Rex A. Heuermann

PCA Documents
CAR WARRANT
DNA ORDER

Rex Heuermann, the 59-year-old New York City architect charged with killing three young women and dumping their bodies in a remote marsh closer to his suburban home, was arrested has been taken off suicide watch in a Long Island jail, the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office

Heuermann has been held at the jail on six murder charges in the cold-case deaths of Melissa Barthelemy, 24, Megan Waterman, 22, and Amber Costello, 27, whose bodies police found in 2010 while searching for a different missing Shannan Gilbert. He is a Prime Suspect in the slaying of a Maureen Brainard-Barnes

Victims

December 2010, police found the bodies of four women wrapped in burlap and hidden in thick underbrush along a remote beach highway that runs parallel to the ocean at Gilgo Beach, on the coast of Long Island, New York. Within a few months, they discovered six more bodies in the same area, including the skeleton of a toddler.

Megan Waterman – June 6, 2010;
Amber Costello – September 2, 2010;
Melissa Barthelemy – July 10, 2009;
Megan Waterman – June 6, 2010;
Amber Costello – September 2, 2010.
Jessica Taylor – July, 2005
Sandra Costilla – November21, 1993

More than a decade after 11 sets of human remains were found near a Long Island beach, architect Rex Heuermann was arrested and charged with the murders of three women

Rex Heuermann’s Arrest

Suffolk County Grand Jury indicted Heuermann for violating Penal Law 125.27(1)(a)(xi), First Degree Murder, and Penal Law 125.25(1), Second Degree Murder. Though a Grand Jury is not tasked with finding proof beyond a reasonable doubt, they must find that there is reasonable cause to believe that an accused committed a particular felony. It is only a trial where prosecutors must establish this higher burden of proof.

Heuermann’s Arrest First & Second Degree Murder

Rex Heuermann was arrested outside his midtown architect Manhattan office for murdering the “Gilgo Four”

January 2022, Suffolk County prosecutors teamed up with the Suffolk County Police and Sheriff Office, New York State Police, and the FBI to identify and apprehend the “Gilgo Four” killer after years of no success.

Upon examining the evidence burlap wraps and duct tape used on the women, Suffolk County Prosecutors issued over 300 subpoenas, search warrants, eyewitness accounts, and other evidence, law enforcement apprehended Rex Heuermann they believe committed atrocities against innocent women and preyed on residents of Long Island.

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Heuermann’s Wife

Hair was recovered on Barnes, Waterman, and Costello, July 22, , forensic analysis revealed that some of these hairs belonged to a female in mitochondrial haplogroup K1c2. Equally important, the hairs did not belong to any of the victims.

To identify and match the DNA, detectives retrieved eleven bottles from Heuermann’s trash outside his home. The DNA profile generated from swabs from these bottles revealed that a person who drank from them belonged to mitochondrial haplogroup K1c2 – the same as the hairs recovered from the victims. This finding was confirmed by a second forensic laboratory.

The second examination determined that the DNA recovered from the bottles and that of the hair on the victims was the same mitochondrial DNA profiles “at all compared positions common to and between samples” excluding 99.69% to 99.98% of the North American population.

Heuermann’s wife was away during the murders.

Brainard-Barnes: Cell Phone Evidence

Heuermann’s burner phone had 16 interactions with Brainard-Barne’s cell, the last of which was in Manhattan near the 59th Street Bridge. Days after her disappearance, two outbound calls were made from her phone to check voice mail from a cell site near the Long Island Expressway in Islandia.

Barthelemy: Cell Phone Evidence

July 10, 2009 when Barthelemy was last seen, a burner phone contacted her at least four times. Cell site records reflected that this phone went from Massapequa Park, near where Heuermann lived, and Midtown Manhattan before returning to Massapequa. Starting the following day, additional calls were made from Massqpequa, Freeport, and Babylon. On multiple occasions days later, taunting calls and admissions to sexually assaulting and killing Barthelemy were made from her phone to family members. Based on cell site information, these calls were made from Midtown Manhattan.

