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

[fred&edna]

I swear I saw a video with the SC DA and he seems to say that maybe RH's DNA hasn't been entered into state and national databases... because of laws. That it's only usually done if there's a "conviction". WHAT?? Maybe I misunderstood! I'm trying to find another acceptable link to post. Did anyone else hear similar??

Starting at approx 3:08

 

[Justice101]

"Some neighbors recalled that when Rex Heuermann's father lived in that same house, he used to go jogging. They said he went jogging with an axe. That rumor is unconfirmed."

That sounds like a bad joke

 

[LadyL]

I wouldn’t doubt it. He seemed to like to bring it up a lot..specifically around women.

I've only heard of the one sw he brought it up to at dinner. Were there others?

 

[iamshadow21]

Well, everyone's got a fridge and a freezer. And all of us have stains in the trays. Probably looking at that and if he stored any body parts in there.. < hated to even type that.

If he was a hunter, he may have had a dedicated freezer just for that. And who goes digging through that kind of thing? If it was downstairs, well, we know his wife is disabled, it would be easy enough to be the one to retrieve some duck or venison when needed. Who looks down to the very bottom? I'm presuming that there weren't actual human remains found in the searches this week, but there would be blood traces all over that kind of freezer which would all need to be tested to see if they are human. And depending on the size of it, a small or dismembered human body could fit in a chest freezer easily. You could fit at least two in mine, if it wasn't filled with ice cream and leftovers so iced up they're impossible to identify.

MOO

 

[LadyL]

"Some neighbors recalled that when Rex Heuermann's father lived in that same house, he used to go jogging. They said he went jogging with an axe. That rumor is unconfirmed."

That sounds like a bad joke

What's the source of this please?

 

[fred&edna]

I'm trying to research NY's DNA Databank. I see the BBM part.


Presently, any offender convicted of a New York State felony offense or Penal Law misdemeanor is required to provide a DNA sample for inclusion in the Databank. This requirement applies to anyone convicted on or after August 1, 2012; the law does not apply to juvenile delinquents, whose cases are handled in Family Courts, or individuals granted youthful offender status by the court, which results in their conviction being sealed except in limited circumstances allowed by law. The Databank also includes samples from offenders who provided them under certain circumstances outlined in state regulation.

Additional Information​

The New York State DNA Databank was established by law in 1994 and began operating in 1996. At that time, only offenders convicted of certain offenses were required to provide DNA samples.

The list of crimes that require a DNA sample upon conviction has been expanded five times, most recently in 2012. In addition to requiring DNA samples upon conviction for felony offenses and all Penal Law misdemeanors, the 2012 law expanded a criminal defendant’s access to pre- and post-conviction DNA testing in certain circumstances.

In addition, state regulations permit the release of partial DNA matches that meet certain criteria to law enforcement agencies for investigative purposes and allow law enforcement agencies to request a familial search of the DNA Databank in connection with unsolved, serious crimes. Information in the Databank is protected by state law and by comprehensive internal procedures. The intentional disclosure of a DNA record to an unauthorized person or agency or the intentional use or receipt of DNA records for an unauthorized purpose is a felony.

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

JMO but if RH's DNA isn't immediately entered into CODIS... I'm gonna' be MAD!

 

[DSCrime]

Does this kind of wannabe behaviour remind anyone else of those other serial killers who always wanted to be cops or special forces or whatever but couldn't get in, and so they hang out at cop bars and buy exsquad cars and play pretend that they're the Big Man but at the same time, they secretly know they're not good enough, so they take that thwarted rage out on women (or whoever their chosen victims might be)?

RH strikes me as someone who wanted to be a mover and shaker in NY property and construction. As someone who has power and makes connections. And instead, he's this guy who's an awkward braggart with fashion still stuck in about 1979, whose home is filling up and falling down, who killed at least four vibrant, troubled, loved, complicated, young women because he can't handle what a nonevent his entire existence is without 'winning' by destroying somebody else, someone he knows he can destroy because he never picked a fight with anyone who stood a chance against him.

His devices are filled with communication with sex workers and searches for violent, disturbing SAM featuring women, teens, children, and 'twinks'. He's got enough guns for an army. He's put in jail and he has one question - 'is it in the news?'

I would question, is he really asking, 'am I somebody, now?'

No, dude. You've never been smaller or less significant in your life. Get used to it.

MOO

(BBM)
I agree with you, at least partially. But also, might he have been trying to assess just how screwed he was at that precise moment? Meaning, if it's not in the news, that would indicate the investigation might be at the early stages and he might breathe a sigh of relief that he's just a suspect and not THE SUSPECT. But if it's in the news, they've got enough evidence that they were willing to publicize that. I hope my rambling is coherent today.

@helpfulcharlie I also thought something similar. When he was arrested, reportedly he kept quiet and asked for a lawyer right away. I think he was trying to assess the situation. This is a guy who was interacting with escorts, and he knew he was doing something illegal, but maybe he thought he wasn't, as you said, THE SUSPECT.

But I also think it's his reported tendency to brag that will finally make him crack & talk to police. I think it may take some time but eventually he will.

 

[minazoe]

I've only heard of the one sw he brought it up to at dinner. Were there others?

yes, there was a young woman who worked for him, he would bring it up..mOO

 

[minazoe]

@helpfulcharlie I also thought something similar. When he was arrested, reportedly he kept quiet and asked for a lawyer right away. I think he was trying to assess the situation. This is a guy who was interacting with escorts, and he knew he was doing something illegal, but maybe he thought he wasn't, as you said, THE SUSPECT.

But I also think it's his reported tendency to brag that will finally make him crack & talk to police. I think it may take some time but eventually he will.

I agree, they will bring in important people " serial killer specialists" of the highest pedigree...he won't be able to resist..
he wants to control the narrative...he wants to brag and and cast a shadow over the others...king for a day! I cannot wait!

mOO

 

[fred&edna]

So, the NYP "source" from 10 days ago was mistaken, I guess?

NYPD will use DNA obtained off pizza crust to possibly link Gilgo Beach suspect to cold cases: sources

“His DNA was never in the system until they arrested him,” the source said. “Now we can compare it to other crimes.”

nypost.com

 

[GoBuckeyes]

I swear I saw a video with the SC DA and he seems to say that maybe RH's DNA hasn't been entered into state and national databases... because of laws. That it's only usually done if there's a "conviction". WHAT?? Maybe I misunderstood! I'm trying to find another acceptable link to post. Did anyone else hear similar??

Starting at approx 3:08

It varies state to state. Some states collect DNA after any arrest. In other states it's any arrest for a felony. And other states require a conviction of a felony before they collect DNA. So, it's possible that they haven't collected DNA yet. I don't know NY's laws on the matter.

