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More twisted details about the Gilgo Beach homicide suspect has come out.
As we’ve beforehand reported, the our bodies of 4 lacking ladies have been found alongside a half-mile stretch at Gilgo Beach on Long Island, New York, again in 2010. The case perplexed investigators for greater than a decade. But the whole lot modified on July 13 when regulation enforcement lastly caught the alleged Long Island serial killer. Rex Heuermann was arrested and charged with three counts of first-degree homicide and three counts of second-degree homicide final week for the deaths of Amber Costello, Melissa Barthelemy, and Megan Waterman. It’s unknown if the 59-year-old will face extra fees sooner or later, however he’s thought of a main suspect within the demise of Maureen Brainard-Barnes.
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Days after the arrest, the district legal professional on the case shared much more perception into the investigation. And the small print are disturbing, you guys! According to Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney, authorities consider Heuermann saved trophies of his victims someplace in his residence that they hope to search out for the trial. He informed People:
“Whatever it is, whether it’s something that he kept intentionally or something that he didn’t even realize he kept, we hope that somewhere in that house it’s located and we could find it.”
Tierney added that police are “in the process of gathering a massive amount of digital evidence and trace evidence,” including:
“We’re undergoing that process so we just have to wait for that to play out. Then at the end, we’ll see what we get.”
So far, what they’ve uncovered has been jaw-dropping! Tierney defined to the outlet that the suspect allegedly used 4 separate burner telephones to achieve out to the ladies and lure them to Massapequa:
“He would buy the burner phone, call them, and lure them out to Massapequa. Then he would murder them, and then he would discontinue the use of the burner phone. He did that four times.”
The DA claimed Heuermann was “disciplined” when he used the telephones. But not disciplined sufficient! Tierney defined his cell websites inevitably “betrayed” his places in Massapequa Park and Midtown Manhattan. But what actually acquired Heuermann on investigators’ radar? Tierney mentioned it was “a comprehensive review of every item of evidence” in March 2022 that led cops to discover a Chevy Avalanche owned by the alleged serial killer on the time of the murders. A witness had seen the identical pickup truck pushed by the killer of Costello. Tierney defined to People that the duty power detective ultimately linked Heuermann and the Chevy Avalanche by means of motorcar information:
“They found his car, and they found his address, and then they found out his physical description, and then they found out where he worked. And every time they dug further, you were getting more associations, which obviously got people excited.”
From there, investigators wanted “to get a DNA sample” from Heuermann and examine it to the male hair discovered on the burlap wrapped round Waterman’s physique – which they acquired by means of a discarded pizza crust. They additionally found hairs on the scene that matched Heuermann’s spouse. However, she had been out of city when the 4 ladies disappeared, main detectives to conclude that she wasn’t concerned within the killings.
Additional proof linking Heuermann to the crimes was his web habits. Authorities ultimately discovered all of his burner telephones, faux electronic mail accounts, and faux identities he used. And what they discovered was on these gadgets and accounts have been past tousled. Tierney mentioned:
“We saw all this, really sort of concerning searches that he was undergoing. In a 14-month period, over 200 times, he’s searching for information about the Gilgo investigation. He’s trying to figure out what we’re up to.”
Some of these searches included: “Why could law enforcement not trace the calls made by the long island serial killer” and “Why hasn’t the long island serial killer been caught.” As we’ve reported earlier than, Heuermann allegedly regarded into “sadistic, torture-related pornography” and little one pornography. Tierney has now acknowledged that investigators particularly uncovered searches for raping and torturing ladies, together with “girl begging for rape porn” and “torture redhead porn.” He additional claimed Heuermann additionally regarded into his victims and their households:
“He was obsessively looking at the victims, but he’s also looking at the victim’s siblings.”
Awful.
Heuermann allegedly had an obsession with different serial killers, wanting on-line for “11 currently active serial killers,” and “8 Terrifying Active Serial Killers (We Can’t Find).” WTF?! As for his faux accounts and different burner telephones? He allegedly used them to contact intercourse staff. Tierney identified to People:
“This was not good.”
Once they realized this, he mentioned regulation enforcement knew they wanted to arrest Heuermann as quickly as attainable. They determined to bust him close to his workplace constructing in Manhattan, as an alternative of at his residence since he has 92 gun permits. Jeez. As for a way Heuermann reacted to the sudden arrest? Tierney mentioned:
“I’d say he was pretty surprised. I think he lived this double life, and he used the anonymity of phones and computers to shield himself from the rest of society. Unfortunately for him — and fortunately for the rest of us — he wasn’t successful.”
Since his arrest, the victims’ households additionally have to be respiration a sigh of reduction that Heuermann is off the streets and behind bars. But he has pleaded not responsible to the fees towards him. Earlier this week, ABC7 reported investigators served a number of search warrants on Heuermann’s residence and two close by storage models. They even have requested a regulation enforcement company in South Carolina to seize the automobile linked to the case. Hopefully, the police will collect extra proof to place this case to mattress for good.
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