US police complete search of alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer’s home

Police workers search the grounds at the home of Gilgo Beach murders suspect Rex Heuermann in Massapequa Park, Long Island (Seth Wenig/AP/PA)

An intense police search of the Long Island home of Rex Heuermann is now complete, authorities said on Tuesday as they ended a 12-day hunt for evidence.

Their search involved digging up the garden and the discovery of a basement vault containing hundreds of weapons kept by the man accused of killing at least three women more than a decade ago.