ACCUSED Long Island serial killer Rex Heuermann has been charged with the murder of a seventh victim.
Heuermann, 61, was charged with second-degree murder in connection with the killing of Valerie Mack, 24, according to a superseding indictment unsealed on Tuesday.
APRex Heuermann, center, pictured in court during a hearing on June 6[/caption]
Suffolk County Police DepartmentValerie Mack was a sex worker from Philadelphia when she vanished in 2000[/caption]
Suffolk County prosecutors had previously linked Heuermann to Mack’s death but, up until now, had never formally charged him with her murder.
Mack, a sex worker from Philadelphia who went by the alias “Melissa Taylor,” went missing in 2000.
She was last seen alive in the spring of 2000 in New Jersey, but her family did not report her missing.
Hairs found near Mack’s wrist and inside garbage bags were linked to Heuermann’s wife, Asa Ellerup, and their daughter, Victoria, according to the indictment.
Pornographic images of sexual torture recovered from Heuermann’s electronic devices showed bindings similar to rope ligatures found on Mack’s remains.
An extensive planning document created by Heuermann showed he referenced a dump site as Mill Road, the indictment read.
Hikers first discovered parts of Mack’s remains in November 2000 in the Long Island Pine Barren near Mill Road in Manorville.
On April 4, 2011, the rest of Mack’s remains were uncovered near Gilgo Beach.
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