Police removed a long rope and paint chips from the porch of suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann’s home in Massapequa Park.
Crews wearing gloves and masks were seen standing on folding chairs picking up paint chips from under porch rafters Thursday afternoon, the fourth day of the search that began Monday when officials raided Heuermann’s home for the second time. time.
Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney arrived at the home Thursday afternoon around 3:40 p.m. He entered the property and approximately 20 minutes later he exited and left. He did not speak to any news crew nearby.
It is unclear if today is the last day of the search. Last summer, Tierney showed up at Heuermann’s home during the initial 12-day search of the home.
On Thursday, investigators seized several items, including paint chips and a long rope, from the home of alleged serial killer Rex Heuermann.
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The New York State Police Command Center vehicle left the block at noon and a truck loaded with evidence pulled out of the driveway and left Heuermann’s block a few hours later.
The Suffolk County Police Department and New York State Police have been present since a new search warrant was executed on Monday. It is unclear what motivated the search and what they were looking for.
Heumann’s daughter, Victoria Heuermann, 27, was reportedly the only person in the home when officers were called to the home and ordered her to leave the premises.
Robert Macedonio, Asa Ellerup’s lawyer, added that Victoria was “cooperative.”
His mother, Asa Ellerup, Heuermann’s estranged wife, and son Christopher Sheridan, 34, were reported to be in South Carolina before the search was executed.
Since Monday, teams of investigators have been removing bags, boxes, furniture and household items from the house. The medical examiner was on the scene earlier in the week.
During Thursday’s search, crews wearing gloves and face masks were seen standing on folding chairs picking up paint chips from under the porch rafters.
Thursday’s seizures were the fourth day of searches by Long Island investigators, following an initial 12-day search last summer.
Investigators left huge piles of clothes and belongings scattered on the home’s porch in the rain Thursday.
Heuermann’s wife, Asa Ellerup, and son Christopher Sheridan, 34 (pictured after his arrest in July 2023), were reported to be in South Carolina before the search was executed.
Thursday’s search, the fourth this week, came amid a second effort by Long Island investigators to search Heuermann’s home for possible evidence.
The initial search lasted 12 days last July, after the architect’s dramatic arrest on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, where he worked.
In that search last year, investigators seized a massive cache of weapons from the home, including at least four long-barreled firearms.
Several more blue plastic boxes of weapons were also seen being taken from the property, as it was revealed he had permits for a staggering 92 firearms.
Investigators were reportedly searching the home at the time for possible “trophies” of the victims Heuermann is accused of murdering, however, it is unclear if any were found.
The crimes Heuermann is accused of relate to the decade-long search for the infamous Gilgo Beach serial killer, with a total of 11 bodies, seven of which have not been charged, found in Gilgo Beach between 2010 and 2011. .
The crimes Heuermann is accused of relate to the decade-long search for the infamous Gilgo Beach serial killer, with a total of 11 bodies, seven of which have not been charged, found in Gilgo Beach between 2010 and 2011. .
Meanwhile, neighbors in the middle-class community where Heuermann lived his entire life in Massapequa Park, near where the victim’s remains were found, have described him as a menacing figure whose home was avoided by children on Halloween.
‘We would cross the street. He was someone you wouldn’t want to go near,” neighbor Nicholas Ferchaw, 24, said. New York Times after his arrest.
It was also revealed after his arrest that Heuermann was once kicked out of Whole Foods for stealing oranges and owed thousands of dollars in back taxes.
In the recently released video showing Heuermann’s arrest, he is seen walking down a busy street at dusk during rush hour with a bag slung over his back. He seems unaware that he is being chased by police officers.
Finally, a group of officers dressed in suits stop and surround Heuermann. The arrest occurred around 8:30 p.m. A little more than 12 hours later, he was indicted on three counts of first-degree murder in a Long Island court.
A former colleague of Heuermann told the Times that he spoke with the suspect Thursday night and noted that he was making jokes. “That must have been right before he left the office and was arrested,” Steve Kramberg told the Times.
The suspect’s neighbors had long distrusted the mysterious architect. One of them, Mike Schmidt, said he often shared beers with another neighbor, pointed to Heuermann’s house and commented, “He probably has bodies there,” according to the Times.