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

[Cali_mom]

I wonder if the vault is nothing more than a gun vault. It's confirmed that he had 200 fire arms. I would assume that some had value and would be locked away.

MOO MOO

I've been puzzled as to why he had SO MANY GUNS, especially long-barreled ones. Based on the size of the gun vault (12' x 15") wondering if the guns were a cover. Having so many guns gave him an excuse to build the vault in the first place. The guns were a means to an ends, allowing him his "sound-proof room" that no one else in the family had reason to go into.

 

[Cali_mom]

Folks....if you were bringing a potential murder victim into your home, would you put her into the room where your guns and ammo were??

She might know how to load and shoot!

If a victim was in that room, then she would have been, I suspect, already deceased, and put there for temporary storage. Just a guess....

MOO MOO

If his family was out of town for several weeks he could have emptied out the vault temporarily.

 

[Sjöberg]

Thank you, @Oakie for the interesting historic info about sex workers in London in the 19th century.

As for RH, I am still thinking if he was some degree of a prepper or a hoarder. The guns, the vault and the reporterd overflow of, well, stuff around the house, coupled with the poor state of the house. Just makes me wonder. Not that I think there is any insanity plea or anything like that, but just trying to understand what he was like in his life.

 

[CuriousCricket]

MOO MOO

If his family was out of town for several weeks he could have emptied out the vault temporarily.

nope, can't see Rex exerting himself like that. Too much work.
Now, the ammo MIGHT have been kept somewhere else.

 

[kittythehare]

Gilgo murders: Suffolk police commissioner says investigators took numerous items from Heuermann's home

Suffolk Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison couldn't confirm if any of the victims were ever inside the home.

longisland.news12.com

 

[FansBlowing]

"RH says that either he or his wife drove to Virginia to deal with RH's mother "at least a half a dozen" times between February 2017 and April 2018. RH says that he has "been down there [Virginia] without [his] wife" at least two or three times during that time period. He also visited Florida."

Why did he go to Florida? He says that right after talking about his mother, so maybe mom had a second home in Florida?

 

[kittythehare]

"RH says that either he or his wife drove to Virginia to deal with RH's mother "at least a half a dozen" times between February 2017 and April 2018. RH says that he has "been down there [Virginia] without [his] wife" at least two or three times during that time period. He also visited Florida."

Why did he go to Florida? He says that right after talking about his mother, so maybe mom had a second home in Florida?

Are the dates coinciding with missing women?

I want to know everywhere he went and who went missing while he was there.

Pretty sure LE have this because there will be receipts/records etc

 

[SonsOfCain]

Thank you, @Oakie for the interesting historic info about sex workers in London in the 19th century.

As for RH, I am still thinking if he was some degree of a prepper or a hoarder. The guns, the vault and the reporterd overflow of, well, stuff around the house, coupled with the poor state of the house. Just makes me wonder. Not that I think there is any insanity plea or anything like that, but just trying to understand what he was like in his life.

My brother-in-law’s brother is a cop who is patrolling the perimeter of the house (I’m guessing to make sure the crowd that forms there is a respectable distance away since it is a crime scene). My sister told me that he said the guy is definitely a hoarder. The house was packed with stuff.

 

[Ursamajr]

MOO MOO

I've been puzzled as to why he had SO MANY GUNS, especially long-barreled ones. Based on the size of the gun vault (12' x 15") wondering if the guns were a cover. Having so many guns gave him an excuse to build the vault in the first place. The guns were a means to an ends, allowing him his "sound-proof room" that no one else in the family had reason to go into.

I have a theory here. Heuermann has some of the tell tale signs of being a prepper. I was not shocked when a neighbor in SC used the word in interviews.

Signs of a prepper: stock piling guns, ammo, armor, hoarding food, distrust in govt in regards to guns, collecting military vehicles, acquiring multiple plots of land to be used as a compound, building safe rooms/vaults. Though not at all indicative of anything on it's own (and please for the sake of open discussion, this is not a political attack, it is fact) preppers hold conservative views as core values. Some states have public voting records.

That said, besides hoarding food, armor, and ammo, RH checks the boxes. He may or may not have those things in Massapequa. No confirmed word on that so there is no use in assuming he does. We also know nothing about what he has stored on his other properties.

Prepper is not a derogatory word. Preppers use it to describe themselves and their "preparedness".

 

[FansBlowing]

"He also testified that he traveled to Cocoa Beach Florida in January 2017."

Okay, I'm going to look there...

 

[Vern]

MOO MOO

If his family was out of town for several weeks he could have emptied out the vault temporarily.

