Gilgo Beach LISK Serial Killer, Rex Heuermann, charged with 3 murders, July 2023 #5

[Emilie D]

This is crazy. I’d go but I’m not bringing my kids.

Gilgo Beach Suspect’s House Becomes a Macabre Tourist Attraction

On Long Island, the fascinated and obsessed come to gawk at the house where the suspect lived. Some bring the children.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Emilie D]

Or, maybe her family actually paid the cost for her and the kids to return because they missed them.

That could be but that doesn’t explain how he could afford his Manhattan office, and his SW addiction. I’m betting he controlled the money and only spent it on what he wanted.

 

[SkylarSid]

Or, maybe her family actually paid the cost for her and the kids to return because they missed them.

That is another possibility, but regardless - I am sure he still relished the time alone.

 

[CuriousCricket]

Oh I meant ironic because “Arsenic and Old Lace” is about serial killers lol. But I am also genuinely interested to learn more about his younger years. I believe I read somewhere that after his father died he became more anxious to get home to his mother than play with the other kids.

Yes, ironic and based on truth. Pretty creepy when you think about it. This want to know about his Jones Beach time is my continuing search to know how much he knew about the environment he was growing up in. Some kids are out all day, exploring every inch, barely going home at night. Did Rex and his buddies do that? How well does he know the area?

 

[squareandrabbet]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1683635555567910912

Just a note that News12 is local, and doing a really good, thorough job of background spelunking IMO (cf. all the linked related stories below the original story).

 

[GoBuckeyes]

But it's not in a neighborhood with space for that.

I understand the sentiment but look at the Lizzie Borden house. It’s a money maker. I’m thinking someone could turn it into a haunted bed and breakfast easily.

 

[Emilie D]

But it's not in a neighborhood with space for that.

They could still rent it out as a haunted spot. There are several serial killer homes that do this. Think dark and twisty airbnb. I hate that people profit on the pain of others but as a business person, the opportunity is there.

 

[waldojabba]

To be fair, there was only one news outlet reporting that story. (NY Post.) Other also-sort-of-tabloids like DailyMail picked it up and referenced the NY Post source, but a lot of others passed on it entirely.

Also to be fair -In reading the article it was made clear that the info was from a neighbor and they showed what the neighbor said in "quotes". The article never indicated the information was accurte or substantiated. So it really is up to the reader to use their own judgement/discernment. IMO the NYT etc -I believe they are all the same to a degree.

IMO the bigger issue is that most outlets are guilty of using misleading headlines. And also IMO what most of us, myself included, are guilty of - is not reading past the headlines. JMO

 

[passionflower]

That could be but that doesn’t explain how he could afford his Manhattan office, and his SW addiction. I’m betting he controlled the money and only spent it on what he wanted.

Taking money from his victims?

 

[Momoffourboys]

Extra Time: Latest on Gilgo Beach murder investigation

In this edition of 'Eyewitness News Extra Time,' we begin with the new developments in the Gilgo Beach murders.

abc7ny.com

Interesting screen shot from video.

 

[waldojabba]

Yes, ironic and based on truth. Pretty creepy when you think about it. This want to know about his Jones Beach time is my continuing search to know how much he knew about the environment he was growing up in. Some kids are out all day, exploring every inch, barely going home at night. Did Rex and his buddies do that? How well does he know the area?

I would go on the assumption that he knows the area very well - he worked there in the summers - it's daylight savings time -lots of time to be out and about - he is a life long resident. He mentioned in the deposition that he could no longer ride his bike with his bad shoulder. DId he grow up like many riding his bike places vs having a parent take him everywhere like is common now.

We don't have a lot of information to go on though. We have one schoolmate who says he was a momma's boy or along those lines. That Rex had to get home from school to his mother. True or not true who knows. My thought was that with a dead husband and at least four kids ( Rex, younger bro in SC and "sisters" as per his deposition in the law suit) - the mother probably had to have some type of job outside the house. There might of been a whole lot of very unstructured unsupervised time for a boy in his growing up teenage years.

We do know that Rex says he learned to build furniture from his Dad in the workshop. His Dad died when he was 11. I wonder what else he learned from his father during workshop time.

