True crime fans flocked to the home of Gilgo Beach suspect Rex Heuermann and shared their theories about the gruesome crimes, as police searched it once again.
Lori Mattza of Chicago was so excited to see Heuermann’s home in Massapequa Park that He accidentally drove his rental car through the crime scene.
‘I drove home. “I didn’t know I shouldn’t go,” she said, a little confused. ‘I was trying to get a video for my true crime YouTube channel.
Mattza said it took her hours to drive to Long Island from downtown Manhattan after dropping her daughter off at her new job and dealing with holiday traffic.
“My husband doesn’t know I’m here and I might miss my flight tonight, but oh God, it was worth coming.”
He compared Heuermann to notorious serial killer John Wayne Gacy and said he believes there are more victims than the four Heuermann is accused of murdering.
Lori Mattza of Chicago was so excited to see Rex Heuermann’s Massapequa Park home for her true crime YouTube channel that she accidentally drove her rental car through the crime scene.
“I think there are body parts buried in the house and I think he’s placing them on a wild goose chase to get all the little trophies he left behind,” he said.
True crime junkie Nick Greystone, who spoke to DailyMail.com last summer when Heuermann was first arrested, was back on the scene this week, “twice,” he said, since police executed a second search warrant.
“I was surprised that they came back. What could they have found? And what possibly is happening with the case that we don’t know.
The musician and podcaster said, “I feel like it has to be a big deal to go back to a crime scene that’s basically closed.” The family lived here for 10 months.’
Lauren DeFranco left Port Washington despite having a broken foot.
‘I wanted to go out and see what they were taking out of the house and where they were looking. What are they looking for and what kind of new evidence is emerging.
With his ankle wrapped in a bandage, DeFranco walked carefully and assessed the scene: “They put up tents. They’re obviously looking for something specific.’
The former Channel 7 news reporter recalled being at the press conference given by former Suffolk County Police Commissioner Richard Dormer when he first made the Gilgo Beach serial killer announcement more than a decade ago. .
“I remember him saying we don’t want anyone to think we have a Jack Ripper hanging around,” he said.
DeFranco limped through the barricades that were erected, sharing his theory about the case and wondering why the search teams had returned after all this time.
“I think someone is talking,” he said. “You always hear about a jailhouse snitch or someone being involved in the crime; we’re talking about things we don’t know right now.”
He added: “Lawyers say the family is stunned, but we can only take that for what it’s worth.”
“We don’t want to victimize a victim, but we also don’t know what’s been going on in this house for the last 20 years.”
Rob Palomba and Dana Gerasimovich stopped by the block to take a look at Heuermann’s house on Friday shortly after 6:30 p.m., when search teams had already left.
True crime junkie Nick Greystone, who spoke to DailyMail.com last summer when Heuremann was first arrested, was back on the block this week, “twice,” he said, since police executed a second arrest warrant. record.
Lauren DeFranco left Port Washington despite having a broken foot
They rolled down the window and told DailyMail.com: “We just bought a house and now everyone is looking around their house again.”
“Kind of creepy,” Dana said.
“It doesn’t bother me too much,” Rob added. “We closed about a week and a half ago and a few days later the police came back to the house,
‘My mom looked at me and said that house is about two minutes from where you just bought.’
The river. ‘We are happy to be here. Fun time.’
Heuermann’s alleged victims are Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, Amber Costello and Maureen Brainard-Barnes.
Cops and true crime detectives fear he killed up to 11 women between 1996 and 2011 before dumping their bodies on the secluded beach after which the crimes were named.
Heuermann was arrested in July 2023 and remains in prison awaiting trial.