True Crime NYC

True Crime NYC

The biggest city in America is home to some of the most sinister crimes. In the new podcast “True Crime NYC,” ABC7 Eyewitness News in New York unravels some of the most ghoulish stories in the Big Apple and exposes the shocking twists and turns. They include: A mobster eludes a series of astonishing assassination attempts – until his luck runs out in a fast-food drive-thru lane. A senior citizen is accused of being a serial killer. A seaside dumping ground for bodies – and how the alleged serial killer behind it was caught. People who vanish without a trace – and the pain of loved ones hoping for answers. These are but some of the stories “True Crime NYC” will showcase, bringing you new interviews to reveal what it takes to investigate – and crack – these cases. Follow “True Crime NYC” for chilling new stories weekly.

Episodes

GILGO BEACH E16: How a hair tied 7th murder to alleged Gilgo serial killer

January 3, 2025 • 13 mins
Accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann has been charged in the death of a seventh woman. Heuermann is charged with one count of second-degree murder in connection with the murder of Valerie Mack, according to a superseding indictment unsealed Tuesday. Mack, whose remains were first found on Long Island in 2000. Mack, 24, had been working as an escort in Philadelphia and was last seen by her family that year in New Jersey. ...
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GILGO BEACH E15: New sketch released of male Gilgo Beach victim

December 27, 2024 • 10 mins
Even though there has been an arrest in the Gilgo Beach serial killings, investigators are still trying to solve cold-case murders and authorities are asking for the public's help. On Monday, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney released three new updated sketches of a Gilgo Beach victim. The Asian male victim's remains were recovered along Ocean Parkway in April 2011. However, authorities say he was killed during or prior ...
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GILGO BEACH E14: 7,000 tips, 350 electronic devices

December 20, 2024 • 11 mins
Suffolk County prosecutors have received some 7,000 tips following the arrest of alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann, district attorney Ray Tierney said after his latest court appearance. Prosecutors turned over "voluminous" evidence to Heuermann's defense, including results from DNA lab work, data from Heuermann's electronic devices, and notes from searches of his home. Heuermann has pleaded not guilty to killing multi...
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GILGO BEACH E13: What Rex's wife and children think

December 13, 2024 • 9 mins
Rex Heuermann, the accused Gilgo Beach serial killer charged in six killings is now being eyed by investigators for even more, nearly one year to the day that the Manhattan architect, husband, and father of two was arrested. Heuermann's adult children - and his now-estranged wife, Asa Ellerup, showed support at court. Robert Macedonio, Asa's attorney, talked with Eyewitness News reporter, Chantee Lans, about what the past year has ...
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GILGO BEACH E12: Sickening 'planning document' of murders

December 6, 2024 • 27 mins
Disturbing new details have emerged in the Gilgo Beach serial killings as Rex Heuermann, 60, was charged in two additional women. The new charges also significantly expand the timeline in the Gilgo Beach case, with the first murder Heuermann is accused of committing now taking place in 1993. Prosecutors also revealed disturbing "planning" documents that they allege the suspect used in his killings and disposal of the victims. The a...
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GILGO BEACH E11: Heuermann charged with another murder

November 29, 2024 • 9 mins
Suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann is expected to be charged this week with an additional murder, according to Newsday. Heuermann has pleaded not guilty to killing four women -- Megan Waterman, Melissa Barthelemy, Amber Costello, and Maureen Brainard-Barnes - whose remains were found near Gilgo Beach along Ocean Parkway. Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney declined to comment. Word of the new indictment foll...
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GILGO BEACH E10: 'I used to buy him that pizza'

November 22, 2024 • 11 mins
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 of the claims made against her former boss. "It's traumatizing," she said. "It's so unbelievable." Sturman worked for Heuermann from 2017 to 2018 at his architectural office in Midtown. She s...
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GILGO BEACH E9: Who is Rex Heuermann?

