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

[DS2021]

Sandra gets justice 30 years later

A Trinidad woman who migrated to the United States has been identified as the victim of a sadistic torturer and murderer known as the Long Island serial killer (LISK).The body

trinidadexpress.com

Grant Parpan, a journalist who covers Suffolk County county and federal courts for Long Island’s Newsday newspaper, has been pursuing the Heuermann story.

In a telephone interview with the Sunday Express on Thursday, Parpan shared an official document on Rajcoomar-Costilla.

In it, Costilla is the victim’s married name. Her maiden name is Sandra Rajcoomar.

Her place of birth is listed as Sangre Grande.

Her father’s name is Ramkissoon R Rajcoomar and her mother’s, Molly E Rattansingh.

According to the document, Rajcoomar-Costilla applied to a US social programme on June 15, 1984.

Parpan said that was the same year she married Benjamin Costilla in Hawaii and likely the year she immigrated to the US.

 

[WINDSOR]

He has not been convicted.

NYS DNA Databank and Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) - NY DCJS

Research the Databank law and qualifying Offenses. DNA Databank Statistics updated frequently. Learn how the DNA Databank came to be and how it is organized.

www.criminaljustice.ny.gov

Law Enforcement has had RH's DNA for months now. You remember the pizza crust, that RH threw away, had his DNA on it, which LE matched with the what they found on the bodies.

 

[Megnut]

Law Enforcement has had RH's DNA for months now. You remember the pizza crust, that RH threw away, had his DNA on it, which LE matched with the what they found on the bodies.

Having his DNA and running it through CODIS are two different things, however.

Will there ever be a final count of victims? Rhetorical question. There will be more.

JMO

 

[Passeridae]

That is good point and it does make me wonder why even kill or abandon the baby?

Of course, he absolutely shouldn’t have killed anyone at all but what threat could the baby have posed to him or anybody, in the case he is not the perp? What was the likelihood that baby would even be able to identify him in a lineup or help a sketch artist? I am guessing very low since the baby was only a toddler. Why not just drop her off at fire station, motel, corner of a gas station 7/11 or anywhere else? He managed to avoid cameras all this time why not do so again to let a child live? Why not just take a quick trip to NJ or wait for the next time he has to head to SC and drop her off somewhere alive at a site down there? Even if a baby could be linked to RH/the perp via DNA what were the chances they would be able to identify her across state lines in 1997?

IMO it is weird and disgusting/horrifying how he would take the risks of returning to a victim’s home to be spotted and recognized by both his car and appearance by her boyfriend and of calling a victim’s family members multiple times, to the point that LE was able to trace his location in the city and on LIRR and but he wouldn’t take one to spare a little girl

I really hate to say this or even think about it much, but you're coming at this from the perspective of a regular person, who sees children as innocent human beings worthy of love and care and respect and and protection and life.

If Heuermann killed Peaches and her baby, he probably killed the baby for the same reason Leonard Lake and Charles Ng killed two of their female victims' babies before killing them. They didn't see the toddlers they murdered as children, they saw them as tools to inflict more pain and torture on their mothers.

 

[WINDSOR]

Having his DNA and running it through CODIS are two different things, however.

Will there ever be a final count of victims? Rhetorical question. There will be more.

JMO

Agreed. If LE did not run it through CODIS, what are/were they thinking? In all likelihood they have, but not released the results to the public.

 

[CuriousCricket]

Agreed. If LE did not run it through CODIS, what are/were they thinking? In all likelihood they have, but not released the results to the public.

As I understand things, in order for DNA to be added to CODIS the person must first be convicted of a crime - a felony of a certain rank, if I'm remembering correctly. However, there does seem to be a work-around while Suffolk County continues its investigation. LE anywhere who suspects RH may be tied to a crime can privately contact NY authorities to see if there's a match with evidence in their jurisdiction. This protects the privacy of the innocent while making it possible for LE to do its job.

 

[Ruminations]

Agreed. If LE did not run it through CODIS, what are/were they thinking? In all likelihood they have, but not released the results to the public.

I am under the impression that in NYS, it is not legal for LE to enter the DNA into CODIS until there is a felony conviction.

Still, it is possible that some DNA has been shared without entering it into CODIS that we do not know about. And we do know that Nevada requested and received some Rex DNA from NYS. As I understand it, NYS is especially cautious about possibly violating the rights of a person by over-sharing DNA. But they can share under some formal arrangements that are probably analogous to search warrant arrangements. Nevada was able to meet some threshold of LE need exceeding a defendants rights.

I find it interesting that we have not heard back that Nevada has eliminated Rex as a suspect. That must mean - there remains the possibility he will be charged with something in NV.

MOO

 

[eishish]

I am under the impression that in NYS, it is not legal for LE to enter the DNA into CODIS until there is a felony conviction.

