Maybe it is standard operating procedure for inmates accused of violent crimes to be placed on suicide watch but this creep is on suicide watch. The Sheriff has not disclosed the specific jail that houses RH.
https://nypost.com/2023/07/18/gilgo-beach-murder-suspect-rex-heuermann-on-suicide-watch-in-jail/
Heuermann, 59, of Massapequa Park, was placed on suicide watch while in custody at the Suffolk County Correctional Facility, a Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Victoria DiStefano
told the Patch on Monday.
Heuerman is “being evaluated by the county’s mental health staff who generally make the determination to place an inmate on suicide watch,” DiStefano clarified.