Gilgo Beach LISK Serial Killer, Rex Heuermann, charged with 3 murders, July 2023

[Warwick7]

*I was sitting on my bed, holding the iPad, stood up at the same time reading and almost fell on my ***

WANTAGH, NY – APRIL 15: An aerial view of police cars near where a body was discovered in the area near Gilgo Beach and Ocean Parkway on Long Island on April 15, 2011 in Wantagh, New York.

Police have been conducting a prolonged search of the area after finding ten sets of human remains. Of the ten only four sets of remains have been identified as missing female prostitutes in their 20s who had been working in the online escort business. Police, working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), suspect that a single serial killer may be in the New York area focusing on sex workers

New York authorities have taken a suspected serial killer into custody wanted in connection with the unsolved deaths of 11 people who were found in a string of killings on Long Island’s Gilgo Beach in 2010 and 2011.

The suspect is being looked at over the Gilgo Beach murders, including the so-called “Gilgo Four,” women found wrapped in burlap within days of each other in late 2010, and seven other bodies that were later eyed as possibly being connected.

The hunt for a suspect in what’s become known as “the Long Island serial killer” started more than a year before police released a 911 call made by Shannan Gilbert before she vanished in 2010, CBS News reported..

The “Gilgo Four” were later identified as Maureen Brainard-Barnes, abducted in 2007; Melissa Barthelemy in 2009; and Megan Waterman and Amber Costello, who went missing in 2010.

The full audio of Gilbert’s 911 call was released by the Suffolk County Police Department last year, as well as maps and other images showing what authorities believe happened on May 1, 2010, the night she disappeared, according to CBS News

Suspect in Gilgo Beach Long Island killings charged with murders

More than 300 subpoenas and search warrants were issued during the course of officials’ investigation.

www.newsnationnow.com

Police released photos of a belt found during the initial Gilgo Beach investigation which they believe was handled by the perpetrator and did not belong to any of the victims

Belt with mystery initials and chilling link between 10 unsolved murders

A suspect has been taken into custody reportedly in connection with the deaths of the 'Gilgo Four' - four women whose bodies were discovered along Ocean Parkway near Gilgo Beach in Long Island

www.mirror.co.uk

Iam so 100 pages behind, but as for the belt....is there any new news?
HM could stand for Heuermann.
(HeuerMann)

 

[Warwick7]

When I looked up the property records, it seems in 1994 the house was transferred from his parents, TH and DH. His paternal grandfather, according to census records, is WH…that belt looks old to me so my guess would be it’s his grandfather’s belt. I don't post here too often so I’m not sure what links are allowed but I got this from the Nassau county tax records (the property cards archive link).

I’m local and have longtime ties to one of the attorneys but I’m not in contact with him anymore so this case has always been on my radar.

BBM
Great find!!!!

 

[Inthedetails]

BBM
Great find!!!!

And if he used grandpa's old belt, maybe he used grandpa's old burlap too.
jmo

 

[Warwick7]

Unsure of how the name Rex Heuermann is pronounced, but this comment made in a taunting call came to mind.. imo, speculation.
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Serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann left wife's DNA on bodies

Heuermann's home in Massapequa Park was flooded with cops this morning. It sits directly north of Gilgo Beach, with only the South Oyster Bay separating them.

www.dailymail.co.uk

“Sara says she got a call from a blocked number from someone saying he knew where Maureen was: She was in a ‘*advertiser censored* house in Queens,’ ” says Robert Kolker, author of a book on the case, Lost Girls. ''

He doesn't wear a wedding ring.

 

[Warwick1991]

So, because his present home is very neglected looking instantly said to me: No female (as in a wife or significant other) resides there now.

It is actually kind of unusual for an architect to be in such dilapidated surroundings. There's usually a concern about maintenance, even for a modest dwelling. It suggests some kind of discord between his professional identity and his life.

 

[Jurisprudence]

I wonder if this led to the arrest

Human skeletal remains were found in a wooded area off the Southern State Parkway in Suffolk County on Thursday morning, state police said.

At an afternoon news conference, state police Capt. Christopher Casale said a driver had pulled over onto the shoulder of the parkway "when something caught his eye," leading to the discovery of the remains and the call to 911.

Human skeletal remains found in woods off Southern State Parkway in Suffolk County

State troopers responded to a call about the remains in West Islip around 7:15 a.m. The bones were found in a wooded area off the eastbound parkway, near exit 40, police said.

www.audacy.com

Agree. This does make you wonder. Especially if they've been tailing him, and also given the seized cooler. That cooler 13 years later is confounding/perplexing leading one to think its use was probably fairly recent. MOO

 

[sandy_80]

What sketch? There was never a sketch of LISK afaik.

ok.. i mistook the victim for the killer
but idont understand..wasnt someone arrested before for this ...john brittrolff ?

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Heuermann Name Meaning​

German: occupational name for a hired hand a day laborer from Middle High German hūren ‘to hire’ + man ‘man’. bbm

Heuermann Surname Meaning & Heuermann Family History at Ancestry.com®

Discover

www.ancestry.com

*I’ll bet we could play with those initials until the cows come home…
moo moo moo

 

[PennyPie7]

ok.. i mistook the victim for the killer
but idont understand..wasnt someone arrested before for this ...john brittrolff ?

Completely unrelated cases.

 

[squareandrabbet]

It is actually kind of unusual for an architect to be in such dilapidated surroundings. There's usually a concern about maintenance, even for a modest dwelling. It suggests some kind of discord between his professional identity and his life.

Hoarder, maybe?

 

[MuddyTires]

Any word of any sort of connection between Heuermann and any of J. Brewer, P. Hackett or J. Burke?

Edited to add that I don't really expect one, but hopefully momentum continues on solving Shannan's and the other cases.

