Investigators link phone number in document tied to Heuermann to sex worker

Investigators link phone number in document tied to Heuermann to sex worker

Rex Heuermann, center, charged in the Gilgo Beach serial killings on Long Island, appears for a hearing, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, at Suffolk County Court in Riverhead, N.Y. (James Carbone/Newsday via AP, Pool)

Newsday is reporting that law enforcement source say a phone number in an alleged planning document by Gilgo Beach serial killings suspect Rex A. Heuermann has been linked to a former sex worker from the Bronx.

Investigators have since reportedly confirmed the number belonged to Danielle Goodling who died in 2021 at age 42, of an apparent drug overdose and liver failure according to her family.