Gilgo Beach LISK Serial Killer, Rex Heuermann, charged with 6 murders, July 2023 #14

[Ruminations]

Would definitely agree the perp may be Hispanic, and might even go as far as could likely be Hispanic, but I don't really think the perp "has to be" Hispanic.

Many of the victims do not appear to be Hispanic. If it's an SK, he's not going to be asking if they're Hispanic. To my knowledge, at least some of the victims are not in reality Hispanic, either. But understood that this is something to consider, and don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it is RH. But it might be, and that's something to consider, too.

It's a very Portuguese area- traditional whaling town.

I noticed one of the victims was Cape Verdean. Cape Verde was once a Portuguese colony.

MOO

 

[Ruminations]

Could Rex be responsible for the New Bedford Highway killings?

If it becomes known that Rex went to or through this area at the time of the murders, I am going to say it is very plausible he murdered these women in rather quick succession. Then tried to control himself by getting engaged and married.

He'd have to have a reason to be in or drive through the area.

The things that make me think it's plausible is the mention that the culprit may have used a badge, which we have heard about Rex, and that the victims were picked up one place and left another- always by a road.

The thing that makes it less plausible is he'd need a reason to make nearly a dozen trips to that area. It's not really that far and could be a pleasant day trip- but it's not that close either. It's not a commute- it's a trip.

MOO

The terrifying serial killer who killed at least nine women - and got away with it

Scores of unsolved crimes have flown under the radar across America for years. Sheila Flynn chronicles the weirdest hair-raising cases

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Onlyguessing23]

Could Rex be responsible for the New Bedford Highway killings?

If it becomes known that Rex went to or through this area at the time of the murders, I am going to say it is very plausible he murdered these women in rather quick succession. Then tried to control himself by getting engaged and married.

He'd have to have a reason to be in or drive through the area.

The things that make me think it's plausible is the mention that the culprit may have used a badge, which we have heard about Rex, and that the victims were picked up one place and left another- always by a road.

The thing that makes it less plausible is he'd need a reason to make nearly a dozen trips to that area. It's not really that far and could be a pleasant day trip- but it's not that close either. It's not a commute- it's a trip.

MOO

Unless the slayings were the reason for his trips. I recall in his notes on HK document a reminder to not charge gas - made me think he was planning trips rather than just local.

 

[nhmemorymaker]

Sandra Costilla has never been noted to be a sex worker. I've seen articles saying she had a "drifter" type of lifestyle.

Who Are Sandra Costilla And Jessica Taylor? Gilgo Beach victims revealed

Rex Heuermann, the alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer, has been charged with more murders.

www.newsweek.com

As bright light streams into RH's twisted past, though, I'd be almost certain they're going to uncover (probably many) more murders of non-SWs. And definitely his earliest kills-- jmo, there will be more non-SWs if LE can penetrate deep enough, and it'll help if RH starts cooperating (like Cottingham), which may come later. Would be convinced there's more to come from RH's "records" as well, so am waiting and watching.

This is what I believe too.... I feel that earlier victims were not sex workers. Maybe just easy sex.

Lets face it.... As RH got older, maybe he had to work harder to get what he wanted, and I am sure he thought there would be less publicity if they were sex worker.
Maybe when younger, he felt he could take more risk. Extensive use of and databasing of DNA was not around in his early years.

I just hope we can get deeper.
I do keep our ol favorite WS line in my head............. "LE knows so much more than we do"

 

[dotr]

Repost, snippets from lengthy article to keep places where RH worked in mind.

We’re Only Just Starting to Unpack Rex Heuermann’s New York

In the weeks since the Gilgo Beach murder suspect was arrested, his alleged double life has cast new light on an otherwise mundane professional life in the city and its suburbs.

www.vanityfair.com

BY DAN ADLER AUGUST 7, 2023 rbbm
''He founded his firm, RH Consultants & Associates, in 1994. RH worked on a Target in SoHo, a Foot Locker near Yankee Stadium, and a hair salon in the Meatpacking District, among other buildings.''

