Gilgo: Strangulation, Taunts To Family Common In Serial, Sexual Murders: Psychologist

That is according to an expert in the field, forensic psychologist Louis Schlesinger, who is studying extraordinary crimes like serial, sexual murders for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He told Patch strangulation as the manner of death and the taunting of victims’ families is not uncommon, but rather typical. Rex Heuermann was charged last week with six counts of murder in connection with the deaths of Melissa Barthelemy, Amber Lynn Costello, and Megan Waterman. He is the prime suspect in the death of Maureen Brainard-Barnes. All four women were sex...