Waterman: Cell Phone Evidence

June 5, 2010, and the next day when Waterman was last seen alive at a Holiday Inn in Hauppauge, a burner phone, activated that day, contacted her cellphone. Waterman was captured on video leaving the hotel around the same time the burner phone made contact. Though the burner phone had no more activity after this call, cell site information revealed that Waterman’s phone traveled to Massapequa Park in the vicinity of Heuermann’s home.

Costello: Cell Phone Evidence

The day before and when Costello was last seen alive, a burner phone made contact with her phone. Cell site information indicated that the towers that connected with the burner phone were in West Amityville and Massapequa Park. The cell phone proceeded to move to the vicinity of Costello’s residence in West Babylon.

About Rex Heuermann

Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann

The struggle started early. Mr. Heuermann grew up with an older sister and a younger brother.

His father, was an aerospace engineer who enjoyed specialty woodworking, as a hobby the T. Heuermann was making furniture in his garage. (see interview)

Dan Musto, who new Rex growing up said Rex Heuermann clashed with his father, who was tough on the Rex for not being a go getter. In response, Rex acted out. He got caught after engaging in a shoplifting spree.. Mr. Musto said “Why is he getting in trouble? He’s fighting with his dad,” “It was common knowledge.”

In 1975 His father died when Rex Heuermann was 12. After that, the children were raised by their mother, who is now 93 and living in Virginia.

According to a neighbor, Mr. de Villiers, Rex Heuermann seemed to be raising his children to be as isolated as he had been, in the same rundown off-limits house. He said that when Mr. Heuermann’s daughter Victoria, now 26, got her license, “I wanted to tell her, ‘Just get in your car and drive and never come back.’” Reference

Rex Heuermann, lived in the same house he was raised in – a few miles across the bay from the beach where bodies were found. He purchase his childhood home from his mother Dolores for $170,000 in 1994, according to property records.

Known Travel Timeline

Asa Heuermann Travel Timeline

July 8, 2009, Asa Heuermann’s departed the United States for Iceland.

August 18, 2009, Asa Heuermann’s returned to the United States. August 10 2009 and returned with Asa on August 18, 2009
June 4, 2010, traveled from New York to Maryland.
June 8, 2010, returned to New York from Maryland.
August 28, 2010, traveled from New York to New Jersey.
September 5, 2010, returned to New York from New Jersey. Consequently, the cellular telephone subscribed to by Defendant Heuermann’s wife was out of New York State

Rex Heuermann Travel Timeline

August 10, 2009, Heuermann departed for Iceland
August 18, 2009 returned from Iceland
November, 2017 – Las Vegas (two days) traveled by plane
January 2018 – Cocoa Beach with Asa (wife), Daughter Victoria and Mother Delores.
2018 – Traveled to Virginia with Asa, relocating his mother.
March 2018 – Traveled to Virginia – (book flights for Defendant Heuermann and his wife in 2018)
2018 Traveled to see his sister Delores in Binghamton NY

Lawsuits

Between 2014 and 2022, Heuermann filed four lawsuits in New York courts against drivers who he said had hit him with their cars, causing him “serious and permanent personal injuries,” once case was settled and two discontinued.

2014 – 2022

Between 2014 and 2022, Heuermann filed four lawsuits in New York courts against drivers who he said had hit him with their cars, causing him “serious and permanent personal injuries,” court records show

June 2018

Personal Injury – Motor Vehicle lawsuit against Cynthia F. This case was filed in Kings County Courts, Kings County Supreme Court Civil Term located in Kings, New York. The case status is Pending – Other Pending

January 9, 2017

Personal Injury – Motor Vehicle lawsuit against Barbara O. This case was filed in Nassau County Courts, Kings County Supreme Court Civil Term located in Kings, New York. The case status is Dispose