''His expertise was in expediting projects through arcane city building codes rather than in architectural design. Ginia Bellafante, writing for The New York Times, examined how Heuermann exerted influence in the tonier townhouses of Brooklyn, where architects of more visible prestige would need his help shepherding through their wealthy clients’ renovations. “As a journeyman who held bureaucratic authority,” she wrote, “he could veto the plans of architects with degrees from Yale and projects in Nantucket.” Mary Shell, an employee of his around the time of the murders, wrote in New York that “He did what he needed to do,” Miyasato said, referring to Heuermann’s work as a building code compliance consultant. “He certainly communicated with all of us on a regular basis that he was an expert at that.”

“Listen, it’s very hard to be passionate about building department codes,” the engineer said. “I mean, it’s boring. But he was very into it. Loved it. Most people do it because you have to, you have to apply the codes to your craft, but he literally thrived on it.”

 

[Ruminations]

Unless the slayings were the reason for his trips. I recall in his notes on HK document a reminder to not charge gas - made me think he was planning trips rather than just local.

It's 4 1/2- 5 1/2 hours by the ferry route. More by bridges. Traffic would greatly impact the time the trip takes, but I assume the roads are less congested during peak murder hours. At his age at the time, 25ish, I've done longer trips for one overnight/short stays. And both routes, ferry or through the city, would have been much less monitored at the time. I imagine by bridges in the eighties, you could avoid cameras and witnesses entirely. On the ferry, you could be remembered.

Also...EVERYTHING costs more on an island. Craig Heuermann's vehicular manslaughter occurred high on cocaine. If it were a family hobby to indulge, it's possible Rex shopped at a discount there.

MOO


Edit to add a thought.

When I search for related news stories, I find links that lead to "ooops. No longer available." But the blurbs with the links on the search say that there is evidence there is one killer- DNA evidence. So I think there will be a satisfyingly solid rule-in or rule out on New Bedford.

MOO

 

[nhmemorymaker]

It's 4 1/2- 5 1/2 hours by the ferry route. More by bridges. Traffic would greatly impact the time the trip takes, but I assume the roads are less congested during peak murder hours. At his age at the time, 25ish, I've done longer trips for one overnight/short stays. And both routes, ferry or through the city, would have been much less monitored at the time. I imagine by bridges in the eighties, you could avoid cameras and witnesses entirely. On the ferry, you could be remembered.

Also...EVERYTHING costs more on an island. Craig Heuermann's vehicular manslaughter occurred high on cocaine. If it were a family hobby to indulge, it's possible Rex shopped at a discount there.

MOO


Edit to add a thought.

When I search for related news stories, I find links that lead to "ooops. No longer available." But the blurbs with the links on the search say that there is evidence there is one killer- DNA evidence. So I think there will be a satisfyingly solid rule-in or rule out on New Bedford.

MOO

thanks for your edit: I run into the same thing.... When it looks as if it is interesting data at the link, but it is not available. You phrased it just about right. Hard to do!!

 

[gremlin444]

Dang, this isn't an easy search....

New Bedford highway killer DNA mentions:

New Bedford Highway Serial Killer Mystery Remains Unsolved More Than 30 Years Later

Eleven women vanished from the same area of New Bedford during March of 1988 and April of 1989, but the New Bedford highway killer has not yet been arrested.

www.cbsnews.com

2/11/21
"We are utilizing the most up to date to technology in this case and several other cold cases from previous administrations. We have completed DNA testing in the case, which remains active and ongoing."

6/27/24

https://twitter.com/x/status/1806423982683390272

"Fun fact: @OthramTech said months ago how they were willing to take on the challenge of the New Bedford Highway Serial Killer case in Massachusetts. Hope to see the Bristol County DAs Office or @MassStatePolice accept the offer for support. "

4/27/18

https://www.wpri.com/target-12/30-years-later-southern-new-england-highway-killings-remain-unsolved/

"The serial killings predated DNA technology, but in 2008 some of the evidence was sent to the FBI for testing. The results are now stored in a federal database, waiting for a potential match that would alert authorities."

 

[eishish]

Unless the slayings were the reason for his trips. I recall in his notes on HK document a reminder to not charge gas - made me think he was planning trips rather than just local.

