Police found hair in the sealed rubbish bag containing some of Mack’s remains that matched that of Heuermann’s wife and then-preschool-aged daughter.
When she died in December 2024, he was accused of second-degree murder.
Four more victims
Only one of the four victims whose bones were discovered in 2011 at or close to Gilgo Beach has been identified.
On February 14, 1996, Karen Vergata vanished from Manhattan while working as an escort.