If he was utilizing a weapons rack system or a cubed weapons storage sytem within his vault then 300 weapons would take up minimal floor space, would be securely locked and any victim finding themselves within the vault wouldn't be able to access them anyway.

Think of what you see in a doctor's office where all the files are in cubed cabinets that roll together to minimize the floor space they take up ...

Something like this:

High-Density Weapon Storage Systems | SecureIt Tactical

Increase the storage capabilities of your armory with smart high-density weapon storage systems including mobile aisle storage systems.

www.secureittactical.com

The top photo in the above with the 3 troops, just one side of one of those racks holds 96 long barrelled weapons. With one double-sided roll rack and one single sided roll rack he would have had space for 288 long barrelled weapons taking up virtually zero of his vault space. When the two are rolled together, they are locked in and secure, when open (apart from each other) each 'cage/rack' is still individually locked and then once the doors of a 'cage/rack' are opened, one can still employ a further locking bar or chain accross eack rack for additional security.

IMO, if he went to the expense of constructing a vault with an iron door, he didn't just toss up to 300 weapons in there haphazardly and insecurely; he'd have had them organized in order to be able to find the one he was looking for and, most likely, used a rack system of some type (which can all be locked too).

 

[Ann99]

If he was utilizing a weapons rack system or a cubed weapons storage sytem within his vault then 300 weapons would take up minimal floor space, would be securely locked and any victim finding themselves within the vault wouldn't be able to access them anyway.

Think of what you see in a doctor's office where all the files are in cubed cabinets that roll together to minimize the floor space they take up ...

Something like this:

High-Density Weapon Storage Systems | SecureIt Tactical

Increase the storage capabilities of your armory with smart high-density weapon storage systems including mobile aisle storage systems.

www.secureittactical.com

The top photo in the above with the 3 troops, just one side of one of those racks holds 96 long barrelled weapons. With one double-sided roll rack and one single sided roll rack he would have had space for 282 long barrelled weapons taking up virtually zero of his vault space. When the two are rolled together, they are locked in and secure, when open (apart from each other) each 'cage/rack' is still individually locked and then once the doors of a 'cage/rack' are opened, one can still employ a further locking bar or chain accross eack rack for additional security.

IMO, if he went to the expense of constructing a vault with an iron door, he didn't just toss up to 300 weapons in there haphazardly and insecurely; he'd have had them organized in order to be able to find the one he was looking for and, most likely, used a rack system of some type (which can all be locked too).

If one of these storage cubes were empty of guns, could a small person fit inside?

 

[Charlot123]

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I have a theory here. Heuermann has some of the tell tale signs of being a prepper. I was not shocked when a neighbor in SC used the word in interviews.

Signs of a prepper: stock piling guns, ammo, armor, hoarding food, distrust in govt in regards to guns, collecting military vehicles, acquiring multiple plots of land to be used as a compound, building safe rooms/vaults. Though not at all indicative of anything on it's own (and please for the sake of open discussion, this is not a political attack, it is fact) preppers hold conservative views as core values. Some states have public voting records.

That said, besides hoarding food, armor, and ammo, RH checks the boxes. He may or may not have those things in Massapequa. No confirmed word on that so there is no use in assuming he does. We also know nothing about what he has stored on his other properties.

Prepper is not a derogatory word. Preppers use it to describe themselves and their "preparedness".

He might be a prepper. I personally think that he has the tell tale signs of being a Bluebeard and want to know what happened to his first wife, or whether any of his past girlfriends disappeared. Bluebeards kill out of disappointment, all women are the same, and deserve the same punishment. Maybe there was someone close to him that disappeared, not just the SWs.

 

[kittythehare]

I have a theory here. Heuermann has some of the tell tale signs of being a prepper. I was not shocked when a neighbor in SC used the word in interviews.

Signs of a prepper: stock piling guns, ammo, armor, hoarding food, distrust in govt in regards to guns, collecting military vehicles, acquiring multiple plots of land to be used as a compound, building safe rooms/vaults. Though not at all indicative of anything on it's own (and please for the sake of open discussion, this is not a political attack, it is fact) preppers hold conservative views as core values. Some states have public voting records.

That said, besides hoarding food, armor, and ammo, RH checks the boxes. He may or may not have those things in Massapequa. No confirmed word on that so there is no use in assuming he does. We also know nothing about what he has stored on his other properties.

Prepper is not a derogatory word. Preppers use it to describe themselves and their "preparedness".

Not feeling it with him..
I am feeling greed, all the guns when one would be enough, one collection even..

we've seen descriptions of 'socially awkward', not charismatic or likely to be running a militia or a cult but then again.. who knows?
With a kink of getting off on squeezing the life out of beautiful young women is it more likely he will be drawn to company sharing similar interests?
Dark web people and groups?

we can take it that his obsession continued, lE stated they moved in because they expected he was getting ready to do it again. They probably had everything wire tapped.. it was ongoing..

