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Authorities investigate possible link between alleged Gilgo Beach killer Rex Heuermann, missing South Carolina woman

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Authorities are investigating a possible link between Gilgo Beach accused killer Rex Heuermann and South Carolina woman Julia Ann Bean who was last seen alive in 2017. South Carolina authorities said they are investigating a possible connection between accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann and a woman who has been missing since 2017. Julia Ann Bean was last seen alive on May 31, 2017, in Sumter County. Her daughter reported her missing on Nov. 18, 2017, according to the Sumter County Sheriff's Office. A person claiming to be a friend of the woman came forward and presented "third hand" information, the sheriff's office said. MORE: Gilgo Beach murders: Suspect identified as Rex Heuermann, charged in deaths of 3 women The sheriff's office said it shared the new information with the FBI and also that the investigation into Bean's disappearance remains ongoing.  Bean's daughter, Cameron, responded to investigators' requests for an inter...

Investigation into suspected Gilgo Beach killer expands to Las Vegas, South Carolina

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Authorities in Nevada said Tuesday they are investigating a connection between the accused serial killer and Las Vegas. Investigations into the Gilgo Beach murder suspect have expanded beyond New York state in the days following his arrest in connection with the Long Island slayings. Rex A. Heuermann, 59, a Manhattan architect, has been charged with the murders of three women whose bodies were found on Long Island's South Shore in 2010. He has pleaded not guilty. Rex Heuermann is shown in this booking photo released by the Suffolk County Sheriff's Department. Suffolk County Sheriff's Department Authorities in Nevada said Tuesday they are investigating a connection between the accused serial killer and Las Vegas. "We are aware of Rex Heuermann's connection to Las Vegas," the Las Vegas Metro Police Department said in a statement Tuesday afternoon. "We are currently reviewing our unsolved cases to see if he has any involvement." Police are trying to ...

21-foot killer whale dies after beaching itself on Florida coast

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A giant 21-foot killer whale weighing an estimated 3-and-a-half tons has died after beaching itself. A giant 21-foot killer whale weighing an estimated 3-and-a-half tons has died after beaching itself. The incident occurred early Wednesday morning at the south end of Jungle Hut beach in Flagler County, Florida -- approximately 30 miles north of Daytona Beach -- when a 7,000 pound female orca washed ashore, according to an announcement made by the Flagler County government on social media. MORE: Sculpture of whale's tail saves train from plummeting 30 feet off railway platform It is thought that the whale was alive when it beached itself but eventually lost its life when it couldn’t make it back into the sea. Authorities said that SeaWorld will be performing a necropsy to establish the killer whale’s cause of death following the incident. MORE: 10-foot-long shark attacks, kills 60-year old surfer Dozens of people were needed to help remove the whale from the beach and authorities...