June 8, 2022

Personal Injury – Motor Vehicle lawsuit against LINDSAY F. This case was filed in Kings County Courts, Kings County Supreme Court Civil Term located in Kings, New York. The case status is Pending – Other Pending

Suffolk County prosecutors

Grand Jury Indictment

According to the bail application, in January 2022, Suffolk County prosecutors teamed up with the Suffolk County Police and Sherriff’s Office, New York State Police, and the FBI to identify and apprehend the “Gilgo Four” killer after years of no success. Upon examining the evidence they had to date, including the burlap wraps and duct tape used on the women, along with the issuance and review of over 300 subpoenas, search warrants, eyewitness accounts, and other evidence, law enforcement apprehended the man they believe committed atrocities against innocent women and preyed on residents of Long Island.

A grand jury in New York indicted Rex Heuermann on six counts of murder, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office announced Friday, after police arrested the New York City architect in connection with a spree of killings on Long Island that police believed was at least partially the work of a serial killer

Rex Heuermann – Court Documents

DNA ORDER

A Long Island judge on Wednesday ordered that accused Gilgo Beach killer Rex Heuermann submit to a cheek swab for DNA testing.

Heuermann’s attorneys tried to block the move, arguing that prosecutors failed to show probable cause connecting him to a DNA sample taken from a pizza box.

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Timeline

1963 – Rex Heuermann born

Rex Heuermann, the Long Island serial killer, was born to his parents, Theodore and Dolores Heuermann.

1977 Freshman Berner High School

Freshman Berner High Schoo

1981 Graduates Berner High School

Graduated from Berner High School in Massapequa Class 1981

1977 – 1981 Tobay’s Beach

Works at the park and was frequently seen at Tobay Beach, according to Baldwin, who worked several summers as a Tobay lifeguard

1981 – 1982 Seasonal employee at Jones Beach State Park

1981 & 1982 – May through October- a seasonal employee at Jones Beach State Park

1984 Jones Beach State Park

1984 Summer through October 24th – a seasonal employee at Jones Beach State Park

1986 Graduate New York Institute of Technology, Westbury, N.Y

Graduate from New York Institute of Technology, Westbury, N.Y., with a degree in architectural technology

1987 – works for Harvey Rothenberg Architect

Rex’s boss was living on Carroll Street in Park Slope, a street that leads directly into the adjacent Carroll Gardens neighborhood.

1990 Greer Construction Corp. in Freeport, NY.

1990 Works for Greer Construction Corp. in Freeport, NY.

1994 Buys a House

According to property records, he bought the house from his mom, Dolores, for $170,000 in 1994.

1994 – incorporated RH Consultants & Associates

1994 Divorce his first wife – No Children

1994 Divorce his first wife – No Children (1990 married – 1994 divorce)

1994 met his Wife Ása Guðbjörg Ellerup

1994 met his Wife Ása Guðbjörg Ellerup

1996 Married Asa Ellerup

April 13, 1996, married in and the same year Asa gave birth to their child Victoria

2005 purchased Club du Soleil in Las Vegas

April 23, 2005 purchased Club du Soleil in Las Vegas for $16,995

2007 falsely identified the apartment complex as vacant

September, 2007 – Rex Heuermann, falsely identified the apartment complex as vacant

2009 Heuermann departed for Iceland Returned Iceland On August 18, 2009

August 10, 2009, Heuermann departed for Iceland. Returned from Iceland On August 18, 2009

2017 renovation project in the Bronx.

Returned from Icelanrenovation project in the Bronx in 2017.d On August 18, 2009

2017 Las Vegas (two days) traveled by plane

November, 2017 – Las Vegas (two days) traveled by plane

2018 – Cocoa Beach with Asa (wife), Daughter Victoria and Mother Delores.

January 2018 – Cocoa Beach with Asa (wife), Daughter Victoria and Mother Delores.

Traveled to Virginia