Leather belt

Suffolk County Police released images of this belt which was found at a Gilgo Beach crime scene during the initial investigation. The letters “HM” or “WH” are embossed in the leather. It is believed the belt was handled by the perpetrator and did not belong to any of the victims.

necklace and earrings

On April 4, 2011 a gold necklace and earrings were discovered on the unidentified female toddler. Two gold bracelets were found on an unidentified African-American female discovered in Hempstead Lake State Park in 1997. Other remains belonging to the victim were found at Gilgo Beach in 2011. The victim’s daughter, referred to as “Baby Doe,” was found wearing similar jewelry.

murder blueprint Document

Investigators recovered the Word document Heuermann allegedly created in 2000 and modified over several years on a hard drive in the basement of his suburban home, where he lived with his wife and children.

Investigators recovered the Word document Heuermann allegedly created in 2000 and modified over several years on a hard drive in the basement of his suburban New York home, where he lived with his wife and children.

In capital letters, the file outlined the “packaging” of bodies for transport, steps to avoid apprehension and the removal of trace DNA evidence, according to a bail application released Thursday, when Long Island prosecutors brought charges against Heuermann in two additional killings.

The manual contained headings such as “Supplies” and “Problems,” with “DNA” listed as the top item under the latter. The DNA evidence – and “blueprint” document – will underpin the case against him at his eventual trial.

“The fact that he tried to get rid of these documents and that they were still found on the computer memory is really going to be – in connection with the DNA – a kind of nail in the coffin,” said Casey Jordan, a criminologist, behavioral analyst and attorney. “These two things combined are going to be very difficult for the defense to overcome.”

A section titled “body prep” detailed steps to clean, dismember and move bodies, while another called “post event” appeared to list tasks to avoid apprehension, including having a story set, according to the bail application.