There is another possible victim in South Carolina. Apparently the FBI are investigating this one. She disappeared in June 2017. Julie Ann Bean.
SOUTH Carolina cops didn’t care when Julie Ann Bean disappeared six years ago but “hopefully they care now” that her case has been linked with accused Gilgo Beach killer Rex Heuer…
www.the-sun.com
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"The last sighting of Bean, 36, came in the Red Bay Road area in late May or early June.
Her daughter was one of the last people to see her alive before she vanished.
Last month, Heidi Kovas, a friend of Bean's,
told The U.S. Sun that the daughter now believes she spotted her mom in the company of
Rex Heuermann during their fateful last encounter.
Heuermann, a 59-year-old New York-based architect, was
arrested in July and charged with three murders tied to the
Long Island Serial Killer investigation.
'I HAVE CHILLS'
He owns plots of land in Chester County, South Carolina - near his brother,
Craig Heuermann - which is roughly a two-hour drive from where Bean was last sighted.
Bean's daughter's apparent revelation occurred after she saw a news report last month involving Heuermann and the
Gilgo Beach probe.
In messages sent to Kovas, which have been reviewed by The U.S. Sun, Bean's daughter wrote: "I have chills [...] I've seen him.
"That was the last man I saw her with personally."
"Kovas relayed the account to the Sumter County Sheriff's Office (SCSO) and pleaded with them to investigate Heuermann.
The department is now re-investigating Bean's disappearance but has so far failed to establish any concrete links to the accused serial killer. The FBI has also joined the investigation.
While she eagerly awaits answers, Kovas told The U.S. Sun in an interview late last month that it's a relief to finally see her friend's case being thoroughly investigated after years of being "cast aside."
Kovas said she believed law enforcement saw Bean - who struggled with addiction and had prior criminal offenses - as a "problem" who was otherwise not worthy of their time."
"Kovas has been campaigning for years to raise awareness about Bean's disappearance in the hope that she will be found alive and well.
During that time, she described Sumter investigators as being unhelpful and at times even hostile in her interactions with them.
Kovas tearfully said: "It hurts [...] they didn't care when she went missing but I hope they start caring now.
"I don't care what Julie was, I don't care what Julie did. Julie was still a human being. Julie was still a mother. And now she would be a grandmother.
"Where's my friend? Why aren't they getting off their a**es and going to look for her?
"It just makes me angry. She was a human being and she was so sweet."
'TIES TO REX'
According to Bean's daughter - who couldn't be reached for comment - she last saw her mom on June 1 or June 2, 2017, the night before she was set to graduate from high school.
The mom and daughter made plans to get their nails done together and arrived at a local salon separately.
Bean's daughter waited for her mom outside and saw her pull into the lot in a dark truck driven by a man she now believes to be
Rex Heuermann.
The man in question introduced himself with a different name. Bean's daughter believes he was driving a Chevrolet Avalanche -
the car at the center of the case against Heuermann in New York.
"I have her 3 tickets [to my graduation] just in case she lost one and I gave him 2 so he could bring her," Bean's daughter recounted via text.
"He told me he has lake houses and big boats if I ever wanted to have a boat party.
"He offered to take me to a concert and told me he wanted to marry my mom.
"I never saw her again after that night."
"While Bean's last physical sighting is believed to have occurred in early June, her last activity on social media came in mid-July."
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