I'm struggling to match it with prepping, prepping in every sense and for every reason known..

i'm also struggling to place him in a group of any like minded people except perhaps the darkest of perverts with whom he may have traded people or images..

i wonder whether that is a thing?
If so it could have, at a stretch brought him to a prepping ideology though a rare one?
What do you think?

 

[vls12345]

Maybe so. I suspect there is more than could be passed off as random clutter, but maybe not.

It's tradition in my family to downsize and minimize as you age, as a gift to your children so they don't have to deal with a bunch of household stuff. It's so normal to me, but I know that is not something everyone considers. I'm younger than RH but already think of it. I'll pipe down as I realize others don't find his stuff a curiosity (and evidence) like I do.

Whatever his plan was or wasn't, it didn't work.

jmo

Thank you, @Oakie for the interesting historic info about sex workers in London in the 19th century.

As for RH, I am still thinking if he was some degree of a prepper or a hoarder. The guns, the vault and the reporterd overflow of, well, stuff around the house, coupled with the poor state of the house. Just makes me wonder. Not that I think there is any insanity plea or anything like that, but just trying to understand what he was like in his life.

I am dealing with cleaning out a hoard left by a parent. I can definitely say that random items would likely be tossed as trash by anyone dealing with the hoard at a later time, especially if the items were seemingly innocuous (like some rope, or tape, or random keys, etc.). So much of a hoard is dirty & dusty from time; plus, when cleaning out a hoard, you just get tired from the sheer amounts of stuff & are ready to dump things. My guess is that RH didn't plan to get caught and there wouldn't have necessarily been anything later that would have raised suspicion if someone was cleaning out his hoard (if he was never arrested as a perp). MOO.

 

[SonsOfCain]

Exclusive | Gilgo Beach suspect Rex Heuermann almost killed me during our HS play, classmate says

Rex Heuermann nearly offed a member of his Long Island high school drama club in a backstage incident, his former classmate claims.

nypost.com

I hate linking to the NYP, but if this woman’s account of Heuermann purposely trying to injure her in high school is true-does anyone else find it super ironic that the play they were both working on was “Arsenic and Old Lace”?

 

[Elliot_Alderson]

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He might be a prepper. I personally think that he has the tell tale signs of being a Bluebeard and want to know what happened to his first wife, or whether any of his past girlfriends disappeared. Bluebeards kill out of disappointment, all women are the same, and deserve the same punishment. Maybe there was someone close to him that disappeared, not just the SWs.

I have never heard the term Bluebeards but thanks for giving me something to research

 

[investigatefred]

Are the dates coinciding with missing women?

I want to know everywhere he went and who went missing while he was there.

Pretty sure LE have this because there be receipts/records etc

For the dates mentioned in the deposition, no, I haven't seen anything on namus that matches. (Its possible, may not be found yet?) As far as older cases, from the mid-nineties, I'm scratching my head about Alicia Showalter Reynolds. There's another thread on here about her and many suspected men have been checked and convicted of other murders, but hers lingers. Route 29 would be a route leading to the area he visited many times. Not derailing, but he has so many states he's frequented, the lines are very blurred as to what can we even bring up under each thread.

 

[Ursamajr]

Not feeling it with him..
I am feeling greed, all the guns when one would be enough, one collection even..

we've seen descriptions of 'socially awkward', not charismatic or likely to be running a militia or a cult but then again.. who knows?
With a kink of getting off on squeezing the life out of beautiful young women is it more likely he will be drawn to company sharing similar interests?
Dark web people and groups?


i'm also struggling to place him in a group of any like minded people except perhaps the darkest of perverts with whom he may have

I snipped your comment a little, I hope that is okay.

Quite the contrary - The goal of being a successful prepper would be to be prepared to take care of you and your own, being able to defend your home and stash from others and without having to participate in a society (or whatever is left) or rely on others.

 

[Ruminations]

I don't think she actually said that - I think it was the person's interpretation of her attitude/behaviour

Agree. It was spoken, not written, but I didn't hear that characterization as a direct quote...I heard a discription of her absorption of info. If I got news like that, I'd probably believe it, but simultaneously find it unbelievable. I'd say something to express my intention to act on the words I'm being told, rather than what I feel is possible. 'It is what it is,' expresses that.

MOO

Edited to add: several posters have found it printed and the statement is in quotes. It remains possible it was not a literal quote. But the articles were written such that the phrase was an exact quote. So- perhaps my assumption was wrong. Dang it, assuming usually ends poorly. I should know better.

MOO