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

[sds71]

While news of Heuermann’s willingness to plead guilty broke in late March, his desire to admit to the killings developed much closer to September, officials said in the aftermath of Wednesday’s hearing.

Suffolk District Attorney Ray Tierney said the defense first approached prosecutors about a potential guilty plea shortly after State Supreme Court Justice Timothy P. Mazzei issued his Sept. 3 decision allowing nuclear DNA evidence to be presented at trial."It all came together rather quickly," the district attorney told Newsday in an interview hours after the plea was accepted.

Defense attorney Michael J. Brown, of Central Islip, declined to give a time frame for the plea but acknowledged the judge’s decision regarding DNA was "monumental" and helped lead his client to change his mind."We then pivoted and did our best to protect his interest," Brown said. Decision was all his…

When Heuermann stood across from Tierney and admitted killing Karen Vergata, whose death was never charged, that wasn’t the first time he was acknowledging that to prosecutors.Tierney said Heuermann previously entered into a proffer agreement with the government…

He met Vergata the month she died. Because Heuermann was never charged in Vergata’s death, the evidence connecting him to that crime are less known and we will never know if a grand jury would have charged him with the murder."We had evidence linking him to the commission of this case," Tierney said. "Whether we would have indicted it, I’m not sure. Once he accepted responsibility for it, that concluded our investigation. We took the win and went with it."

Brown said Wednesday that he expects Heuermann will speak at his sentencing June 17, when Mazzei will also hear from Brown, prosecutors and the families of the victims.

"I suspect at sentencing he’ll have something to say and I’ll leave it at that," Brown told reporters.

When asked if he suspects Heuermann will provide additional details about the killings at that time, Brown gave a one-word response: "No."

Gilgo Beach killer Rex Heuermann's guilty plea answered crucial questions while raising new ones

Eight new facts we learned this week about the Long Island serial killer case.

www.newsday.com

 

[arielilane]

Posted two years ago

EXCLUSIVE: Video shows cops trailing on Gilgo Beach murders suspect Rex Heuermann | NBC New York​

Footage shows the moment that Long Island serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann was arrested. Between 1996 and 2011, the remains of 11 people were found in Gilgo Beach. In July 2023, Rex was charged in the murders Megan Waterman, Melissa Barthelemy and Amber Costello.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1750488990724079762

 

[arielilane]

Video shows arrest of suspect in Gilgo Beach murders​

 

[minazoe]

Video shows arrest of suspect in Gilgo Beach murders​

it doesn't get old.

 

[Luna20]

Read my next post after this one, Im with ya on the alternative dump site. It’s possible, I dont know how you do that for 30 yrs and then stop cold turkey. What happened?

Last on record is 2010 so he either decided to stop or there are many more victims after 2010 that we don’t know about.

 

[Izzylizzy]

In the wrongful death suit filled by Valerie Macks's son Benjamin Torres against RH,AE & VH is he entitled to the all the evidence the state accumulated against RH?

I'm also curious about the text messages and emails that were found between RH & AE on his cell phones.

 

[Warwick7]

In the wrongful death suit filled by Valerie Macks's son Benjamin Torres against RH,AE & VH is he entitled to the all the evidence the state accumulated against RH?

I'm also curious about the text messages and emails that were found between RH & AE on his cell phones.

What a good question. So I typed your question into Google.

It said:

In the wrongful death lawsuit filed by Benjamin Torres (son of Valerie Mack) against Rex Heuermann, Asa Ellerup, and Victoria Heuermann, the plaintiff is not automatically entitled to all evidence the state accumulated against Rex Heuermann in its criminal investigation, but he is entitled to seek it through legal discovery processes.

 

[getthefax]

Mother of Jessica Taylor, one of Rex Heuermann’s dismembered victims: “I am glad this is OVER. I accept his plea.”

https://twitter.com/x/status/2041953550155075597

As a parent, hearing anyone utter those words about such a horrifying act by such a horrible man is unthinkable. These families have been through HELL.

