Police in South Carolina are probing a link between accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann and the disappearance of an 18-year-old woman who went missing in 2014. 18-year-old Aaliyah Bell disappeared two days before Thanksgiving 2014 after leaving her uncle’s home in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
Police in Rock Hill, South Carolina said on Thursday that they were investigating whether the Long Island murder suspect is connected to the disappearance of Bell, who vanished just 20 miles away from a property Heuermann owns. Property records show that Heuermann also owns a timeshare in Las Vegas and a property in Chester, South Carolina — a 30-minute drive from Rock Hill — that he purchased in 2021 for $154,000. The property is fenced off and marked with a sign reading, “No Warrant, No Entry.” Police in Las Vegas have also been scouring their missing person records for ties to Heuermann.
Rock Hill Police Lt. Michael Chavis said in a statement: “Our investigators have been reviewing any information to see if there is a correlation between the disappearance of Aaliyah Bell and Rex Heuermann. So far there is no indication that leads us to identify Heuermann as a suspect in this case. We will continue to investigate Bell’s disappearance and follow up on all tips and leads.” Chavis added the department was “doing its due diligence” in trying to tie the cases together.
The 59-year-old Heuermann, an architect from Massapequa Park, is charged with murder in the deaths of three women whose remains were found in Gilgo Beach in 2010, and is the main suspect in a fourth slaying.
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