 

[citizen_sleuth]

This took waaaay too long, but I compiled a comprehensive timeline of all known events in RH's life and the murders, primarily from legal documents & government databases to ensure accuracy

ETA: The dates in red directly pertain to the murders

Timeline of events

- 29 November 1975: RH's father dies at age 50, when RH was 12 years old (NY Post)

- May/June 1981: RH graduates from Berner High School in Massapequa (NY Daily News)

- Summer 1981: RH works as a seasonal employee at Jones Beach State Park (statement from NY State Parks Department to NY Post)

- 5 March 1984: RH begins working (presumably full-time) at Jones Beach State Park (statement from NY State Parks Department to NY Post)

- 24 October 1987: RH leaves his position at Jones Beach State Park (statement from NY State Parks Department to NY Post)

- 1987: Started working in Manhattan (pg. 47 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- 29 September 1990: RH marries his first wife at St. Peter's Church in New Brunswick, NJ. At the time of their marriage, RH was working at Greer Construction Corp. in Freeport, NY as an architect intern. He graduated from the New York Institute of Technology in Westbury, NY with a degree in architectural technology (Central Jersey Home News, 28 Oct 1990)

- 1993: RH and his first wife divorce after "almost three years" of marriage (pg. 8 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- 29 April 1994: RH purchases the house in Massapequa Park from his mother for $170,000 (Nassau County Land Records Viewer)

- 12 June 1995: RH files a small claims assessment review against Nassau County in Nassau Supreme Court (Heuermann v Nassau)

- 13 April 1996: RH marries his second wife (pg. 8 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- 4 November 1996: RH obtains his architecture license in NY State (NY State Office of the Professions)

- 23 April 2005: RH purchases a timeshare at Club du Soleil in Las Vegas for $16,995

- 6 July 2007: Maureen Brainard-Barnes' cellphone is contacted by a burner phone (pg. 5 of the bail application)

- 9 July 2007, 11:56 p.m.: Maureen's cellphone pings in Midtown Manhattan near the 59th Street Bridge (pg. 5 of the bail application)

- 12 July 2007: Two outbound calls were made from Maureen's cellphone, checking her voicemail from a cell site location near the Long Island Expressway in Islandia (pg. 5 of the bail application)

- 3 July 2009: Melissa Bathelemy's cellphone is contacted by a burner phone (pg. 5 of the bail application)

- 6 July 2009: Melissa's cellphone is contacted by the same burner phone (pg. 5 of the bail application)

- 8 July 2009: RH's wife leaves the United States for Iceland (pg. 8 of the bail application)

- 9 July 2009: Melissa's cellphone is again contacted by the same burner phone (pg. 5 of the bail application)

- 10 July 2009: Melissa is last seen in New York City. Her cellphone is contacted by the same burner phone and the burner phone travels from Massapequa Park to Midtown Manhattan (pg. 5 of the bail application)

- 11 July 2009, 1:43 a.m.: Melissa's cellphone travels from Manhattan to Massapequa, last pinging in Massapequa at 1:43 a.m. Earlier that same day, her phone was used to check her voicemail in both Freeport and Babylon (pg. 5 of the bail application)

- 12 July 2009: Melissa's cellphone is used to make an outbound call to check her voicemail in Babylon (pg. 5 of the bail application)

- 14 July 2009

• 12:40 p.m.: A male caller uses Melissa's cellphone to contact her family, connecting with a cell tower at 4 Penn Plaza in Manhattan (pg. 10 of the bail application)
• 1:45 p.m.: RH's cellphone places a call in New York City (pg. 11 of the bail application)
• 6:58 p.m.: RH's cellphone shows a call location in New York City (pg. 10 of the bail application)
• 7:15 p.m.: The burner phone used to contact Melissa has activity in Manhattan (pg. 10 of the bail application)
• 7:22 p.m.: RH's cellphone shows a call location in New York City (pg. 10 of the bail application)

- 17 July 2009: Melissa's phone is used in Midtown Manhattan to make taunting calls to her family members on July 17. The male caller admits to killing and sexually assaulting her. (pg. 6 of the bail application)

- 22 July 2009

• 5:12 p.m.: RH places a call from New York City (pg. 12 of the bail application)
• 6:51 p.m.: The burner cellphone used to contact Melissa registered activity at a cell tower at 19 West 34th Street in Midtown Manhattan, near RH's office (pg. 12 of the bail application)

- 23 July 2009:

• 12:48 p.m.: RH places a call from New York City (pg. 13 of the bail application)
• 1:39 p.m.: The burner phone used to contact Melissa had activity attached to a cell tower at 19 West 34th Street in Manhattan (pg. 13 of the bail application)
• 6:42 p.m.: A male caller uses Melissa's phone to contact her family from a cell tower at 275 West 39th Street in Manhattan (pg. 13 of the bail application)
• 8:29 - 8:30 p.m.: The burner phone used to contact Melissa has activity in New York City (pg. 13 of the bail application)
• 11:05 p.m.: RH's cellphone places a call from Jamaica, Queens (pg. 13 of the bail application)

- 5 August 2009:

• 6:46 - 7:05 p.m.: RH's cellphone pings near his office (pg. 14 of the bail application)
• 6:50 - 7:11 p.m.: Melissa's phone is used in Midtown Manhattan near RH's office to make taunting calls to her family members (pg. 14 of the bail application)

- 18 August 2009: RH's wife returns to the United States from Iceland (pg. 8 of the bail application)

- 19 August 2009

• 7:16 p.m.: RH's cellphone makes a call from New York City (pg. 15 of the bail application)
• 7:23 p.m.: A male caller uses Melissa's cellphone to make a taunting call to her family from Manhattan, pinging from a cell tower at 249 West 36th Street (pg. 15 of the bail application)
• 7:28 p.m.: RH's cellphone makes a call from New York City (pg. 15 of the bail application)

- 26 August 2009:

• 11:29 - 11:34 a.m.: Melissa's cellphone is used to make a taunting call to her family member from a cell tower at 4 Penn Plaza (pg. 16 of the bail application)
• 11:38 a.m.: RH's cellphone lists a call location from New York City (pg. 16 of the bail application)

- 17 May 2010: RH acquires a hunting license in Alaska (Newsweek)

- 4 June 2010: RH's wife travels from New York to Maryland (pg. 9 of the bail application)

- 5 June 2010: Megan Waterman's cellphone is contacted by a burner phone which had been activated that same day (pg. 6 of the bail application)

- 6 June 2010

• 1:30 a.m.: Megan is last seen alive at the Holiday Inn in Hauppauge, NY. At 1:31 a.m., she is contacted by the burner phone. (pg. 6 of the bail application)
• 3:11 a.m.: Megan's phone last pings near RH's house in Massapequa Park (pg. 6 of the bail application)

- 8 June 2010: RH's wife returns to New York from Maryland (pg. 9 of the bail application)

- 28 August 2010: RH's wife travels from New York to New Jersey (pg. 9 of the bail application)

- 1 September 2010, 11:33 - 11:34 p.m.: Amber Costello's phone is contacted twice by a burner phone. During these calls, the burner phone pinged from cell towers in West Amityville and Massapequa Park (pg. 7 of the bail application)

- 2 September 2010

• 12:05 a.m.: The burner phone has contact with Amber's phone from West Babylon. Around this time, the client -- described as an "ogre" driving a first-generation Chevy Avalanche -- arrives at her residence at pays for her services, at which point a male pretends to be an outraged boyfriend and the client leaves. (pg. 7 of the bail application)
• 1:18 a.m.: Amber receives a text from the burner phone reading "That was not nice so do i [sic] credit for next time." The burner phone sent the text message from Massapequa Park. (pg. 8 of the bail application)
• 9:32 p.m.: The same burner phone communicates with Amber's phone, using a cell tower in Midtown Manhattan (pg. 8 of the bail application)
• 10:39 p.m.: The burner phone again has contact with Amber's phone, this time from a cell tower in Massapequa Park (pg. 8 of the bail application)
• 11:05 p.m.: The burner phone has contact with Amber's phone from a cell tower in Massapequa Park (pg. 8 of the bail application)
• 11:17 p.m.: The burner phone travels to West Babylon near Amber Costello's residence. Shortly after this, a dark-colored truck was seen driving past Amber Costello's residence. (pg. 8 of the bail application)