His property in Reading was 1.5 hours from this locale. Straight line

 

[indicolite22]

Out of six victims officially linked to RH so far, how many he likely did not murder in his home?
His and his first wife's DNA was found on the first (1993) victim Sandra Costilla. Did he take her home? She was mutilated but only Jessica Taylor (2003) was dismembered as well. Where did that take place? If he did not murder exclusively at home, then technically he didn't have to rely on his family being out of town. Other potential victims between Sandra and Jessica (Karen Vergata - 1996, Peaches - 1997 and Valerie Mack - 2000) were all dismembered. Wouldn't leaving body parts at different locations increase the chances of getting caught? He wrote his how-to manual around 2000. How many did he murder before then?

 

[Ruminations]

His property in Reading was 1.5 hours from this locale. Straight line

Was that confirmed to be his property ?

I vaguely remember reading MA was a myth.

But who knows. Maybe the source was one of the family's lying lawyers.

MOO

 

[eishish]

Was that confirmed to be his property ?

I vaguely remember reading MA was a myth.

But who knows. Maybe the source was one of the family's lying lawyers.

Was that confirmed to be his property ?

I vaguely remember reading MA was a myth.

But who knows. Maybe the source was one of the family's lying lawyers.

MOO

W warick ri is listed at times too. Am intrigued by the search rt 88, the recovery and how RH can somehow be linked. All ideas, not concrete. I havent paid $ for a properties RH has owned search. Just web searches. We shall see...89, 90 murders solved is a win. Whoever did it. Ty

 

[Ruminations]

Am I the only one who never noticed that sturdy frame that could be built with 6x6's?

Pic on the right.

It's very disturbing, after the most recent charge/bail documents.

Family of suspected serial killer reveals chaotic mess inside accused murderer's ramshackle home

Photographs of a rundown Massapequa Park home show how police left it after spending nearly two weeks removing evidence in the cold case Gilgo Beach murders.

www.foxnews.com

If you scroll down the text, you can find the whole picture, and the eerie frame in the backyard is not blocked by the "play" button.

MOO

 

[FromGermany1]

For refreshing:

Request re Rex Heuermann (North Reading Police Department)

Nik Hatziefstathiou is making this request to North Reading Police Department of North Reading.

www.muckrock.com

2. Address History.
(1) 103 Main St, Trailer #4, North Reading, MA 01864
(2) 105 1st Ave, Massapequa Park, NY 11762
(3) 108 1st Ave, Massapequa Park, NY 11762
(4) 1366 Huron Rd, North Brunswick, NJ 08902
(5) 824 W Osborn Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85013
(6) 1427 Main St, West Warwick, RI 02893
(7) 7428 Beechwood Ave, Beverly Hills, MI 48025
(8) 87 Columbia St, New York, NY 10002
(9) 36 Ridgewood Way, Burlington, NJ 08016
(10) 5499 W Tropicana Avenue, #1012, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89103

Status: No Responsive Documents

 

[snooptroop88]

New Bedford's Weld Square was notorious back in the day for drugs and sex work. It drew in many out of towners.
1989 article: "Hard drugs -- heroin and cocaine -- bring outsiders to Weld Square at all hours of the day or night."
Article continues: "Pushers and their runners sell. Users buy. Prostitutes sell their bodies to feed the heroin habits that consume them....That vicious drug-and-prostitution cycle, common to gritty neighborhoods in most cities, brought someone else to Weld Square -- a serial killer investigators believe has slain at least eight women in the past 13 months."

Serial killings haunt neighborhood plagued by drugs - UPI Archives

It's high noon in Weld Square, a rundown mix of storefronts and tenements, the multi-family mainstays of urban blue-collar housing the locals call...

www.upi.com

We want more info about RH's whereabouts from the time he graduated from Berner to the time he married. It's a big blind spot.

 

[MoominMama222]

Am I the only one who never noticed that sturdy frame that could be built with 6x6's?

Pic on the right.

It's very disturbing, after the most recent charge/bail documents.