Rot In Prison, RH.

 

[NoSpoonFeeding]

In the wrongful death suit filled by Valerie Macks's son Benjamin Torres against RH,AE & VH is he entitled to the all the evidence the state accumulated against RH?

I'm also curious about the text messages and emails that were found between RH & AE on his cell phones.

RH is guilty of Mack's murder so an attorney would not need evidence to "retry" him civily. The evidence of him taking her life is his conviction. It would be very expensive and time comsuming for attorney to attempt to see and go through the mountains of records for this case. They are working for free and going to be paid only when and if, there is a settlement or judgement.

New York has the marriage priviledge protecting communications between spouses, even if they are now divorced. An attorney can try anything, but a judge can't order someone to violate the marriage priviledge.

The proposal that would change the "Son of Sam" financial profit law to include family members, is still in the first stage, there has been no progress. If a judge doesn't find that the lawsuit against AE and VH can move forward, the lawsuit could be amended in the next few years if the law is changed, but even then the "license fee" paid to them may not even qualify under the law.

No one can answer the questions about AE and VH until after a judge decides if they have liability or financial gain that has a legal means of being attached.
MOO

 

[Betty P]

In the wrongful death suit filled by Valerie Macks's son Benjamin Torres against RH,AE & VH is he entitled to the all the evidence the state accumulated against RH?

I'm also curious about the text messages and emails that were found between RH & AE on his cell phones.

I hope they get access to as much as possible. Texts and emails would be very helpful. Same for interviews with other sex workers and co workers of Rex.

 

[Izzylizzy]

What a good question. So I typed your question into Google.

It said:

In the wrongful death lawsuit filed by Benjamin Torres (son of Valerie Mack) against Rex Heuermann, Asa Ellerup, and Victoria Heuermann, the plaintiff is not automatically entitled to all evidence the state accumulated against Rex Heuermann in its criminal investigation, but he is entitled to seek it through legal discovery processes.

Thank you.
That's a great start.
It's going to be interesting seeing who the judge will be in the civil suit.

 

[getthefax]

I hope they get access to as much as possible. Texts and emails would be very helpful. Same for interviews with other sex workers and co workers of Rex.

I would not like to see other s*x workers outed as a result of this man’s murders. That would not be fair or right. Fine with tracking down witnesses, but I sincerely hope we aren’t in for a whole raft of innocent and vulnerable people to be outed, shamed, and/or put into the public eye without a DIRE need to do so because of this monster.

MOO but unless they are witnesses, I *dearly* hope those workers can go on about their lives without fear of public scrutiny.

 

[hot cawfeee]

Last on record is 2010 so he either decided to stop or there are many more victims after 2010 that we don’t know about.

thats what I lean towards...more victims from more of a shadow population

 

[othram]

YES. And with CODIS and others like @othram there could be ALOT more to come.

If there is DNA, there are answers.

 

[Izzylizzy]

RH is guilty of Mack's murder so an attorney would not need evidence to "retry" him civily. The evidence of him taking her life is his conviction. It would be very expensive and time comsuming for attorney to attempt to see and go through the mountains of records for this case. They are working for free and going to be paid only when and if, there is a settlement or judgement.

New York has the marriage priviledge protecting communications between spouses, even if they are now divorced. An attorney can try anything, but a judge can't order someone to violate the marriage priviledge.

The proposal that would change the "Son of Sam" financial profit law to include family members, is still in the first stage, there has been no progress. If a judge doesn't find that the lawsuit against AE and VH can move forward, the lawsuit could be amended in the next few years if the law is changed, but even then the "license fee" paid to them may not even qualify under the law.

No one can answer the questions about AE and VH until after a judge decides if they have liability or financial gain that has a legal means of being attached.
MOO

Thanks for blowing any hope I had to smithereens, especially with the marriage privileged laws.
Though I do appreciate your input on this civil suit and getting my head out of the magical thinking bubble.