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🗓️ 8 August 2023
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Making recent headlines is the arrest in a cold case over a decade-old, the Long Island Serial Killer. From 2010 to 2012, the remains of 11 bodies were found on or near Gilgo Beach on the east end of Long Island, New York. In July of 2023, authorities arrested Rex Heuermann, a 59-year old architect charged with the murder of three women in the case – and named as a prime suspect in a fourth, based on phone records and DNA evidence. True crime documentary and podcast producers Billy Jensen and Alexis Linkletter were on the hunt long before these recent developments. Their 2021 podcast,“Unraveled: Long Island Serial Killer,'' uncovers a web of corruption and cover-ups perpetuated by the Suffolk County Police Department that enabled the investigation to go unresolved for so long. Alec speaks with Jensen and Linkletter about their findings, what the recent discoveries reveal – and what questions still remain.
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0:00.0 | This is Alec Baldwin, and you're listening to Here's the Thing from I Heart Radio. |
0:08.6 | In the headlines recently are the shocking revelations surrounding the Long Island serial |
0:13.9 | killer. |
0:15.2 | From 2010 to 2012, the remains of 11 bodies were discovered in or near Gilgo Beach on |
0:23.8 | the South Shore of Long Island, with many of the victims being young female sex workers. |
0:30.3 | The case went unsolved for 13 years. |
0:33.6 | Until July 13th of this year, when Rex Hewerman, a 59-year-old architect, husband and father, |
0:41.0 | was arrested and charged with the murder of three women in the case, and named as the prime |
0:46.2 | suspect in a fourth. |
0:48.4 | Hewerman pled not guilty. |
0:50.9 | Long before the arrest I discovered and quickly devoured the podcast unravelled the Long Island |
0:57.5 | serial killer. |
0:59.4 | Later in the program, we'll catch up on the current state of the case, but first I want |
1:04.2 | to share my original conversation with the podcast's hosts and executive producers Billy |
1:10.3 | Jensen and Alexis Linkletter. |
1:13.4 | This conversation was recorded about a year before the latest discoveries. |
1:18.8 | Their investigative podcast and accompanying documentary unravel a web of police corruption |
1:24.9 | and cover-up centering on the scandal-ridden Suffolk County Chief of Police, James Burke. |
1:31.3 | Suffolk County executive Steve Bologna appointed Burke in 2012. |
1:36.5 | Four years later, Burke was convicted of assault and obstruction of justice for his attack |
1:41.8 | on civilian Christopher Loeb, who had stolen a duffel bag containing pornography and sex |
1:47.5 | toys from Burke's truck. |
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