- 5 September 2010: RH's wife returns to New York from New Jersey (pg. 9 of the bail application)

- 15 January 2011: An AOL email account -- "Springfieldman9" -- linked to a Tinder account and burner phone is established with an Astoria, Queens zip code (pg. 17 of the bail application)

- October 31, 2013: RH is allegedly (case later dismissed) struck by a car at the intersection of West 36th Street and 6th Avenue in Manhattan (Affirmation in Opposition in Heuermann v Singh)

- 2014 or 2015: RH had hernia surgery (pg. 99 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- 19 February 2016: RH allegedly is involved in a car accident on the Capital Beltway in Prince George's County, Maryland (pg. 3 of the complaint in Heuermann v Martin)

- 11 January 2017, 10:15 p.m.: Car accident at the intersection of Front Street and Second Avenue in Massapequa Park (pg. 35 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- Mid- to late January 2017: RH flies to Las Vegas to attend a conference for "four or five days" (pg. 19 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- March 2017: RH drives down to Virginia to visit his mom by himself. (pg. 129 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- November 2017: RH visits Las Vegas alone "for a couple days to meet some people." When asked, "so it was a pleasure trip?," RH responds "I guess you could say that, social." (pg. 133 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- January 2018: RH drives down to Cocoa Beach, Florida with his wife, mother, and daughter (pg. 131 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- 12 February 2018: RH underwent shoulder surgery. RH explains that his "intention was to do it [the surgery] in the fall" but that he "was tied up with some family matters that forced [him] to delay," namely, his mother "had to be relocated" (pg. 102 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- March 2018: RH drives down to Virginia to visit his mom, most likely alone (pg. 131 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- Late March - Early April 2018: RH drives his army Jeep "for the first time since September" (pg. 117 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- 23 May 2020: RH's home IP address was used to access the official SCPD "Gilgonews.com" website (pg. 24 of the bail application)

- 3 July 2020: RH's home IP address was again used to access the official SCPD "Gilgonews.com" website (pg. 24 of the bail application)

- 14 February 2021

• A fictitious Gmail account, "Hunter1903a3," is created with the fake name "Andy Roberts" and is linked to the burner phone 347-885-1697. The IP address used to accept the Terms of Service for this account was RH's residence in Massapequa Park (pg. 24 of the bail application)
• The "Hunter1903a3" account is used to send pictures of a prostitute in upstate New York between two of RH's "burner" email accounts (pg. 24 of the bail application)

- 28 July 2021: RH purchases four unimproved lots totaling about 5 acres on Rippling Brook Drive in the Mirror Lakes subdivision in Chester County, SC for $154,351 (Rock Hill Herald)

- 23 February 2022: RH allegedly gets into a car accident near the intersection of Union Avenue and Devoe Street in Brooklyn (pg. 5 of complaint in Heuermann v Fenimore)

- 28 March 2022, 9:19 - 9:25 a.m.: A fictitious Gmail account, "thawk080672," is used to search "long island serial killer" (pg. 20 of the bail application)

- 21 July 2022: An undercover SCPD detective recovers 11 bottles from the trash can outside RH's house in Massapequa Park (pg. 26 of the bail application)

- 8 November 2022: The burner cellphone 347-304-2671 is used to access the "Springfieldman9" account (pg. 17 of the bail application)

- 11 December 2022: RH's cellphone is used to access the fictitious "Springfieldman9" email account for over 3 hours (pg. 17 of the bail application)

- 26 January 2023: RH is observed throwing a pizza box in a trash can outside 385 5th Avenue in Manhattan. The box is recovered by a surveillance team (pg. 29 of the bail application)

- 19 May 2023: RH is observed by law enforcement via video and field surveillance at a phone store in Manhattan purchasing additional minutes for the burner phone 347-304-2671 (pg. 22 of the bail application)

- 13 July 2023: RH is arrested outside his office in Midtown Manhattan. At the time of his arrest, RH had the burner phone 347-304-2671 (linked to the "thawk080672" Gmail account) on his person (pg. 31 of the bail application)

 

[r3d-ros3]

Earlier in the thread there was some discussion about Craigslist and Backpage. In 2018, FOSTA-SESTA effectively killed Backpage in an effort to "curb online sex work" and human trafficking, which anyone interested in can read about more here...

A new law intended to curb sex trafficking threatens the future of the internet as we know it

The controversial bill package FOSTA-SESTA has already impacted sites like Reddit, Craigslist, and Google — and that’s just the start.

www.vox.com

It sounds like RH had a Tinder profile, but it would be interesting to know more about how changes on Craiglist and Backpage might have forced him to change his approach.

 

[Ann99]

This took waaaay too long, but I compiled a comprehensive timeline of all known events in RH's life and the murders, primarily from legal documents & government databases to ensure accuracy:

Timeline of events

- 29 November 1975: RH's father dies at age 50, when RH was 12 years old (NY Post)

- May/June 1981: RH graduates from Berner High School in Massapequa (NY Daily News)

- Summer 1981: RH works as a seasonal employee at Jones Beach State Park (statement from NY State Parks Department to NY Post)

- 5 March 1984: RH begins working (presumably full-time) at Jones Beach State Park (statement from NY State Parks Department to NY Post)

- 24 October 1987: RH leaves his position at Jones Beach State Park (statement from NY State Parks Department to NY Post)

- 1987: Started working in Manhattan (pg. 47 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- 29 September 1990: RH marries his first wife at St. Peter's Church in New Brunswick, NJ. At the time of their marriage, RH was working at Greer Construction Corp. in Freeport, NY as an architect intern. He graduated from the New York Institute of Technology in Westbury, NY with a degree in architectural technology (Central Jersey Home News, 28 Oct 1990)

- 1993: RH and his first wife divorce after "almost three years" of marriage (pg. 8 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- 29 April 1994: RH purchases the house in Massapequa Park from his mother for $170,000 (Nassau County Land Records Viewer)

- 12 June 1995: RH files a small claims assessment review against Nassau County in Nassau Supreme Court (Heuermann v Nassau)

- 13 April 1996: RH marries his second wife (pg. 8 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- 4 November 1996: RH obtains his architecture license in NY State (NY State Office of the Professions)

- 23 April 2005: RH purchases a timeshare at Club du Soleil in Las Vegas for $16,995

- 6 July 2007: Maureen Brainard-Barnes' cellphone is contacted by a burner phone (pg. 5 of the bail application)

- 9 July 2007, 11:56 p.m.: Maureen's cellphone pings in Midtown Manhattan near the 59th Street Bridge (pg. 5 of the bail application)

- 12 July 2007: Two outbound calls were made from Maureen's cellphone, checking her voicemail from a cell site location near the Long Island Expressway in Islandia (pg. 5 of the bail application)

- 3 July 2009: Melissa Bathelemy's cellphone is contacted by a burner phone (pg. 5 of the bail application)

- 6 July 2009: Melissa's cellphone is contacted by the same burner phone (pg. 5 of the bail application)

- 8 July 2009: RH's wife leaves the United States for Iceland (pg. 8 of the bail application)

- 9 July 2009: Melissa's cellphone is again contacted by the same burner phone (pg. 5 of the bail application)