Still, it is possible that some DNA has been shared without entering it into CODIS that we do not know about. And we do know that Nevada requested and received some Rex DNA from NYS. As I understand it, NYS is especially cautious about possibly violating the rights of a person by over-sharing DNA. But they can share under some formal arrangements that are probably analogous to search warrant arrangements. Nevada was able to meet some threshold of LE need exceeding a defendants rights.

I find it interesting that we have not heard back that Nevada has eliminated Rex as a suspect. That must mean - there remains the possibility he will be charged with something in NV.

MOO

I hope tomorrow that new info is released as am sure everyone else agrees.

 

[CuriousCricket]

I hope tomorrow that new info is released as am sure everyone else agrees.

This story has a glaring error, but still I'm posting it. I did reach out to the publication to tell them VH was not alive when Costello was murdered.

Suspected Gilgo Beach Serial Killer Rex Heuermann May Seek Separate Trials For Multiple Murders

Suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann may seek separate trials for the six murders he is currently charged with, according to his defense attorney.

www.longislandpress.com

 

[NyxNY]

I read yesterday that RH was going to be charged with Valerie Mack's murder this week, but now I can't find it, so it may be totally false. Anyone else read that and have a reliable/allowable source?

 

[iamshadow21]

This story has a glaring error, but still I'm posting it. I did reach out to the publication to tell them VH was not alive when Costello was murdered.

Suspected Gilgo Beach Serial Killer Rex Heuermann May Seek Separate Trials For Multiple Murders

Suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann may seek separate trials for the six murders he is currently charged with, according to his defense attorney.

www.longislandpress.com

You're in error. They're referring to Amber, not Sandra. Costello, not Costilla. The article is correct.

MOO

 

[dotr]

I read yesterday that RH was going to be charged with Valerie Mack's murder this week, but now I can't find it, so it may be totally false. Anyone else read that and have a reliable/allowable source?

Gilgo Beach killings: Cases against suspect Rex Heuermann should be tried separately, defense says

The defense for Massapequa Park resident Rex A. Heuermann also said it is exploring the possibility of a change of venue.

www.newsday.com

''Heuermann has also been linked by prosecutors to Valerie Mack, who like Taylor was dismembered with her remains found off Ocean Parkway near Gilgo Beach and in Manorville, though he has not yet been charged in her killing.4 hours ago'

 

[sds71]

Stewie, the Heuermann family dog, is making his courtroom debut today.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1818275490529964050

https://twitter.com/x/status/1818279622712406379

 

[NyxNY]

Gilgo Beach killings: Cases against suspect Rex Heuermann should be tried separately, defense says

The defense for Massapequa Park resident Rex A. Heuermann also said it is exploring the possibility of a change of venue.

www.newsday.com

''Heuermann has also been linked by prosecutors to Valerie Mack, who like Taylor was dismembered with her remains found off Ocean Parkway near Gilgo Beach and in Manorville, though he has not yet been charged in her killing.4 hours ago'

Thanks @dotr. That I already knew. I think the article I read regarding Valerie Mack might have just been click bait. I guess we'll know in a few hours.

 

[NyxNY]

Stewie, the Heuermann family dog, is making his courtroom debut today.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1818275490529964050

Ugh...why Peacock, WHY?

 

[DS2021]

wonder if anything new will come out today

 

[Teche]

Stewie, the Heuermann family dog, is making his courtroom debut today.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1818275490529964050

https://twitter.com/x/status/1818279622712406379

Is this the 1st photo of Asa and her support dog?

 

[CuriousCricket]

You're in error. They're referring to Amber, not Sandra. Costello, not Costilla. The article is correct.

MOO

Thanks for that. Now I feel silly. Before my coffee kicked in is my only excuse.

still -- "Hair with DNA that matched Heuermann’s was found on Taylor, Costilla, and Waterman. Hair that matched Heuermann’s estranged wife, Asa Ellerup, was found on Waterman and Brainard-Barnes, and hair that matched their daughter, Victoria Heuermann, was found on Costello."

Wasn't there a hair on Costilla from a previous person in RH's household?

 

[CuriousCricket]

Ugh...why Peacock, WHY?

Because dogs are click bait.

 

[Ruminations]

This story has a glaring error, but still I'm posting it. I did reach out to the publication to tell them VH was not alive when Costello was murdered.

Suspected Gilgo Beach Serial Killer Rex Heuermann May Seek Separate Trials For Multiple Murders

Suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann may seek separate trials for the six murders he is currently charged with, according to his defense attorney.

www.longislandpress.com

Amber Costello is the victim who disappeared most recently in 2010. Sandra Costilla was found murdered before V was born.

It's correct now in the article, if they had mixed up Costello and Costilla upon publication.

MOO