Architect accused of killing three women found on Long Island appears in court

Rex Heuermann, the architect accused of murdering at least three women near Long Island’s Gilgo Beach, appears in Suffolk County Court on Tuesday (James Carbone/Newsday via AP/PA)

The architect accused of murdering at least three women and leaving their bodies along a remote stretch of coastline near Long Island’s Gilgo Beach, appeared in court on Tuesday.

Rex Heuermann is charged with killing Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman and Amber Lynn Costello, who disappeared in 2009 and 2010. Prosecutors say he is also suspected in the death of a fourth woman, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, who vanished in 2007.