The police are expected to finally reveal the identity that a woman called “Peaches” and her 2 -year -old daughter after her remains were found in Gilgo Beach almost 30 years ago.
Nassau County researchers plan to release the names of the victims at a planned press conference later on Wednesday, NBC reported, citing sources of application of the law.
The woman’s dismembered torso was found in a container in a wooded part of the Hempstead Lake state park in June 1997.
DNA tests confirmed that the girl, who was about 2 years old at the time of her death, was the daughter of Peaches.
The mother and daughter were linked for a long time to the murder investigation of Gilgo Beach, in which the remains of at least 10 people were discovered, mostly female sex workers, along an isolated road not far from Gilgo Beach.
Rex Heermann was arrested in 2023 and accused of the death of three of the victims: Melissa Barthemy, Amber Lynn Costello and Megan Waterman.
While hiding behind bars, he was accused in the death of four other women: Valerie Mack in 2000, Jessica Taylor in 2003, Maureen Brainard Barnes in 2007 and Sandra Costilla in 1993.
Suffolk County District Prosecutor, Ray Tierney, who directs Heermann’s case, refused to comment on the announcement of Peaches given the ongoing judicial case.
“I will not talk about any issues that are only Tangentialy related to Gilgo Beach’s research until our audiences conclude,” he told Newsday.
Heermann’s lawyer, Michael J. Brown, also declined to comment.
Heermann declared himself innocent of all charges and has coined his innocence.
With publication cables