November 15, 2024 • 14 mins
"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 the city. He has a job, where he's very technical, where he's an architect and engineer." The amazing details of the investigation that finally collared a suspect in the longtime cold case. L...
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GILGO BEACH E8:: Out of the blue, an arrest

November 8, 2024 • 12 mins
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 arrested in Midtown Manhattan. He was initially charged in the deaths of Megan Waterman, Amber Lynn Costello, and Melissa Barthelemy. Investigators also named him as the prime suspect in the d...
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GILGO BEACH E7: Shannan's chilling 911 call released

November 1, 2024 • 10 mins
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 Kristin Thorne. "They've had this video for so many years -- why now? And they said they want to keep the case going." Then on May 9, 2022, Suffolk County Police released a 22-minute 911 phone cal...
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GILGO BEACH E6: Belt emerges as key murder clue

October 25, 2024 • 12 mins
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 involvement," recalled Kristin Thorne. On Jan. 16, 2020, police released photos of a belt imprinted with the letters "H-M" or "M-H" to the public. Police say they believe the belt was handled by the ...
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GILGO BEACH E5: Shannan Gilbert's bones found

October 18, 2024 • 13 mins
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 murdered. That Shannan Gilbert died in an accidental drowning," recalled reporter Josh Einiger. A few years later, Shannan Gilbert's mother, Mari Gilbert, who is credited for the discovery of the G...
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GILGO BEACH E4: Investigators stumped

October 11, 2024 • 15 mins
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 disappeared that her family started to hold police accountable and say -- you have to get out there and try to find Shannan Gilbert." Investigators found a cell phone, lip gloss, shoes, and a ...
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GILGO BEACH E3: Body count rises

October 4, 2024 • 14 mins
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 identified the victims as Jane Doe Number 6, a baby girl and an Asian man. Investigators then say they believe they are looking for three, if not four, killers. "This is around the time that it ...
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GILGO BEACH E2: We have a serial killer

September 27, 2024 • 15 mins
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 that first report that we did," recalled Einiger. "There was a press conference with the man who was then the police commissioner. And he said something that to this day, I remember everything...
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GILGO BEACH E1: Bodies found on Gilgo Beach

September 20, 2024 • 11 mins
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 'there's a crime scene, there's a maybe body discovered', way down south on Ocean Parkway. Go check it out," Einiger said. When they arrived at the scene, it was cold and pitch black. There were ...
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NYC's only unsolved murder on 9/11

September 13, 2024 • 21 mins
Few situations exist in which one can draw a parallel to the men and women who lost their lives on 9/11. But, retired NYPD detective Michael Prate said one does stick out in his mind - the murder of Henryk Siwiak in Brooklyn during the last few minutes of that tragic day. Siwiak, 46, a recent Polish immigrant, was supposed to be at his first night at a new job at a grocery store in Brooklyn. He got on the A train and that's where h...
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The Blood We Share: Part IV

September 6, 2024 • 15 mins
Investigators unravel a murder-for-hire plot to kill a well-known mob associate, Sylvester Zottola, in New York City. They found a key piece of evidence under the hood of Zottola's car. That piece of evidence, along with cell phone text messages, led them to who killed the mob associate and why. This is Part 4 of a four-episode murder mystery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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The Blood We Share: Part III

August 30, 2024 • 15 mins
Someone tried to kill mob associate Sylvester Zottola not just once or twice, but at least six different times. Almost all of the vicious attempts were captured on camera. He survived a beating, a shooting, and a throat slashing, only to be murdered doing something he did routinely every day. To his dying day, the father of three never suspected who was trying to kill him all along. This is Part 3 of a four-episode murder mystery. ...
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The Blood We Share: Part II

August 23, 2024 • 16 mins
Someone tried to kill mob associate Sylvester Zottola not just once or twice, but at least six different times. Almost all of the vicious attempts were captured on camera. He survived a beating, a shooting, and a throat slashing, only to be murdered doing something he did routinely every day. This is Part 2 of a four-episode murder mystery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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