Anonymous wrote:And they had a warrant today for a storage unit of his...

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Anonymous wrote:He was apparently stalking women in the local park. Sounds like he was getting ready to strike again

https://nypost.com/2023/07/14/woman-reveals-disturbing-encounter-with-gilgo-suspect-rex-heuermann/

"Heuermann is a family man who is married to his second wife...."

Can't wait to hear what the ex wife has to say.

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Anonymous wrote:Questions for lawyers and LE: the mug shot was taken by Suffolk county. He was apprehended in Manhattan. How does that work? Was he arrested by Suffolk county police in nyc with nypd cooperation or does nypd have to do it and he is turned over to Suffolk? Was he then driven all the way out to happaugue or Riverhead for the photo?

I think NYPD officers would get him into custody along with the Long Island detectives who were investigating. Then the LI guys would take him there to get booked.

Yeah, they were initially planning to move on him about a week later, they were convening a grand jury, etc., but it got leaked. Since they were monitoring his online activity, they knew he was closely following the investigation and were worried he would get wind and flee. His wife is from Iceland which made him an even greater flight risk.

Forgot to circle back to my point, which is that I'm sure they would have ideally arrested him in Suffolk County but had to move on it quickly.

The guy had an arsenal of 92 firearms in his possession. They were never going to arrest him at his home.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, the story of the investigation is fascinating.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/07/14/us/rex-heuermann-gilgo-beach-court-document.html

It seems like the big break is that when he first met one of his victims, a boyfriend was there (they were pulling a con of sorts). He witnessed the guy’s car. And since he used the same phone the next day to contact her again, they looked for guys with that car.

Then once the car made him a suspect, they were able to track the location of all of his burner phones and all his online activities.

Then they got discarded DNA from him and his wife and did some fancy mitochondrial stuff with hairs found on the victims. His wife wasn’t there but it sounds like they think her hair was.

I’m sure they’re hoping they’ll find more evidence now that they can search his house. I hope they do too.

The crazy part of this for me is that he knew the boyfriend had seen him. He could have just moved on and found another victim, or at least gotten a new burner phone. It’s because of his carelessness that they finally got him. Thankfully.

The even crazier part is that the Suffolk police have had the information on the vehicle for almost 15 years and sat on it.

If they had put out a public call to located a Chevy Avalanche + 6’5” large white male with shaggy hair & ogre-like appearance, I bet 10 of Heuermann’s neighbors would’ve ID’d him.

The cops didn’t even need all the fancy software for cell phone pings or mitochondrial DNA. They were sitting on the key piece of evidence for over a decade.

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Anonymous wrote:Crazy that he fit the FBI profile exactly--sadistic, bright, married average Joe.

not really. that is a broad description. the FBI also added that he was most likely middle-aged and white. 99.9% of serial killers are male and the others are fairly normal for LI. Do you really think a woman would be doing this? Do you really think a black guy would be able to drive around LI dumping bodies unnoticed and ignored by the police?

Eh. The shopping cart killer in dmv did.

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Anonymous wrote:Crazy that he fit the FBI profile exactly--sadistic, bright, married average Joe.

not really. that is a broad description. the FBI also added that he was most likely middle-aged and white. 99.9% of serial killers are male and the others are fairly normal for LI. Do you really think a woman would be doing this? Do you really think a black guy would be able to drive around LI dumping bodies unnoticed and ignored by the police?

Anonymous wrote:He was apparently stalking women in the local park. Sounds like he was getting ready to strike again

https://nypost.com/2023/07/14/woman-reveals-disturbing-encounter-with-gilgo-suspect-rex-heuermann/

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Anonymous wrote:Fun fact, My husband went to college with with him and said he was odd even then.

In what way(s)?

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Anonymous wrote:Questions for lawyers and LE: the mug shot was taken by Suffolk county. He was apprehended in Manhattan. How does that work? Was he arrested by Suffolk county police in nyc with nypd cooperation or does nypd have to do it and he is turned over to Suffolk? Was he then driven all the way out to happaugue or Riverhead for the photo?

I think NYPD officers would get him into custody along with the Long Island detectives who were investigating. Then the LI guys would take him there to get booked.

Yeah, they were initially planning to move on him about a week later, they were convening a grand jury, etc., but it got leaked. Since they were monitoring his online activity, they knew he was closely following the investigation and were worried he would get wind and flee. His wife is from Iceland which made him an even greater flight risk.

Forgot to circle back to my point, which is that I'm sure they would have ideally arrested him in Suffolk County but had to move on it quickly.

The guy had an arsenal of 92 firearms in his possession. They were never going to arrest him at his home.

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Anonymous wrote:Questions for lawyers and LE: the mug shot was taken by Suffolk county. He was apprehended in Manhattan. How does that work? Was he arrested by Suffolk county police in nyc with nypd cooperation or does nypd have to do it and he is turned over to Suffolk? Was he then driven all the way out to happaugue or Riverhead for the photo?

I think NYPD officers would get him into custody along with the Long Island detectives who were investigating. Then the LI guys would take him there to get booked.

Yeah, they were initially planning to move on him about a week later, they were convening a grand jury, etc., but it got leaked. Since they were monitoring his online activity, they knew he was closely following the investigation and were worried he would get wind and flee. His wife is from Iceland which made him an even greater flight risk.

Forgot to circle back to my point, which is that I'm sure they would have ideally arrested him in Suffolk County but had to move on it quickly.

Anonymous wrote:Fun fact, My husband went to college with with him and said he was odd even then.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, the story of the investigation is fascinating.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/07/14/us/rex-heuermann-gilgo-beach-court-document.html

It seems like the big break is that when he first met one of his victims, a boyfriend was there (they were pulling a con of sorts). He witnessed the guy’s car. And since he used the same phone the next day to contact her again, they looked for guys with that car.

Then once the car made him a suspect, they were able to track the location of all of his burner phones and all his online activities.

Then they got discarded DNA from him and his wife and did some fancy mitochondrial stuff with hairs found on the victims. His wife wasn’t there but it sounds like they think her hair was.

I’m sure they’re hoping they’ll find more evidence now that they can search his house. I hope they do too.

The crazy part of this for me is that he knew the boyfriend had seen him. He could have just moved on and found another victim, or at least gotten a new burner phone. It’s because of his carelessness that they finally got him. Thankfully.