ABC News’ Erielle Reshef reports on the deepening mystery as investigators scour a wooded area roughly 45 minutes east of the infamous Gilgo Beach, where bodies were discovered.

Investigators are searching a wooded area in Manorville, New York, as part of the Gilgo Beach murders investigation, law enforcement sources told ABC News.

Investigators are searching a wooded area in Manorville, New York, as part of the Gilgo Beach murders investigation, law enforcement sources told ABC News.

The search for missing sex worker Shannan Gilbert led to the grisly discovery of 10 other bodies on a stretch of beach along Long Island's South Shore.

In the statement, Asa Ellerup said she is giving her husband, Rex Heuermann, "the benefit of the doubt" and that she will "withhold judgment until the end of the trial."

The estranged wife of alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann maintains that he is "not capable of the crimes he is accused of," her attorney said Wednesday.

ABC News correspondent Stephanie Ramos and ABC News contributor Brian Buckmire share the latest as the Gilgo Beach suspect entered a not guilty plea to a fourth murder charge.

Prosecutors in Suffolk County, New York, have charged alleged serial killer Rex Heuermann with murdering Maureen Brainard-Barnes.

Host and legal analyst at the Law and Crime network, Terri Austin, provides analysis on the latest details in the Gilgo Beach and Murdaugh murder cases.

Rex Heuermann, 60, was charged with murdering Maureen Brainard-Barnes, who disappeared in 2007 while working as an escort.

Investigators released new evidence against Rex Heuermann, who was charged with the murder of Maureen Brainard-Barnes, months after he was IDed as the primary suspect. He has pleaded not guilty.

Rex Heuermann was charged with murdering Maureen Brainard-Barnes, who disappeared in 2007.

ABC News’ Stephanie Ramos and contributor Channa Lloyd talk about what the new charges that suspect Rex Heuermann faces and what new evidence could mean for the case.

Alleged serial killer Rex Heuermann has pleaded not guilty to a new second-degree murder charge.

Heuermann has already pleaded not guilty to three other murders.

Alleged serial killer Rex Heuermann will appear in court Tuesday to be charged with killing a fourth woman whose body was found in a marshy spot on Long Island near Gilgo Beach, sources tell ABC News.

Alleged serial killer Rex Heuermann is expected to be charged in the death of a fourth woman in New York. ABC News' Lionel Moise has the details.

Rex Heuermann is already charged with killing three women. He will return to court on Tuesday.

Lawmakers are pushing for an expansion of a state law that prohibits convicts from profiting from their crime.

A DNA sample taken from the estranged wife of alleged serial killer Rex Heuermann matches her genetic material that was found on the remains of victims, law enforcement sources told ABC News.

Prosecutors have cleared Asa Ellerup of any wrongdoing and have said she was out of town at the time of the murders.

Asa Ellerup attended one of Rex Heuermann's court appearances for the first time on Wednesday surrounded by a film crew after signing a contract with a production company.

The estranged wife of Gilgo Beach, New York, murder suspect Rex Heuermann attended one of his court appearances for the first time on Wednesday.

Asa Ellerup, the estranged wife of suspect Rex Heuermann, attended his hearing Wednesday saying she wants to see the evidence against him.

ABC News’ Aaron Katersky has the details as the Gilgo Beach murder suspect appears in court.

Gilgo Beach suspect Rex Heuermann is not a "monster" and maintains his innocence, his attorney said.

The attorney for Gilgo Beach, New York, murder suspect Rex Heuermann on Wednesday denied that his client is a "monster of a person" and maintained Heuermann's innocence.

For years, investigators searched for the person responsible for dead bodies that were found on a Long Island beach. This summer, they caught a big break.

The remains of Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman and Amber Lynn Costello were found in 2010 near Gilgo Beach in what police described as the work of a serial killer.

Authorities arrested suspect Rex Heuermann July 13, 2023, in connection with three murders near Gilgo Beach on Long Island, New York. Heuermann pleaded not guilty.

Sara Karnes was friends with Maureen Brainard-Barnes, who vanished in July 2007. “Every time I talk about it, it doesn't get any easier,” Karnes said in an exclusive "20/20" interview.

"20/20" investigates the shocking crimes that took place in Long Island, New York, more than a decade ago.

Authorities are investigating a possible link between Gilgo Beach accused killer Rex Heuermann and South Carolina woman Julia Ann Bean who was last seen alive in 2017.

The Long Island judge overruled objections from Rex Heuermann’s attorney.

A judge has ordered suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann to turn in a DNA swab.

Rex Heuermann faces multiple murder charges in the deaths of three women found in 2010.

The task force investigating the Gilgo Beach murders has identified another set of remains originally found nearly three decades ago.

Jane Doe No. 7, whose remains were initially found on Fire Island on April 20, 1996, has now been identified as Karen Vergata.

ABC News contributor Richard Frankel talks about the possibility of a new break in the case of the Gilgo Beach serial killings after police identified a seventh victim.

Authorities have identified another victim in the Gilgo Beach investigation.

Law enforcement authorities and prosecutors will hold a news conference to announce an update in the investigation of the slaying of multiple people whose remains were found near Long Island's Gilgo Beach.

Karen Vergata's remains were found on New York's Fire Island in 1996, though it is not clear if this new victim is linked to suspect Rex Heuermann.

There's no apparent connection between Gilgo Beach murder suspect Rex Heuermann and the 2006 deaths of sex workers near Atlantic City, New Jersey.

ABC News’ Erielle Reshef and Kayna Whitworth are joined by host of the Law and Crime network Terri Austin following officials briefing on suspect Rex Heuermann’s court appearance.

Rex Heuermann appeared in court Tuesday in connection with the murders of three sex workers whose bodies were found on Long Island in 2010.

Gilgo Beach suspected murderer’s estranged wife breaks her silence, telling ABC News her life has been upended and she’s been living a nightmare

The accused Long Island serial killer is expected to appear in court Tuesday for the first time since pleading not guilty to murder charges.

Suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann is expected in court on Tuesday as his estranged wife Asa Ellerup breaks her silence about the wrenching fallout from her husband’s arrest.

Asa Ellerup, wife of Rex Heuermann, told ABC News Monday that "everything is destroyed" following the arrest of her husband.

Suffolk County district attorney Ray Tierney said investigators found “nothing of note” in the backyard of Rex Heuerman’s home.