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Was it easy back then ?It is very easy to do now either with a scanner or simply taking a photo of something with your phone.
'96 was Win3.1, dial-up modems, cell phones were size of bricks - so very slowwwwwWas it easy back then ?
I think you are right to wonder! Spota and Burke are real pieces of work. MOODS is the man who shared the apartment with Amber Costello. DS reported the ogre-looking man, driving the dark green Chevy Avalanche, who picked Amber up just before she disappeared.
@justk -- Even if RH had been discovered in 2011, would the technology have been advanced enough to convict him? The important DNA testing, especially, is available only recently as DNA testing and understanding was in its infancy. DNA itself was only discovered in 1953, but testing actually began in the 1970s-80s.
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Cell phone technology and tracking as well as computer technology are also much evolved from 2011. If the cases were investigated then, would there have been enough to convict him?
Bittrolff was convicted based on his DNA being on the bodies. Did you note that the hair on Sandra Costilla was sent for comparison to Bittrolff's but came back as not a match? Because it matched RH's.
As for his conviction, this morning Sarge Joe noted that in addition to the DNA Bittrolff was convicted because his brother Timothy testified that he had helped John Bittrolff dispose of one of the bodies.
Pretty much convicts JB in my mind.
Only, that was under the Thomas Spota (2002-2017 as DA) and James Burke era -- I do wonder if there's any chance Spota had leverage to coerce the brother into testifying . . . yep, just googled it. Timothy was discovered a partial match for the DNA because Timothy's DNA was taken after he violated an Order of Protection, per the Wikipedia article on John.
My distrust of Spota and Burke makes me wonder . . .
I'm thinking something like that. But he kept at least some film as the post upthread shows LE looking at pieces of film at his house.
He made a list but apparently didn't follow all the steps all the time.
jmo
Wasn't there something about having a place in North Carolina?Does he have a hunting cabin or blind he's adapted?
He has a boat doesn't he did he have a boat house?
My very first cellphone in 1996 was a Nokia 1610 and it was much smaller than a brick and flatbed scanners to convert photos to digital images were becoming popular in the early 1990's. The internet was unrecognizable to now though and dial up was still so slow.'96 was Win3.1, dial-up modems, cell phones were size of bricks - so very slowwwww
Not a stupid question at all!When it comes to technology, I have an IQ of 2 (and that's being generous). How would that work, exactly ? I understand scanners, but how do you transfer a physical pic to a computer file ?
ETA: Sorry if that's a stupid question.
You're right about the cell phones - forgot I also had a Nokia that fit in my pocket. X-files type.My very first cellphone in 1996 was a Nokia 1610 and it was much smaller than a brick and flatbed scanners to convert photos to digital images were becoming popular in the early 1990's. The internet was unrecognizable to now though and dial up was still so slow.
His mother is still alive I believe IMO.What year did his mother die?
It was a nice trip down memory lane looking them up to make sure my memory wasn't faulty though! Thank you!You're right about the cell phones - forgot I also had a Nokia that fit in my pocket. X-files type.
I don’t know if this has been answered here already and I can’t explain clearly here in a short and precise manner, but Brown is most likely what is referred to in the state of NYas an 18B attorney, you can Google “legal aid vs. 18b attorney in NY” and it’ll explain the difference. RH was not assigned legal aid.I never knew RH's attorney was court appointed. Doesn't a defendant have to show the court a certain level of financial need in order for the court to appoint a public defender ? I know Heuermann has debts, but I still don't understand. He owns his house, he owns his business, he owns his vehicles. he owns various properties...what the heck ?!
I think very possibly that's what he meant IMO.Was he on the front end of transferring them to computer files?
Scanners?
Really good question. I suppose we'll learn as we go along. Whatever happens, I'm expecting delay after delay after delay.Unless he had his own dark room, he'd be taking a big risk sending those kinds of photos to a commercial lab. It's one of those questions we won't learn the answer to until trial.
With two new murders added, Rex's defense attorney is going to have a mountain of discovery to review. I wonder how they court is going to organize this? Try all the murder cases at once or focus on just a few, where they have the most witnesses and evidence?
I'm generally familiar from TV news reports and occasional articles in the NY Post. I do recall, over the years (maybe 20 or so) when there would be reports of victims found on LI so, naturally, paid attention when they caught someone. I'm curious but also don't want to delve too deeply because the subject is so scary. Back in the 80s, I read Zodiak and some book by a psychiatrist on several SKs and how nearly all had had head injuries when they were younger. Those books freaked me out so much that I've sine viewed these stories at extra long arms length.Hi Artis..
This case takes much time. I've had to walk away at times, but come back. I believe he will, forever, become one of the most notorious serial killers ever.
Since there are so threads here... I would, at least, recommend going to MSM (or find them in the back threads here)
for the articles that seem to porport "everything you need to know about rex heuermann... they are out there and might be helpful this late in the story...
(Snip)"Tierney told Newsday that they were so terrified of Heuermann getting wind that he was being eyed that even the grand jury did not learn his name until just before the bombshell arrest."
“When we were investigating the case, we never mentioned the name, even among ourselves. It was always the subject. At most, it was RH,” he added.
You have the correct math. Thank you for the kind correctionHe would have been 29 in 1993 though.
Yes, for people into technology it was easy. He had all the apparatus. He must have spent a fortune on electronics. Back then we were able to transfer photos from cameras to save files, and you could go to photomat and ask for your photos on a disk. I am not sure what he may have be doing with film though unless he was developing them himself as it seems like he was taking incriminating photos.Was it easy back then ?