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

[Warwick7]

Heuermann's attorney, Michael J. Brown, told reporters that the accusations against his client are "extremely circumstantial in nature," and he said Heuermann has denied any involvement.

"The only thing he did say, as he was in tears, was 'I didn’t do this,'" Brown said. "He's distraught. He's clearly distraught about the charges here."

What we know about the suspect in the Long Island serial killings

Guess Brown didn't read the Bail Document...

 

[NeverPersonal]

What we know about the suspect in the Gilgo Beach murders

The arrest of 59-year-old Rex Heuermann in the murders at Gilgo Beach shocked neighbors in Massapequa Park.

abc7ny.com

I always wonder about stuff like this:

In January this year, after watching Heuermann and his family since last March, the detectives in the case seized a pizza box he'd thrown in the trash outside his Manhattan office.

They're saying it took since last March for him to throw anything away outside?

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Forensic psychiatrist Dr. Carole Lieberman told Newsweek that the serial killer "dehumanized" women in the attacks. Lieberman said by targeting female sex workers, the serial killer who murdered the Gilgo Four revealed something about his personality. Lieberman also believes the killer is a man.

"It reveals his insecurities about his masculinity, his sexual prowess," Lieberman said. "He needed to have these women under his control."

When it comes to Heuermann, Lieberman watched a 2022 interview between Heuermann and Bonjour Realty real estate agent Antoine Amira. In the interview, Lieberman said that Heuermann came off as "narcissistic, egotistical, demanding and controlling."

At one point in the interview, Heuermann mentioned that he made furniture. Neighbors confirmed this information because they have observed him doing woodwork outside of his house in Massapequa Park.

Near the end of the interview, Amira asked Heuermann what tool or object he would pick if he could only pick one to help his business.

Heuermann answered that his perfect tool is the cabinet-maker's hammer.

"I have one tool that's pretty much used in almost every job," he said before naming the hammer. "It is persuasive enough when I need to persuade something."

"Not someone?" America asked.

"Something," Heuermann specified. "It always yields excellent results."

Gilgo Beach murders show killer was insecure about his "masculinity"

Rex Heuermann was arrested Thursday night in connection to four murders that took place more than 10 years ago.

www.newsweek.com

 

[Warwick7]

He can boo hoo to his attorney all he wants, but after just skimming through the bail docs, they've got him. Those burner phones didn't take those selfies all by themselves.

moo

Nor walk into Verizon to buy minutes. Lol!

 

[Elliot_Alderson]

It's astounding that anyone is able to get away with murder with all the science at LE's disposal.

 

[Inthedetails]

Wow, to say that I didn't see this coming would be a massive understatement. He wasn't on anybody's radar (outside law enforcement) and that just goes to show what keeping your lips sealed can do. He was actively researching the case whilst detectives were simultaneously putting the pieces together.. Awesome.

However, it is still worth noting that he is innocent until proven guilty. But what can I say, it's hard not to contain my excitement over this arrest.

True. RH was being watched in January 2023 when he tossed the pizza box in a public trash can on 5th Ave. Good to keep in mind when we think "nothing" is being done.

jmo

 

[cuffem]

Rex Heuermann, architect and married dad of two, busted in Gilgo Beach serial killings after DNA found on pizza box

Rex Heuermann, 59, a married architect at a New York City firm, was caught after DNA from a hair of victim Megan Waterman matched that of his, taken by investigators from a discarded pizza crust in…

nypost.com

Gilgo Beach suspect charged with murder, police say DNA and cell phone evidence led to arrest

Investigators say DNA from a discarded pizza crust matched helped lead them to Rex Heuermann.

longisland.news12.com

Why does the NY Post find it necessary to publish the pictures of his wife and daughter?

 

[Jurisprudence]

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He really is a very big man. I can see the basis of the ogre comment

As well as the likelihood of a jury giving weight to eyewitness testimony which is usually fraught with problems MOO

 

[Warwick7]

True. RH was being watched in January 2023 when he tossed the pizza box in a public trash can on 5th Ave. Good to keep in mind when we think "nothing" is being done.

jmo

BAM!! Couldn't said it better!

 

[Warwick7]

He was pretty active from 2021 to 2023 with prostitutes and burners........

 

[LunaticFringe]

I have a question that I hope someone remembers what I am talking about.Wasn't there a reference about Massapequa and a phone call in one of the documentaries? It may have been The Killing Season but I am not sure.I know dang well Massapequa has been mentioned.Tell me I am not a lunatic!

