>>> WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS OUT OF
LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK, WHERE
POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A SUSPECT
IN A MORE THAN DECADE OLD SERIAL
KILLER INVESTIGATION, ACCORDING
TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL
AND TWO GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, A
SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY IN THE
SO-CALLED GO GO BEACH MURDERS.
11 SETS OF HUMAN REMAINS HAVE
BEEN FOUND ALONG A STRETCH OF
HIGHWAY IN THE AREA AFTER POLICE
BEGAN SEARCHING FOR A MISSING
24-YEAR-OLD IN 2010.
NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT EMILIE
IKEDA IS WITH ME NOW.
WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE
SUSPECT IN THIS CASE?
>> THIS MOMENT YEARS IN THE
MAKING.
JUST IN THE LAST MATTER OF
MINUTES, WE’RE LEARNING FROM
FOUR SENIOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIALS THE IDENTITY OF THE
SUSPECT IN THE GILGO BEACH
MURDERS.
HE’S BEING IDENTIFIED AS REX
HERMAN.
LAW ENFORCEMENT ON THE GROUNDS
OF HIS HOME IN MASSAPEQUA PARK
AREA SWARMING THAT AREA
THROUGHOUT THE TWA.DAY.
THE D.A.’S OFFICE DESCRIBING IT
AS A SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT IN
THE CASE.
IT’S COMING JUST OVER A YEAR
AFTER WE SAW THIS MULTIAGENCY
TASK FORCE FORM TO, QUOTE,
REINVIGORATE THE INVESTIGATION
INTO A CASE THAT HAS CONFOUNDED
LONG ISLAND POLICE AND REALLY
THE COUNTRY, A NATIONAL
SPOTLIGHT ON THIS JUST
ABSOLUTELY TRAGIC CASE WITH SO
MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS.
AS YOU MENTIONED, A STRING OF
BODIES FOUND ALONG SUFFOLK
COUNTY, HUMAN REMAINS BELONGING
TO 11 DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
FOR THOSE IN THE AREA, THEY’LL
REMEMBER THE SWEEPING SEARCH
EFFORTS AS YOU’RE SEEING THROUGH
THAT BEACHY BRUSH FOR A LONG
PERIOD OF TIME.
THOSE STUNNING DISCOVERIES
REALLY COMING AFTER POLICE BEGAN
SEARCHING FOR 24-YEAR-OLD SEX
WORKER SHANNON GILBERT BACK IN
2010.
THIS MORNING, AGAIN, POLICE ON
THE GROUND IN MASSAPEQUA PARK,
THE HOME TO REX HERMAN ACCORDING
TO SOURCES.
NEIGHBORS SAY THEY DIDN’T NOTICE
ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY
ABOUT THE SUSPECT.
TAKE A LISTEN HERE.
>> WE’VE BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT 30
YEARS, AND THE GUY’S BEEN QUIET,
NEVER REALLY BOTHERS ANYBODY.
WE WERE KIND OF SHOCKED TO TELL
YOU THE TRUTH.
>> THE GUY, HE KEEPS TO HIMSELF.
HE PRETTY MUCH KEEPS TO HIMSELF.
WE’D SAY HELLO TO EACH OTHER
ONCE IN A WHILE, THAT WAS IT.
MORNING PLEASANTRIES.
>> AND WE SHOULD LEARN MORE
INFORMATION AT 4:00 P.M. TODAY.
THE NEWS CONFERENCE IS SCHEDULED
ON LONG ISLAND, AND A HOST OF
OFFICIALS WILL BE ON THE GROUND
THERE INCLUDING THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY, POLICE COMMISSIONER,
SHERIFF, STATE POLICE AND FBI
AFTER THIS MAJOR BREAK IN A CASE
THAT HAS, AGAIN, CONFOUNDED
POLICE AND AUTHORITIES FOR MORE
THAN A DECADE AND ATTRACTED