MASSAPEQUA PARK, NEW YORK: After 12 days of effort, investigators involved in the case of Rex Heuermann have reportedly announced that they have completed the search of the serial murder suspect's home. The 59-year-old architect has been accused of murdering Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, and Amber Costello more than a decade ago.
Their bodies were discovered on the shoreline of Long Island’s Gilgo Beach in 2010. Heuermann has, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges of three counts of first-degree murder and three counts of second-degree murder. It has been speculated that Heuermann was also involved in the death of Maureen Brainard-Barnes.
But he has not been charged yet in her case. After his July 13 arrest, cops took over his home to find possible evidence and clues, and on Tuesday, July 25, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney declared, “We have reached an end to the search of the Gilgo house.”
What did police find at Rex Heuermann's home?
Tierney also shared, as per CBS New York, that officials have retrieved a large number of potential and trace proofs that will help solve the case. The DA, however, asserted that no evident human remains were located at the alleged killer’s house. He stated, “And now it's up to the job of the task force to go through that evidence, and ... that's a process. We need to do that process, but we won't know exactly what we have for quite some time because just given the sheer volume.”
Giving elaborate details of Heuermann's residence, Tierney said that it was not clean or well-arranged. The accused had an in-built walk-in gun vault in the basement from where 279 guns were recovered. He noted, “The defendant had 92 handgun permits. In addition to handguns, he had quite a few long guns, as well,” before focusing on the findings of the house’s backyard.
“Hair fibers, DNA, blood, which we'll just have to await the results on," Tierney added as he asserted, “Evidence does not point either one way or the other. I would say we have obtained a massive amount of material. It's not like TV. It's going to be a while for the analyst to do their job.”
'We want the world to see we're watching the street'
Meanwhile, Nassau County Police have reportedly announced a strict rule regarding the house and prohibited loitering and trespassing. Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said, “We are going to give the community back their neighborhood, which has been under siege for the last several days. There will be cameras. They'll be hung on a pole.”
He added, “They're not covert cameras, they're overt. We want the world to see we're watching the street to make sure kids are not climbing through yards to go take some pictures or photographs on the property.”
