Suspected Gilgo Beach killer Rex Heuermann could face another investigation as the siblings of a Virginia murder victim claimed he bears a striking resemblance to a sketch of their sister’s presumed executioner.
Alicia Showalter Reynolds, 25, was murdered in 1996 as she drove from Baltimore to Charlottesville in her car – a victim of the yet unidentified Route 29 stalker.
Showalter Reynolds’ family is now asking investigators to review her case for a potential link to Rex Heuermann, who has been charged with the murder of three women whose remains were found on the same stretch of Long Island shore, Gilgo Beach.
Heuermann, a prominent Manhattan architect, is also the prime suspect for the murder of a fourth woman also linked to the Long Island beach.
Barbara Josenhans, Alicia’s younger sister, admitted to losing hope about finding her murderer but is now insisting authorities should investigate whether the suspected Gilgo Beach killer could have played a role in the promising Johns Hopkins graduate.
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Josenhans alleged a sketch made of a man spotted with Alicia only hours before she disappeared bears a “striking” similarity with Heuermann
She told The Sun: “It’s the cheeks, there’s something about the cheek. It’s quite striking […] he would’ve been around 32 or 33 at the time.
“I wonder if he’s ever been questioned about it. If he hasn’t he should be.”
Records also show that Heuermann’s mother had been living in Palmyra, Virginia for at least two years before Alicia’s disappearance.
The Virginia town is located less than 50 miles from the last location where the 25-year-old disappeared in March 1996.
State police have not confirmed whether Heuermann is being considered for a potential connection to the Showalter Reynolds case.
They said in a statement: “State police does not comment on potential suspects, confirmed or unconfirmed.
“Despite the passage of more than two decades and the scrutiny of more than 10,000 leads, Virginia State Police continues to actively pursue the disappearance and murder of Alicia Showalter Reynolds.
“State police remain hopeful that this case will come to a successful resolution and continue to encourage the public to come forward with any information related to the investigation.”
The young woman had been driving to visit her mother Sadie Showalter and do some shopping together, planning to meet at 10:30 on the morning she went missing.
Showalter did not immediately contact the police as she thought Alicia could have been delayed by bad weather.
However, the woman’s abandoned car was found on the side of Route 29 near Culpeper, Virginia – and a white paper napkin, routinely used to indicate a driver is experiencing issues, was found under the windshield wiper.
Witnesses reported seeing Alicia speaking with a clean-shaven white male driving a dark pickup truck.
Her body would only be found two months after her disappearance in a wooded area some 15 miles from Culpeper.
Route 29 was linked to 23 incidents involving women who had lights flashed at them in an attempt to signal something was wrong with their cars.
The week before Alicia’s disappearance, a woman stopped on the highway by another driver who convinced her to hop onto his truck and subsequently tried to attack her with a screwdriver.