Family of suspected serial killer reveals chaotic mess inside accused murderer's ramshackle home

Photographs of a rundown Massapequa Park home show how police left it after spending nearly two weeks removing evidence in the cold case Gilgo Beach murders.

www.foxnews.com

If you scroll down the text, you can find the whole picture, and the eerie frame in the backyard is not blocked by the "play" button.

MOO

It looks like an old swing set maybe? I see a chain like for a swing.

 

[Izzylizzy]

1989 article: "Hard drugs -- heroin and cocaine -- bring outsiders to Weld Square at all hours of the day or night."
Article continues: "Pushers and their runners sell. Users buy. Prostitutes sell their bodies to feed the heroin habits that consume them....That vicious drug-and-prostitution cycle, common to gritty neighborhoods in most cities, brought someone else to Weld Square -- a serial killer investigators believe has slain at least eight women in the past 13 months."

Serial killings haunt neighborhood plagued by drugs - UPI Archives

It's high noon in Weld Square, a rundown mix of storefronts and tenements, the multi-family mainstays of urban blue-collar housing the locals call...

www.upi.com

We want more info about RH's whereabouts from the time he graduated from Berner to the time he married. It's a big blind spot.

April 1, 1989
"WESTPORT, Mass. -- Investigators pleaded for the author of an anonymous letter to come forward after his written instructions led to the discovery of the eighth victim of an apparent serial killer.

The body of a young woman was discovered Friday along Route 88 in Westport, nine months after Bristol County investigators first began finding the bodies of women from the New Bedford area dumped alongside the region's highways.

Bristol County District Attorney Ronald Pina said his office received an anonymous letter two weeks ago from a person who said he might have witnessed one of the killings and predicting a body would be found along Route 88.

'The person who sent the letter said they had information and had seen what they believed to be a person who may have been doing these killings,' Pina said. 'I don't know if that is accurate, but what they did say is if we found a body on (Route) 88 then that would confirm their story.'

'The letter was explicit,' Pina said.

'We have never had a body on Route 88 before in these cases,' he said. 'It sounded very good but it didn't fit. Now it fits, and the person said if it fit, they would come forward."

cont:

Body of eighth woman victim found - UPI Archives

Investigators pleaded for the author of an anonymous letter to come forward after his written instructions led to the discovery of the eighth victim of an...

www.upi.com

 

[FromGermany1]

Bristol County District Attorney Ronald Pina said his office received an anonymous letter two weeks ago from a person who said he might have witnessed one of the killings and predicting a body would be found along Route 88.

bbm
Any spelling mistakes by any chance?

 

[willy wagtail]

Am I the only one who never noticed that sturdy frame that could be built with 6x6's?

Pic on the right.

It's very disturbing, after the most recent charge/bail documents.

Family of suspected serial killer reveals chaotic mess inside accused murderer's ramshackle home

Photographs of a rundown Massapequa Park home show how police left it after spending nearly two weeks removing evidence in the cold case Gilgo Beach murders.

www.foxnews.com

If you scroll down the text, you can find the whole picture, and the eerie frame in the backyard is not blocked by the "play" button.

MOO

So you think hiding in plain sight

 

[snooptroop88]

For refreshing:

Request re Rex Heuermann (North Reading Police Department)

Nik Hatziefstathiou is making this request to North Reading Police Department of North Reading.

www.muckrock.com

2. Address History.
(1) 103 Main St, Trailer #4, North Reading, MA 01864
(2) 105 1st Ave, Massapequa Park, NY 11762
(3) 108 1st Ave, Massapequa Park, NY 11762
(4) 1366 Huron Rd, North Brunswick, NJ 08902
(5) 824 W Osborn Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85013
(6) 1427 Main St, West Warwick, RI 02893
(7) 7428 Beechwood Ave, Beverly Hills, MI 48025
(8) 87 Columbia St, New York, NY 10002
(9) 36 Ridgewood Way, Burlington, NJ 08016
(10) 5499 W Tropicana Avenue, #1012, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89103

Status: No Responsive Documents

Have seen pictures of the North Reading trailer, it's like a mobile home in a trailer park. West Warwick RI looks like a duplex rental unit.