- 10 July 2009: Melissa is last seen in New York City. Her cellphone is contacted by the same burner phone and the burner phone travels from Massapequa Park to Midtown Manhattan (pg. 5 of the bail application)

- 11 July 2009, 1:43 a.m.: Melissa's cellphone travels from Manhattan to Massapequa, last pinging in Massapequa at 1:43 a.m. Earlier that same day, her phone was used to check her voicemail in both Freeport and Babylon (pg. 5 of the bail application)

- 12 July 2009: Melissa's cellphone is used to make an outbound call to check her voicemail in Babylon (pg. 5 of the bail application)

- 14 July 2009

• 12:40 p.m.: A male caller uses Melissa's cellphone to contact her family, connecting with a cell tower at 4 Penn Plaza in Manhattan (pg. 10 of the bail application)
• 1:45 p.m.: RH's cellphone places a call in New York City (pg. 11 of the bail application)
• 6:58 p.m.: RH's cellphone shows a call location in New York City (pg. 10 of the bail application)
• 7:15 p.m.: The burner phone used to contact Melissa has activity in Manhattan (pg. 10 of the bail application)
• 7:22 p.m.: RH's cellphone shows a call location in New York City (pg. 10 of the bail application)

- 17 July 2009: Melissa's phone is used in Midtown Manhattan to make taunting calls to her family members on July 17. The male caller admits to killing and sexually assaulting her. (pg. 6 of the bail application)

- 22 July 2009

• 5:12 p.m.: RH places a call from New York City (pg. 12 of the bail application)
• 6:51 p.m.: The burner cellphone used to contact Melissa registered activity at a cell tower at 19 West 34th Street in Midtown Manhattan, near RH's office (pg. 12 of the bail application)

- 23 July 2009:

• 12:48 p.m.: RH places a call from New York City (pg. 13 of the bail application)
• 1:39 p.m.: The burner phone used to contact Melissa had activity attached to a cell tower at 19 West 34th Street in Manhattan (pg. 13 of the bail application)
• 6:42 p.m.: A male caller uses Melissa's phone to contact her family from a cell tower at 275 West 39th Street in Manhattan (pg. 13 of the bail application)
• 8:29 - 8:30 p.m.: The burner phone used to contact Melissa has activity in New York City (pg. 13 of the bail application)
• 11:05 p.m.: RH's cellphone places a call from Jamaica, Queens (pg. 13 of the bail application)

- 5 August 2009:

• 6:46 - 7:05 p.m.: RH's cellphone pings near his office (pg. 14 of the bail application)
• 6:50 - 7:11 p.m.: Melissa's phone is used in Midtown Manhattan near RH's office to make taunting calls to her family members (pg. 14 of the bail application)

- 18 August 2009: RH's wife returns to the United States from Iceland (pg. 8 of the bail application)

- 19 August 2009

• 7:16 p.m.: RH's cellphone makes a call from New York City (pg. 15 of the bail application)
• 7:23 p.m.: A male caller uses Melissa's cellphone to make a taunting call to her family from Manhattan, pinging from a cell tower at 249 West 36th Street (pg. 15 of the bail application)
• 7:28 p.m.: RH's cellphone makes a call from New York City (pg. 15 of the bail application)

- 26 August 2009:

• 11:29 - 11:34 a.m.: Melissa's cellphone is used to make a taunting call to her family member from a cell tower at 4 Penn Plaza (pg. 16 of the bail application)
• 11:38 a.m.: RH's cellphone lists a call location from New York City (pg. 16 of the bail application)

- 17 May 2010: RH acquires a hunting license in Alaska (Newsweek)

- 4 June 2010: RH's wife travels from New York to Maryland (pg. 9 of the bail application)

- 5 June 2010: Megan Waterman's cellphone is contacted by a burner phone which had been activated that same day (pg. 6 of the bail application)

- 6 June 2010

• 1:30 a.m.: Megan is last seen alive at the Holiday Inn in Hauppauge, NY. At 1:31 a.m., she is contacted by the burner phone. (pg. 6 of the bail application)
• 3:11 a.m.: Megan's phone last pings near RH's house in Massapequa Park (pg. 6 of the bail application)

- 8 June 2010: RH's wife returns to New York from Maryland (pg. 9 of the bail application)

- 28 August 2010: RH's wife travels from New York to New Jersey (pg. 9 of the bail application)

- 1 September 2010, 11:33 - 11:34 p.m.: Amber Costello's phone is contacted twice by a burner phone. During these calls, the burner phone pinged from cell towers in West Amityville and Massapequa Park (pg. 7 of the bail application)

- 2 September 2010

• 12:05 a.m.: The burner phone has contact with Amber's phone from West Babylon. Around this time, the client -- described as an "ogre" driving a first-generation Chevy Avalanche -- arrives at her residence at pays for her services, at which point a male pretends to be an outraged boyfriend and the client leaves. (pg. 7 of the bail application)
• 1:18 a.m.: Amber receives a text from the burner phone reading "That was not nice so do i [sic] credit for next time." The burner phone sent the text message from Massapequa Park. (pg. 8 of the bail application)
• 9:32 p.m.: The same burner phone communicates with Amber's phone, using a cell tower in Midtown Manhattan (pg. 8 of the bail application)
• 10:39 p.m.: The burner phone again has contact with Amber's phone, this time from a cell tower in Massapequa Park (pg. 8 of the bail application)
• 11:05 p.m.: The burner phone has contact with Amber's phone from a cell tower in Massapequa Park (pg. 8 of the bail application)
• 11:17 p.m.: The burner phone travels to West Babylon near Amber Costello's residence. Shortly after this, a dark-colored truck was seen driving past Amber Costello's residence. (pg. 8 of the bail application)

- 5 September 2010: RH's wife returns to New York from New Jersey (pg. 9 of the bail application)

- 15 January 2011: An AOL email account -- "Springfieldman9" -- linked to a Tinder account and burner phone is established with an Astoria, Queens zip code (pg. 17 of the bail application)

- October 31, 2013: RH is allegedly (case later dismissed) struck by a car at the intersection of West 36th Street and 6th Avenue in Manhattan (Affirmation in Opposition in Heuermann v Singh)

- 2014 or 2015: RH had hernia surgery (pg. 99 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- 19 February 2016: RH allegedly is involved in a car accident on the Capital Beltway in Prince George's County, Maryland (pg. 3 of the complaint in Heuermann v Martin)

- 11 January 2017, 10:15 p.m.: Car accident at the intersection of Front Street and Second Avenue in Massapequa Park (pg. 35 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- Mid- to late January 2017: RH flies to Las Vegas to attend a conference for "four or five days" (pg. 19 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- March 2017: RH drives down to Virginia to visit his mom by himself. (pg. 129 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- November 2017: RH visits Las Vegas alone "for a couple days to meet some people." When asked, "so it was a pleasure trip?," RH responds "I guess you could say that, social." (pg. 133 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- January 2018: RH drives down to Cocoa Beach, Florida with his wife, mother, and daughter (pg. 131 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- 12 February 2018: RH underwent shoulder surgery. RH explains that his "intention was to do it [the surgery] in the fall" but that he "was tied up with some family matters that forced [him] to delay," namely, his mother "had to be relocated" (pg. 102 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- March 2018: RH drives down to Virginia to visit his mom, most likely alone (pg. 131 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- Late March - Early April 2018: RH drives his army Jeep "for the first time since September" (pg. 117 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- 23 May 2020: RH's home IP address was used to access the official SCPD "Gilgonews.com" website (pg. 24 of the bail application)