Nature nurture environment ? What makes Rex tick? I think we are just beginning to see nuggets here and there but we are far off yet fom seeing the bigger picture if we ever are able to see it at all.

JMO

 

[Emilie D]

Taking money from his victims?

I didn’t hear that they were carrying very much on them. I’m not sure (even if there are victims we don’t know about) that it would be enough to fund his proclivities and his office. Plus trips to Iceland.

 

[Puzzles8]

If a vault is really think, as someone said 2 feet walls of concrete wouldn’t it be soundproof? With an huge vault door? Scarey to me 12x15 size? Any gun collectors? My friend (deceased) was a gun smith and had a shop. He had nothing like a room like that. It was by his home and just all security bells and whistles.

Referring to the strongly reinforced vault room in RH's basement. It may have been built by his parents for a different purpose.

RH grew up in that home which meant it had been in his family for many years. It was not totally uncommon during the 'Cold War' years to build a reinforced 'Fallout Room' in your home, basement or yard. It was built in case a nuclear bomb was dropped so your family would have a temporary place to be safe from the immediate effects of the radiation. IMO, they were most popular on the East Coast.

While I think it is quite possible RH repurposed this room for his own nefarious use, I do think it might have been originally built by his parents for that purpose.

Digging Up the History of the Nuclear Fallout Shelter

JMO

 

[SonsOfCain]

I just had a thought:

What if he has a safe deposit box somewhere? Bank employees are not allowed to see what a customer keeps in their safe deposit box. Only the person who rents/owns the box can. And they have to go to private rooms that don’t even have cameras in them when they want to visit the safe deposit box. Is it possible he could have some trophies hidden in one?

Source: I work at a financial institution and they are very strict about us employees making sure the customer goes to a private room before they open up their box, even if they just need to for a second to put something else in it.

 

[Emilie D]

I just had a thought:

What if he has a safe deposit box somewhere? Bank employees are not allowed to see what a customer keeps in their safe deposit box. Only the person who rents/owns the box can. And they have to go to private rooms that don’t even have cameras in them when they want to visit the safe deposit box. Is it possible he could have some trophies hidden in one?

Source: I work at a financial institution and they are very strict about us employees making sure the customer goes to a private room before they open up their box, even if they just need to for a second to put something else in it.

I can second this. As a teller, they used to tell us to turn our backs and not peek at what’s in the box. Banks do not want their employees seeing something they shouldn’t.

 

[Friday13]

I just had a thought:

What if he has a safe deposit box somewhere? Bank employees are not allowed to see what a customer keeps in their safe deposit box. Only the person who rents/owns the box can. And they have to go to private rooms that don’t even have cameras in them when they want to visit the safe deposit box. Is it possible he could have some trophies hidden in one?

Source: I work at a financial institution and they are very strict about us employees making sure the customer goes to a private room before they open up their box, even if they just need to for a second to put something else in it.

You bring up an interesting, and very possible, idea.

 

[Friday13]

I can second this. As a teller, they used to tell us to turn our backs and not peek at what’s in the box. Banks do not want their employees seeing something they shouldn’t.

I’m sure they want to keep the integrity of the institution and respect the customers privacy as well

 

[SonsOfCain]

I can second this. As a teller, they used to tell us to turn our backs and not peek at what’s in the box. Banks do not want their employees seeing something they shouldn’t.

That, and a safe deposit box key would be pretty easy to hide. Even if someone in the family found it on accident, he could very well lie and tell them it’s a key from his job. They wouldn’t be any the wiser.

 

[Emilie D]

That, and a safe deposit box key would be pretty easy to hide. Even if someone in the family found it on accident, he could very well lie and tell them it’s a key from his job. They wouldn’t be any the wiser.

Right but if the police came across one, I’m sure they would hunt the location down. I also think banks are under no obligation to protect the ownership of safe deposit boxes. I believe they can report their existence to authorities who can then get a subpoena to search.

 

[Sundog]

Her response is so unusual. No shock. “It is what it is”

Sounds like a down to earth person, pragmatic, and accepting of reality.
I admire her.