 

[CHEL]

What’s up with user name “Springfieldman”- made me think of Springfield 3?

same

 

[Barbie619]

For those who have followed the case, does the house look like one belonging a suspect who has been on the radar? I have only followed the case very casually and I am not up on details at all.

I'm curious if the arrested person is not a surprise or a surprise?

jmo

The house being shown does actually surprise me since he is a architect. But in this case it's surprising that he was even arrested after all that happened to initially derail it in the beginning. Surprising is the fact that he would have been in his 40's during his crime spree. I have trouble believing he just got started in his 40's. There's got to be more bodies on this suspect.

 

[Teche]

I'm oddly intrigued by the state of his house. What would make someone in the architectural field live in an unsightly home? It's one thing to live modestly, quietly, and under your means, but another to seemingly neglect the front of your home - the place that is visible and reflects your family to the outside and to the neighbors.

He seems to think highly of himself, based on the interview with the French interviewer. RH might not be a hot-shot architect with tons of style, but the house seems so haphazardly presented that it's the opposite of someone who thinks highly of himself.

I'm totally pulled into this case after years of only dabbling because I thought the perp would never be caught. What a day.

jmo

He must have blown his money on burner phones, *advertiser censored*, prostitutes, and airfare for his wife’s travels. Definitely not any funds spent on home maintenance.
Justice in sight for the women and their families.

 

[indicolite22]

So, so sad it took this long to get him

I wonder how he first got on the police radar. When did they start suspecting him and why couldn't it happen sooner?

 

[Jurisprudence]

What’s up with user name “Springfieldman”- made me think of Springfield 3?

I wonder where he went to school.

 

[Vern]

RealIy is just nagging at me that he may have had earlier dated burner phones which had been used to possibly lure other, earlier victims then the Gilgo 4.

Perhaps not all of the beach victims, but I just find it way too eerie seeing the numbers of victims dumped aong the same stretch - some of whom carry similar victimology as sex workers. The linked affadavit does note that they could not recover some cell records as the carrier records did not go back prior to 2007.

I guess it's just nagging at me that they just haven't been able to use cell records tgo connect him to others there, but that it might just be a matter of time.

 

[Ray_of_hope]

Wow, wow, wow! YES! Such great news during lunch. Got to catch up. Never heard this name or address. He had to actually drive over the bridge to get to "burial" site. I'm so relieved. He called and taunted and mocked relatives of girls murdered. He still has many years to spend incarcerated though I wish he'd never been born. Poor family if they had no idea and I suspect they didn't have any idea.

 

[citizen_sleuth]

RealIy is just nagging at me that he may have had earlier dated burner phones which had been used to possibly lure other, earlier victims then the Gilgo 4.

Perhaps not all of the beach victims, but I just find it way too eerie seeing the numbers of victims dumped aong the same stretch - some of whom carry similar victimology as sex workers. The linked affadavit does note that they could not recover some cell records as the carrier records did not go back prior to 2007.

I guess it's just nagging at me that they just haven't been able to use cell records tgo connect him to others there, but that it might just be a matter of time.

I agree. I also am wondering if RH could also responsible for the unidentified Asian victim based on one of the searches included in the bail application (it is #12 on the list on page 18).

ETA: I wonder when that specific search was made in relation to when that victim is believed to have died.

 

[mucbetam]

I wonder how he first got on the police radar. When did they start suspecting him and why couldn't it happen sooner?

It looks like mapping the Chevrolet Avalanche during the Task Force exercise.
Ok this is not verified and my posts here are amateur sleuthing like most others. But I will admit, hopefully retaining some degree of anonymity that I have led a part of a task force previously, I will say. Sometimes it takes fresh eyes, and a highly motivated and talented team with both good senior leadership and cross-cutting skills to properly do a deep dive of what has been done, what hasn't been done and what needs to be done and allocate and action things skilfully - including picking leaders, working with different people and teams uptime and downtime and it is only in relatively recent years that management tech like agile has transposed from software dev into wider public sector projects. I would say right people, right team, right time, and blame shouldn't be apportioned to earlier teams - it is likely they were looking for a needle in a haystack and remember there were some very eligible suspects for this case. It might not have been feasible to follow absolutely every lead and the methodology used to bottom this all out as it has been now might not have been well developed or the teams may have lacked the specialisms involved.
Others will be suspicious of people in high places. I think this should be treated with caution but also understood in the context of resource constraints. It should be looked at positively that resource has gone into the task force model - which clearly can work - though at cost! You might like to think that there should be a willingness to "go to any lengths". This is economically unrealistic sadly, we all know this. Just my 2c. The lessons learned from this case could be invaluable in porting the cold case task force model onto others, hopefully with increasing efficiency.