Police removed a long rope and paint chips from the porch of the home of suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann in Massapequa Park.
Crews wearing gloves and masks were seen standing on folding chairs picking up paint chips from under the porch rafters Thursday afternoon — the fourth day of the search that began Monday when authorities searched Heuermann’s home for the second time.
Suffolk County Prosecutor Ray Tierney arrived at the home Thursday afternoon around 3:40 p.m. He entered the property and approximately 20 minutes later came out and left. He did not speak to any news crews nearby.
It’s unclear if today marks the last day of the search. Last summer, Tierney appeared at Heuermann’s home during the first search which lasted 12 days.
Two members of the crime lab are photographed taking samples of paint chips from Heuermann’s porch.
A gloved and masked team member examines a paint chip in the light
Heuermann charged with four murders attributed to Gilgo Beach serial killer
The New York Police Command Center vehicle left the block at noon, and a truck loaded with evidence pulled away from the driveway and left Heuermann’s block a few hours later.
The Suffolk County Police Department and NYS Troopers have been in attendance since a new search warrant was executed Monday. It is not clear what motivated these searches or what they were looking for.
Heumann’s daughter, Victoria Heuermann, 27, was reportedly the only person home when officers knocked on the door of the home, and she was asked to leave the premises so they could execute the warrant search.
Robert Macedonio, Asa Ellerup’s lawyer, added that Victoria was “fully cooperative.”
His mother, Asa Ellerup, Heuermann’s ex-wife, and son Christopher Sheridan, 34, were reportedly absent in South Carolina before the search was carried out.
Since Monday, teams of investigators have been removing bags, boxes, furniture and household items from the home. The medical examiner was on site earlier this week.
Investigators seized several items, including paint chips and a long rope, from the home of suspected serial killer Rex Heuermann on Thursday.
Thursday’s seizures are the fourth day of searches by Long Island investigators, following an initial 12-day search last summer.
Investigators left huge piles of clothes and items scattered on the front porch of the home in the rain Thursday.
Heuermann’s wife, Asa Ellerup, and son Christopher Sheridan, 34 (pictured after his arrest in July 2023), were reportedly absent in South Carolina before the search was carried out.
Thursday’s search, the fourth this week, came amid a second attempt by Long Island investigators to scour Heuermann’s home for potential evidence.
The initial search lasted 12 days last July, following the architect’s dramatic arrest on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, where he worked.
During that search last year, investigators seized a huge cache of weapons in the home, including at least four long-barreled firearms.
Several other blue plastic boxes containing weapons were also seen being carried off the property, as it was revealed he had licenses for 92 firearms.
Investigators reportedly searched the house at that time for possible “trophies” from the victims Heuermann is accused of murdering, but it is unclear if any “trophies” were found.
The crimes Heuermann is accused of are linked to the decade-long search for the infamous Gilgo Beach serial killer, with a total of 11 bodies – including seven for which he was not charged – found on Gilgo Beach between 2010 and 2011.
The crimes Heuermann is accused of are linked to the decade-long search for the notorious Gilgo Beach serial killer, with a total of 11 bodies – including seven for which he was not charged – found on 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, described him as a menacing figure whom children avoided home on Halloween.
“We were crossing the street. He was someone you didn’t want to approach,” neighbor Nicholas Ferchaw, 24, told the New York Times after his arrest.
It was also revealed after his arrest that Heuermann had been kicked out of a Whole Foods store for stealing oranges and owed thousands in back taxes.
Video recently showing Heuermann’s arrest shows him 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 the police.
Finally, a group of officers in suits stopped and surrounded Heuermann. The arrest took place around 8:30 p.m. A little more than 12 hours later, he was arraigned on three first-degree murder charges in a Long Island courtroom.
A longtime colleague of Heuermann’s told the Times that he spoke to the suspect Thursday evening, noting that he was making jokes. “It must have been right before he left the office and they arrested him,” Steve Kramberg told the Times.
The suspect’s neighbors have long been suspicious of the mysterious architect. One of them, Mike Schmidt, said he often shared beers with another neighbor, pointed to Heuermann’s house and commented, “There are probably bodies in there,” according to the Times.
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