2024 11m 21s

It began on a regular garden variety day in December, when Eyewitness News reporter Josh Einiger and his photographer, Tony Saturno, were covering stories in Suffolk County."We were on our way back and we got a call from the desk - saying 'the

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Introducing 'Eyewitness to Gilgo Beach'

Jan 18th, 2024 47s

The news coverage of the Gilgo Beach murders began with a single live shot: a live remote, plagued with technical difficulties, from a barren and frozen beach off Long Island's South Shore. Little did anyone know how important that report would

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