 

[Jurisprudence]

ok.. i mistook the victim for the killer
but idont understand..wasnt someone arrested before for this ...john brittrolff ?

Not for this but you never know what will come out if the suspect in custody starts talking. JB wasn't charged with the offenses he is currently incarcerated for until 2014 (after the Gilgo Beach). So, he was free. And, JB was a suspect in Gilgo Beach, so you aren't completely wrong in his name coming to your mind in connection with this case. MOO

 

[Betty P]

I feel like his house and the lack of upkeep is going to tie into his “profile”. If that makes sense. Maybe he’s just frugal as another poster said but I think there’s more to it. I can’t imagine he wants to lay low to the point of not at least updating the outside or taking care of lawn/shrubs/etc.

I guess I’m in disbelief because I keep thinking something isn’t right. But at the same time it could make sense. In parts of his life he is successful and powerful. Perhaps he wanted to feel powerful in other ways. I am interested in learning more, hopefully we will with the presser later.

Could also be "decompensation" when these types of killers keep committing crimes for a while, they begin to decline in health and other areas due to stress of their situation. This happened to Ted Bundy, for example. It's what eventually resulted in his arrest.


Could also be that he's just a slob, as financially successful people sometimes are. JMO

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Maureen Boyle Holpit couldn't believe her eyes when she first saw the news: The awkward boy who used to slip love notes into her high school locker decades ago had been arrested—and suspected in the Gilgo Beach serial murders on Long Island, New York.

Police sources confirmed to The Messenger that Rex Heuermann, 59, of Massapequa Park was arrested in connection with the case—which involves 10 bodies that were found around the beach outside New York City beginning in 2010.

"He was just another classmate," Holpit tells The Messenger. "He used to get picked on, and I felt bad for him, so I was nice to him. You don't usually get that in high school. Kids can be cruel."

According to Holpit, Heuermann was often taunted or picked on in between classes, as the students traversed Berner High School's halls.

"They called him T Rex," she recalls. "I remember him being very tall."

Holpit says she was nice to teenage Heuermann despite the bullying. That led to "me getting these notes in my locker. And for a while, I didn't know who they were from. They were not signed."

Holpit said they were "typical little high school love letters" expressing he had a crush on her. And then, one day, she caught him putting a note into her locker.

"I was disappointed when I saw it was him," Holpit, who has lived in Florida since 2001, said. "I just wasn't interested in him that way."

Holbit said she knows Heuermann signed her high school yearbook — and even wrote a lovely message to her.

"I'm pissed off because I think it was thrown out last year," she said, admitting that lost. yearbook's probably worth something now.

Gilgo Beach Long Island Serial Killer Suspect Sent Me Love Letters in High School (Exclusive)

A former classmate says Rex Heuermann was often taunted or picked on in between classes, as the students traversed the school's halls

themessenger.com

 

[AgeofAquaruis]

HM or WH

Maybe two peoples initials like Henry VIII,and Anne Boylen.

 

[MrsG728]

I was able to find some property records for RH's past addresses:

- In September 2007, a co-op unit was purchased for $537,500 under RH's (now-ex) wife's name at 160 West End Avenue in Manhattan. The unit was sold for $535,000 in March 2009.

- In July 2019, RH's (now-ex) wife sold a home in New Brunswick, NJ for $325,000, per Middlesex County property records (to view the record, go to the portal and click on 'book/page' under 'search' then enter '17562' for the book # and '516' for the page #).

- It appears that RH also owned an apartment on the ground floor of a home in Freeport, NY -- roughly a 20-minute drive from Gilgo Beach -- from 1990-2013. A garage sale was held at that location in April 2013, at the time RH evidently vacated the unit.

This is so incredibly helpful! Thank you for digging it up!
I remember when we first started with this case here on WS back in 2010. I distinctly remember us speculating that the SK had to have extensive knowledge of the area. I know for a fact that it's not easily accessible or navigable, unless you know exactly where you're going or what you are doing.
I know many people from the area around Massapequa who were in the Gilgo beach area every single day in the summer. These are their "stomping grounds". Some even rented summer bungalows in the area. This makes total sense now, considering RH was born & raised there.

 

[LaLaw2000]

A poster had previously linked this video or a similar one, thanks..
''Feb 17, 2022
Bonjour! Today on L'INTERVIEW Antoine is talking to Rex Heuermann. Watch Rex and I talking about how his consulting business started. Hear him talking about his work and sharing his thoughts about what it takes to deal with NYC DOB rules and regulations...

Those two seem to be pretty good friends. Wonder how long RH has known him?

 

[iamshadow21]

It is actually kind of unusual for an architect to be in such dilapidated surroundings. There's usually a concern about maintenance, even for a modest dwelling. It suggests some kind of discord between his professional identity and his life.

It's hard to get tradies in to paint and mend things if you have very dark secrets you want to keep hidden. Your options narrow down to doing it all yourself or letting things slowly fall apart, and he seems to have opted for the latter.

He may turn out to have nothing glaringly obviously criminal at his home, but if he does? He wouldn't have taken the chance of someone stumbling across it.

MOO

 

[sds71]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1679911753277112339

https://twitter.com/x/status/1679914098589302812

bail application:

 

[vls12345]

Gilgo Beach murders: Rex Heuermann charged with 3 counts of first-degree murder

Updates and latest news coverage on the Gilgo beach serial murder case.

www.nbcnews.com

From the live blog entry at 11:19am:

Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney K. Harrison said the Gilgo Beach murders task force “did place on individual under arrest” around 8:30 p.m. yesterday.

He was taken into custody near 35th and Fifth Avenue in New York City and transported to the Suffolk County Police Department headquarters, Harrison said. The case is now with a grand jury.

“We anticipate an indictment later on this afternoon,” the commissioner said.