- 3 July 2020: RH's home IP address was again used to access the official SCPD "Gilgonews.com" website (pg. 24 of the bail application)

- 14 February 2021

• A fictitious Gmail account, "Hunter1903a3," is created with the fake name "Andy Roberts" and is linked to the burner phone 347-885-1697. The IP address used to accept the Terms of Service for this account was RH's residence in Massapequa Park (pg. 24 of the bail application)
• The "Hunter1903a3" account is used to send pictures of a prostitute in upstate New York between two of RH's "burner" email accounts (pg. 24 of the bail application)

- 28 July 2021: RH purchases four unimproved lots totaling about 5 acres on Rippling Brook Drive in the Mirror Lakes subdivision in Chester County, SC for $154,351 (Rock Hill Herald)

- 23 February 2022: RH allegedly gets into a car accident near the intersection of Union Avenue and Devoe Street in Brooklyn (pg. 5 of complaint in Heuermann v Fenimore)

- 28 March 2022, 9:19 - 9:25 a.m.: A fictitious Gmail account, "thawk080672," is used to search "long island serial killer" (pg. 20 of the bail application)

- 21 July 2022: An undercover SCPD detective recovers 11 bottles from the trash can outside RH's house in Massapequa Park (pg. 26 of the bail application)

- 8 November 2022: The burner cellphone 347-304-2671 is used to access the "Springfieldman9" account (pg. 17 of the bail application)

- 11 December 2022: RH's cellphone is used to access the fictitious "Springfieldman9" email account for over 3 hours (pg. 17 of the bail application)

- 26 January 2023: RH is observed throwing a pizza box in a trash can outside 385 5th Avenue in Manhattan. The box is recovered by a surveillance team (pg. 29 of the bail application)

- 19 May 2023: RH is observed by law enforcement via video and field surveillance at a phone store in Manhattan purchasing additional minutes for the burner phone 347-304-2671 (pg. 22 of the bail application)

- 13 July 2023: RH is arrested outside his office in Midtown Manhattan. At the time of his arrest, RH had the burner phone 347-304-2671 (linked to the "thawk080672" Gmail account) on his person (pg. 31 of the bail application)

Excellent! Thank you so much. A lot of work, for sure. Just what we needed.

 

[fred&edna]

It varies state to state. Some states collect DNA after any arrest. In other states it's any arrest for a felony. And other states require a conviction of a felony before they collect DNA. So, it's possible that they haven't collected DNA yet. I don't know NY's laws on the matter.

I brought it up just a bit on the last thread and I "thought" the DNA was added upon his arrest. I've been trying to do my NY law homework

 

[Betty P]

This took waaaay too long, but I compiled a comprehensive timeline of all known events in RH's life and the murders, primarily from legal documents & government databases to ensure accuracy

ETA: The dates in red directly pertain to the murders

Timeline of events

- 29 November 1975: RH's father dies at age 50, when RH was 12 years old (NY Post)

- May/June 1981: RH graduates from Berner High School in Massapequa (NY Daily News)

- Summer 1981: RH works as a seasonal employee at Jones Beach State Park (statement from NY State Parks Department to NY Post)

- 5 March 1984: RH begins working (presumably full-time) at Jones Beach State Park (statement from NY State Parks Department to NY Post)

- 24 October 1987: RH leaves his position at Jones Beach State Park (statement from NY State Parks Department to NY Post)

- 1987: Started working in Manhattan (pg. 47 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- 29 September 1990: RH marries his first wife at St. Peter's Church in New Brunswick, NJ. At the time of their marriage, RH was working at Greer Construction Corp. in Freeport, NY as an architect intern. He graduated from the New York Institute of Technology in Westbury, NY with a degree in architectural technology (Central Jersey Home News, 28 Oct 1990)

- 1993: RH and his first wife divorce after "almost three years" of marriage (pg. 8 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- 29 April 1994: RH purchases the house in Massapequa Park from his mother for $170,000 (Nassau County Land Records Viewer)

- 12 June 1995: RH files a small claims assessment review against Nassau County in Nassau Supreme Court (Heuermann v Nassau)

- 13 April 1996: RH marries his second wife (pg. 8 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- 4 November 1996: RH obtains his architecture license in NY State (NY State Office of the Professions)

- 23 April 2005: RH purchases a timeshare at Club du Soleil in Las Vegas for $16,995

- 6 July 2007: Maureen Brainard-Barnes' cellphone is contacted by a burner phone (pg. 5 of the bail application)

- 9 July 2007, 11:56 p.m.: Maureen's cellphone pings in Midtown Manhattan near the 59th Street Bridge (pg. 5 of the bail application)

- 12 July 2007: Two outbound calls were made from Maureen's cellphone, checking her voicemail from a cell site location near the Long Island Expressway in Islandia (pg. 5 of the bail application)

- 3 July 2009: Melissa Bathelemy's cellphone is contacted by a burner phone (pg. 5 of the bail application)

- 6 July 2009: Melissa's cellphone is contacted by the same burner phone (pg. 5 of the bail application)

- 8 July 2009: RH's wife leaves the United States for Iceland (pg. 8 of the bail application)

- 9 July 2009: Melissa's cellphone is again contacted by the same burner phone (pg. 5 of the bail application)

- 10 July 2009: Melissa is last seen in New York City. Her cellphone is contacted by the same burner phone and the burner phone travels from Massapequa Park to Midtown Manhattan (pg. 5 of the bail application)

- 11 July 2009, 1:43 a.m.: Melissa's cellphone travels from Manhattan to Massapequa, last pinging in Massapequa at 1:43 a.m. Earlier that same day, her phone was used to check her voicemail in both Freeport and Babylon (pg. 5 of the bail application)

- 12 July 2009: Melissa's cellphone is used to make an outbound call to check her voicemail in Babylon (pg. 5 of the bail application)

- 14 July 2009

• 12:40 p.m.: A male caller uses Melissa's cellphone to contact her family, connecting with a cell tower at 4 Penn Plaza in Manhattan (pg. 10 of the bail application)
• 1:45 p.m.: RH's cellphone places a call in New York City (pg. 11 of the bail application)
• 6:58 p.m.: RH's cellphone shows a call location in New York City (pg. 10 of the bail application)
• 7:15 p.m.: The burner phone used to contact Melissa has activity in Manhattan (pg. 10 of the bail application)
• 7:22 p.m.: RH's cellphone shows a call location in New York City (pg. 10 of the bail application)

- 17 July 2009: Melissa's phone is used in Midtown Manhattan to make taunting calls to her family members on July 17. The male caller admits to killing and sexually assaulting her. (pg. 6 of the bail application)

- 22 July 2009

• 5:12 p.m.: RH places a call from New York City (pg. 12 of the bail application)
• 6:51 p.m.: The burner cellphone used to contact Melissa registered activity at a cell tower at 19 West 34th Street in Midtown Manhattan, near RH's office (pg. 12 of the bail application)

- 23 July 2009:

• 12:48 p.m.: RH places a call from New York City (pg. 13 of the bail application)
• 1:39 p.m.: The burner phone used to contact Melissa had activity attached to a cell tower at 19 West 34th Street in Manhattan (pg. 13 of the bail application)
• 6:42 p.m.: A male caller uses Melissa's phone to contact her family from a cell tower at 275 West 39th Street in Manhattan (pg. 13 of the bail application)
• 8:29 - 8:30 p.m.: The burner phone used to contact Melissa has activity in New York City (pg. 13 of the bail application)
• 11:05 p.m.: RH's cellphone places a call from Jamaica, Queens (pg. 13 of the bail application)

- 5 August 2009:

• 6:46 - 7:05 p.m.: RH's cellphone pings near his office (pg. 14 of the bail application)
• 6:50 - 7:11 p.m.: Melissa's phone is used in Midtown Manhattan near RH's office to make taunting calls to her family members (pg. 14 of the bail application)

- 18 August 2009: RH's wife returns to the United States from Iceland (pg. 8 of the bail application)

- 19 August 2009

• 7:16 p.m.: RH's cellphone makes a call from New York City (pg. 15 of the bail application)
• 7:23 p.m.: A male caller uses Melissa's cellphone to make a taunting call to her family from Manhattan, pinging from a cell tower at 249 West 36th Street (pg. 15 of the bail application)
• 7:28 p.m.: RH's cellphone makes a call from New York City (pg. 15 of the bail application)

- 26 August 2009:

• 11:29 - 11:34 a.m.: Melissa's cellphone is used to make a taunting call to her family member from a cell tower at 4 Penn Plaza (pg. 16 of the bail application)
• 11:38 a.m.: RH's cellphone lists a call location from New York City (pg. 16 of the bail application)

- 17 May 2010: RH acquires a hunting license in Alaska (Newsweek)

- 4 June 2010: RH's wife travels from New York to Maryland (pg. 9 of the bail application)

- 5 June 2010: Megan Waterman's cellphone is contacted by a burner phone which had been activated that same day (pg. 6 of the bail application)

- 6 June 2010

• 1:30 a.m.: Megan is last seen alive at the Holiday Inn in Hauppauge, NY. At 1:31 a.m., she is contacted by the burner phone. (pg. 6 of the bail application)
• 3:11 a.m.: Megan's phone last pings near RH's house in Massapequa Park (pg. 6 of the bail application)

- 8 June 2010: RH's wife returns to New York from Maryland (pg. 9 of the bail application)

- 28 August 2010: RH's wife travels from New York to New Jersey (pg. 9 of the bail application)

- 1 September 2010, 11:33 - 11:34 p.m.: Amber Costello's phone is contacted twice by a burner phone. During these calls, the burner phone pinged from cell towers in West Amityville and Massapequa Park (pg. 7 of the bail application)

- 2 September 2010

• 12:05 a.m.: The burner phone has contact with Amber's phone from West Babylon. Around this time, the client -- described as an "ogre" driving a first-generation Chevy Avalanche -- arrives at her residence at pays for her services, at which point a male pretends to be an outraged boyfriend and the client leaves. (pg. 7 of the bail application)
• 1:18 a.m.: Amber receives a text from the burner phone reading "That was not nice so do i [sic] credit for next time." The burner phone sent the text message from Massapequa Park. (pg. 8 of the bail application)
• 9:32 p.m.: The same burner phone communicates with Amber's phone, using a cell tower in Midtown Manhattan (pg. 8 of the bail application)
• 10:39 p.m.: The burner phone again has contact with Amber's phone, this time from a cell tower in Massapequa Park (pg. 8 of the bail application)
• 11:05 p.m.: The burner phone has contact with Amber's phone from a cell tower in Massapequa Park (pg. 8 of the bail application)
• 11:17 p.m.: The burner phone travels to West Babylon near Amber Costello's residence. Shortly after this, a dark-colored truck was seen driving past Amber Costello's residence. (pg. 8 of the bail application)

- 5 September 2010: RH's wife returns to New York from New Jersey (pg. 9 of the bail application)

- 15 January 2011: An AOL email account -- "Springfieldman9" -- linked to a Tinder account and burner phone is established with an Astoria, Queens zip code (pg. 17 of the bail application)

- October 31, 2013: RH is allegedly (case later dismissed) struck by a car at the intersection of West 36th Street and 6th Avenue in Manhattan (Affirmation in Opposition in Heuermann v Singh)

- 2014 or 2015: RH had hernia surgery (pg. 99 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- 19 February 2016: RH allegedly is involved in a car accident on the Capital Beltway in Prince George's County, Maryland (pg. 3 of the complaint in Heuermann v Martin)

- 11 January 2017, 10:15 p.m.: Car accident at the intersection of Front Street and Second Avenue in Massapequa Park (pg. 35 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- Mid- to late January 2017: RH flies to Las Vegas to attend a conference for "four or five days" (pg. 19 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- March 2017: RH drives down to Virginia to visit his mom by himself. (pg. 129 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- November 2017: RH visits Las Vegas alone "for a couple days to meet some people." When asked, "so it was a pleasure trip?," RH responds "I guess you could say that, social." (pg. 133 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- January 2018: RH drives down to Cocoa Beach, Florida with his wife, mother, and daughter (pg. 131 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- 12 February 2018: RH underwent shoulder surgery. RH explains that his "intention was to do it [the surgery] in the fall" but that he "was tied up with some family matters that forced [him] to delay," namely, his mother "had to be relocated" (pg. 102 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- March 2018: RH drives down to Virginia to visit his mom, most likely alone (pg. 131 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- Late March - Early April 2018: RH drives his army Jeep "for the first time since September" (pg. 117 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- 23 May 2020: RH's home IP address was used to access the official SCPD "Gilgonews.com" website (pg. 24 of the bail application)

- 3 July 2020: RH's home IP address was again used to access the official SCPD "Gilgonews.com" website (pg. 24 of the bail application)

- 14 February 2021

• A fictitious Gmail account, "Hunter1903a3," is created with the fake name "Andy Roberts" and is linked to the burner phone 347-885-1697. The IP address used to accept the Terms of Service for this account was RH's residence in Massapequa Park (pg. 24 of the bail application)
• The "Hunter1903a3" account is used to send pictures of a prostitute in upstate New York between two of RH's "burner" email accounts (pg. 24 of the bail application)

- 28 July 2021: RH purchases four unimproved lots totaling about 5 acres on Rippling Brook Drive in the Mirror Lakes subdivision in Chester County, SC for $154,351 (Rock Hill Herald)

- 23 February 2022: RH allegedly gets into a car accident near the intersection of Union Avenue and Devoe Street in Brooklyn (pg. 5 of complaint in Heuermann v Fenimore)

- 28 March 2022, 9:19 - 9:25 a.m.: A fictitious Gmail account, "thawk080672," is used to search "long island serial killer" (pg. 20 of the bail application)

- 21 July 2022: An undercover SCPD detective recovers 11 bottles from the trash can outside RH's house in Massapequa Park (pg. 26 of the bail application)

- 8 November 2022: The burner cellphone 347-304-2671 is used to access the "Springfieldman9" account (pg. 17 of the bail application)

- 11 December 2022: RH's cellphone is used to access the fictitious "Springfieldman9" email account for over 3 hours (pg. 17 of the bail application)

- 26 January 2023: RH is observed throwing a pizza box in a trash can outside 385 5th Avenue in Manhattan. The box is recovered by a surveillance team (pg. 29 of the bail application)

- 19 May 2023: RH is observed by law enforcement via video and field surveillance at a phone store in Manhattan purchasing additional minutes for the burner phone 347-304-2671 (pg. 22 of the bail application)

- 13 July 2023: RH is arrested outside his office in Midtown Manhattan. At the time of his arrest, RH had the burner phone 347-304-2671 (linked to the "thawk080672" Gmail account) on his person (pg. 31 of the bail application)

Wow. Bless your heart, sincerely. Thanks. That's a lot of work. I've done a couple of these and its hard work, especially in cases of multiple victims/crime scenes.

