Murders the easy part. Covering it up? Not so much. Welcome to Hidden Killers with Tony Brusky.

I'm Tony Bruske, and today we're going deep into the tangled web of the Gilgo Beach murders,

a case that's haunted Suffolk County for over a decade. The latest chapter? A desperate plea from the

district attorney's office running on fumes and asking the federal government to free up $13 million just to keep the case moving.

That's right.

Prosecuting one of the most infamous alleged serial killers in recent history is hitting a wall, a wall made of dollars.

Rex Hugarman, a seemingly ordinary architect from Massapequa Park,

a father, a husband, a man leading a double life, or so the charges allege.

Hurerman stands accused of murdering at least six women, all tied to the Gilgo Beach case.

Their bodies abandoned along a lonely stretch of Ocean Parkway,

each with their own story, each with their own tragic end. And now the prosecution says more

bodies may still be connected to him. But can they bring the full force of the law down on him

without the resources to make it happen? There's a peculiar challenge here, one that raises deeper questions.

What happens when justice hangs in the balance?

Not because of lack of evidence, but because of lack of funding.

And in a case so high profile, where does the pressure of public opinion and political maneuvering

fit into all of this?

Could the system already overwhelmed falter at the finish line, leaving victims' families with more questions than answers?

And what about Heuerman himself?

A man described by prosecutors as leading an ogre-like existence, haunting the lives of his victims while walking unnoticed among

his neighbors and colleagues. What was driving him? Was he building a facade of normalcy to cover

something darker, something primal? If these accusations are true, what was happening inside his

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