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	Sumter County Sheriff&#39;s Office Public Information Officer Mark Bordeaux&nbsp;told&nbsp;Newsday on Friday there was&nbsp;no information linking Gilgo Beach serial killer&nbsp;suspect Rex A. Heuermann to the disappearance of a local woman who went missing from there in 2017.&nbsp;
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