 

[Emilie D]

I brought it up just a bit on the last thread and I "thought" the DNA was added upon his arrest. I've been trying to do my NY law homework

I’m sure both prints and dna were submitted to all is “is” systems (AFIS, CODIS). Does anyone know the stats on how many states are now required to report to NCIC?

 

[Bree1950]

This took waaaay too long, but I compiled a comprehensive timeline of all known events in RH's life and the murders, primarily from legal documents & government databases to ensure accuracy

ETA: The dates in red directly pertain to the murders

Timeline of events

- 29 November 1975: RH's father dies at age 50, when RH was 12 years old (NY Post)

- May/June 1981: RH graduates from Berner High School in Massapequa (NY Daily News)

- Summer 1981: RH works as a seasonal employee at Jones Beach State Park (statement from NY State Parks Department to NY Post)

- 5 March 1984: RH begins working (presumably full-time) at Jones Beach State Park (statement from NY State Parks Department to NY Post)

- 24 October 1987: RH leaves his position at Jones Beach State Park (statement from NY State Parks Department to NY Post)

- 1987: Started working in Manhattan (pg. 47 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- 29 September 1990: RH marries his first wife at St. Peter's Church in New Brunswick, NJ. At the time of their marriage, RH was working at Greer Construction Corp. in Freeport, NY as an architect intern. He graduated from the New York Institute of Technology in Westbury, NY with a degree in architectural technology (Central Jersey Home News, 28 Oct 1990)

- 1993: RH and his first wife divorce after "almost three years" of marriage (pg. 8 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- 29 April 1994: RH purchases the house in Massapequa Park from his mother for $170,000 (Nassau County Land Records Viewer)

- 12 June 1995: RH files a small claims assessment review against Nassau County in Nassau Supreme Court (Heuermann v Nassau)

- 13 April 1996: RH marries his second wife (pg. 8 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- 4 November 1996: RH obtains his architecture license in NY State (NY State Office of the Professions)

- 23 April 2005: RH purchases a timeshare at Club du Soleil in Las Vegas for $16,995

- 6 July 2007: Maureen Brainard-Barnes' cellphone is contacted by a burner phone (pg. 5 of the bail application)

- 9 July 2007, 11:56 p.m.: Maureen's cellphone pings in Midtown Manhattan near the 59th Street Bridge (pg. 5 of the bail application)

- 12 July 2007: Two outbound calls were made from Maureen's cellphone, checking her voicemail from a cell site location near the Long Island Expressway in Islandia (pg. 5 of the bail application)

- 3 July 2009: Melissa Bathelemy's cellphone is contacted by a burner phone (pg. 5 of the bail application)

- 6 July 2009: Melissa's cellphone is contacted by the same burner phone (pg. 5 of the bail application)

- 8 July 2009: RH's wife leaves the United States for Iceland (pg. 8 of the bail application)

- 9 July 2009: Melissa's cellphone is again contacted by the same burner phone (pg. 5 of the bail application)

- 10 July 2009: Melissa is last seen in New York City. Her cellphone is contacted by the same burner phone and the burner phone travels from Massapequa Park to Midtown Manhattan (pg. 5 of the bail application)

- 11 July 2009, 1:43 a.m.: Melissa's cellphone travels from Manhattan to Massapequa, last pinging in Massapequa at 1:43 a.m. Earlier that same day, her phone was used to check her voicemail in both Freeport and Babylon (pg. 5 of the bail application)

- 12 July 2009: Melissa's cellphone is used to make an outbound call to check her voicemail in Babylon (pg. 5 of the bail application)

- 14 July 2009

• 12:40 p.m.: A male caller uses Melissa's cellphone to contact her family, connecting with a cell tower at 4 Penn Plaza in Manhattan (pg. 10 of the bail application)
• 1:45 p.m.: RH's cellphone places a call in New York City (pg. 11 of the bail application)
• 6:58 p.m.: RH's cellphone shows a call location in New York City (pg. 10 of the bail application)
• 7:15 p.m.: The burner phone used to contact Melissa has activity in Manhattan (pg. 10 of the bail application)
• 7:22 p.m.: RH's cellphone shows a call location in New York City (pg. 10 of the bail application)

- 17 July 2009: Melissa's phone is used in Midtown Manhattan to make taunting calls to her family members on July 17. The male caller admits to killing and sexually assaulting her. (pg. 6 of the bail application)

- 22 July 2009

• 5:12 p.m.: RH places a call from New York City (pg. 12 of the bail application)
• 6:51 p.m.: The burner cellphone used to contact Melissa registered activity at a cell tower at 19 West 34th Street in Midtown Manhattan, near RH's office (pg. 12 of the bail application)

- 23 July 2009:

• 12:48 p.m.: RH places a call from New York City (pg. 13 of the bail application)
• 1:39 p.m.: The burner phone used to contact Melissa had activity attached to a cell tower at 19 West 34th Street in Manhattan (pg. 13 of the bail application)
• 6:42 p.m.: A male caller uses Melissa's phone to contact her family from a cell tower at 275 West 39th Street in Manhattan (pg. 13 of the bail application)
• 8:29 - 8:30 p.m.: The burner phone used to contact Melissa has activity in New York City (pg. 13 of the bail application)
• 11:05 p.m.: RH's cellphone places a call from Jamaica, Queens (pg. 13 of the bail application)

- 5 August 2009:

• 6:46 - 7:05 p.m.: RH's cellphone pings near his office (pg. 14 of the bail application)
• 6:50 - 7:11 p.m.: Melissa's phone is used in Midtown Manhattan near RH's office to make taunting calls to her family members (pg. 14 of the bail application)

- 18 August 2009: RH's wife returns to the United States from Iceland (pg. 8 of the bail application)

- 19 August 2009

• 7:16 p.m.: RH's cellphone makes a call from New York City (pg. 15 of the bail application)
• 7:23 p.m.: A male caller uses Melissa's cellphone to make a taunting call to her family from Manhattan, pinging from a cell tower at 249 West 36th Street (pg. 15 of the bail application)
• 7:28 p.m.: RH's cellphone makes a call from New York City (pg. 15 of the bail application)

- 26 August 2009:

• 11:29 - 11:34 a.m.: Melissa's cellphone is used to make a taunting call to her family member from a cell tower at 4 Penn Plaza (pg. 16 of the bail application)
• 11:38 a.m.: RH's cellphone lists a call location from New York City (pg. 16 of the bail application)

- 17 May 2010: RH acquires a hunting license in Alaska (Newsweek)

- 4 June 2010: RH's wife travels from New York to Maryland (pg. 9 of the bail application)

- 5 June 2010: Megan Waterman's cellphone is contacted by a burner phone which had been activated that same day (pg. 6 of the bail application)

- 6 June 2010

• 1:30 a.m.: Megan is last seen alive at the Holiday Inn in Hauppauge, NY. At 1:31 a.m., she is contacted by the burner phone. (pg. 6 of the bail application)
• 3:11 a.m.: Megan's phone last pings near RH's house in Massapequa Park (pg. 6 of the bail application)

- 8 June 2010: RH's wife returns to New York from Maryland (pg. 9 of the bail application)

- 28 August 2010: RH's wife travels from New York to New Jersey (pg. 9 of the bail application)

- 1 September 2010, 11:33 - 11:34 p.m.: Amber Costello's phone is contacted twice by a burner phone. During these calls, the burner phone pinged from cell towers in West Amityville and Massapequa Park (pg. 7 of the bail application)

- 2 September 2010

• 12:05 a.m.: The burner phone has contact with Amber's phone from West Babylon. Around this time, the client -- described as an "ogre" driving a first-generation Chevy Avalanche -- arrives at her residence at pays for her services, at which point a male pretends to be an outraged boyfriend and the client leaves. (pg. 7 of the bail application)
• 1:18 a.m.: Amber receives a text from the burner phone reading "That was not nice so do i [sic] credit for next time." The burner phone sent the text message from Massapequa Park. (pg. 8 of the bail application)
• 9:32 p.m.: The same burner phone communicates with Amber's phone, using a cell tower in Midtown Manhattan (pg. 8 of the bail application)
• 10:39 p.m.: The burner phone again has contact with Amber's phone, this time from a cell tower in Massapequa Park (pg. 8 of the bail application)
• 11:05 p.m.: The burner phone has contact with Amber's phone from a cell tower in Massapequa Park (pg. 8 of the bail application)
• 11:17 p.m.: The burner phone travels to West Babylon near Amber Costello's residence. Shortly after this, a dark-colored truck was seen driving past Amber Costello's residence. (pg. 8 of the bail application)

- 5 September 2010: RH's wife returns to New York from New Jersey (pg. 9 of the bail application)

- 15 January 2011: An AOL email account -- "Springfieldman9" -- linked to a Tinder account and burner phone is established with an Astoria, Queens zip code (pg. 17 of the bail application)

- October 31, 2013: RH is allegedly (case later dismissed) struck by a car at the intersection of West 36th Street and 6th Avenue in Manhattan (Affirmation in Opposition in Heuermann v Singh)

- 2014 or 2015: RH had hernia surgery (pg. 99 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- 19 February 2016: RH allegedly is involved in a car accident on the Capital Beltway in Prince George's County, Maryland (pg. 3 of the complaint in Heuermann v Martin)

- 11 January 2017, 10:15 p.m.: Car accident at the intersection of Front Street and Second Avenue in Massapequa Park (pg. 35 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- Mid- to late January 2017: RH flies to Las Vegas to attend a conference for "four or five days" (pg. 19 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- March 2017: RH drives down to Virginia to visit his mom by himself. (pg. 129 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- November 2017: RH visits Las Vegas alone "for a couple days to meet some people." When asked, "so it was a pleasure trip?," RH responds "I guess you could say that, social." (pg. 133 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- January 2018: RH drives down to Cocoa Beach, Florida with his wife, mother, and daughter (pg. 131 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- 12 February 2018: RH underwent shoulder surgery. RH explains that his "intention was to do it [the surgery] in the fall" but that he "was tied up with some family matters that forced [him] to delay," namely, his mother "had to be relocated" (pg. 102 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- March 2018: RH drives down to Virginia to visit his mom, most likely alone (pg. 131 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- Late March - Early April 2018: RH drives his army Jeep "for the first time since September" (pg. 117 of the EBT in Heuermann v O'Sullivan)

- 23 May 2020: RH's home IP address was used to access the official SCPD "Gilgonews.com" website (pg. 24 of the bail application)

- 3 July 2020: RH's home IP address was again used to access the official SCPD "Gilgonews.com" website (pg. 24 of the bail application)

- 14 February 2021

• A fictitious Gmail account, "Hunter1903a3," is created with the fake name "Andy Roberts" and is linked to the burner phone 347-885-1697. The IP address used to accept the Terms of Service for this account was RH's residence in Massapequa Park (pg. 24 of the bail application)
• The "Hunter1903a3" account is used to send pictures of a prostitute in upstate New York between two of RH's "burner" email accounts (pg. 24 of the bail application)

- 28 July 2021: RH purchases four unimproved lots totaling about 5 acres on Rippling Brook Drive in the Mirror Lakes subdivision in Chester County, SC for $154,351 (Rock Hill Herald)

- 23 February 2022: RH allegedly gets into a car accident near the intersection of Union Avenue and Devoe Street in Brooklyn (pg. 5 of complaint in Heuermann v Fenimore)

- 28 March 2022, 9:19 - 9:25 a.m.: A fictitious Gmail account, "thawk080672," is used to search "long island serial killer" (pg. 20 of the bail application)

- 21 July 2022: An undercover SCPD detective recovers 11 bottles from the trash can outside RH's house in Massapequa Park (pg. 26 of the bail application)

- 8 November 2022: The burner cellphone 347-304-2671 is used to access the "Springfieldman9" account (pg. 17 of the bail application)

- 11 December 2022: RH's cellphone is used to access the fictitious "Springfieldman9" email account for over 3 hours (pg. 17 of the bail application)

- 26 January 2023: RH is observed throwing a pizza box in a trash can outside 385 5th Avenue in Manhattan. The box is recovered by a surveillance team (pg. 29 of the bail application)

- 19 May 2023: RH is observed by law enforcement via video and field surveillance at a phone store in Manhattan purchasing additional minutes for the burner phone 347-304-2671 (pg. 22 of the bail application)

- 13 July 2023: RH is arrested outside his office in Midtown Manhattan. At the time of his arrest, RH had the burner phone 347-304-2671 (linked to the "thawk080672" Gmail account) on his person (pg. 31 of the bail application)

Thanks so much for this detailed timeline! I appreciate the time you spent on this! I heard on Lost Girls that RH’s known victims were spaced the same distance apart. Im wondering what this tells us about his MO?

 

[imstilla.grandma]

If he was a hunter, he may have had a dedicated freezer just for that. And who goes digging through that kind of thing? If it was downstairs, well, we know his wife is disabled, it would be easy enough to be the one to retrieve some duck or venison when needed. Who looks down to the very bottom? I'm presuming that there weren't actual human remains found in the searches this week, but there would be blood traces all over that kind of freezer which would all need to be tested to see if they are human. And depending on the size of it, a small or dismembered human body could fit in a chest freezer easily. You could fit at least two in mine, if it wasn't filled with ice cream and leftovers so iced up they're impossible to identify.

MOO

*I wonder if he ever registered here: I don’t know if this was a federal mandate back in the Gilgo days.

ALL New York waterfowl hunters are required to register annually for the Harvest Information Program (HIP). HIP is a federally mandated program which is used solely to survey migratory game bird hunters. For more information about HIP and how to register, see Harvest Information Program (HIP).

General Waterfowl Hunting Information

*I think he could have used hunting as his cover, particularly searching for disposal grounds, especially in the winter.

Waterfowl & Migratory Game Bird Seasons

www.dec.ny.gov

 

[Emilie D]

Thanks so much for this detailed timeline! I appreciate the time you spent on this! I heard on Lost Girls that RH’s known victims were spaced the same distance apart. Im wondering what this tells us about his MO?

They weren’t the exist same distance. All located within 500 feet of each other though. All intact and laid out neatly I believe.