Podcasts about Suffolk County

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin touts Long Island Sound preservation efforts during a visit to Long Island. This weekend's storm knocked out power for thousands in our region. A bill in New York would crack down on so-called surveillance pricing. Plus, an effort to bring classical music to the Suffolk County community.

Chaz and AJ had the Tribe calling in guesses for ways to get kicked out of a professional sports game, after a fan ran onto the court for Game 1 of the NBA Finals. Andre in Cheshire called in to share a story about fighting with English football fans, and wound up being pulled over by the cops during the story. (0:00) Anthony called Chaz and AJ to share with Ruth his love of "Love Island," which he considers to be train-wreck TV. (9:18) Chaz and AJ talked about 1973, since that's the last time the Knicks were NBA Champions. Anyone else remember Coco Wheat? (12:42)  In Dumb Ass News, former Hartford Police Detective Brian Foley was on the phone to talk about the brothel uncovered in Suffolk County. A 67-year-old woman was arrested in connection to the prostitution charges, and the Tribe called in with stories of the sketchy homes that made the news from their neighborhood. (18:47) Pepe's pizza in the house! Kevin Gagliard was in studio with some fresh tomato pies, and then made one of the best pizza commercials of all time, with no time to prep before it all came together. (30:43) 

Steve Lundquist spent 14 years as a Gang Intelligence Sergeant inside Suffolk County's jail on Long Island, New York — tracking some of the most dangerous gang members in the country. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, Steve breaks down exactly what goes on behind the walls that nobody outside ever sees. From identifying gang leaders the moment they walk through the door to monitoring phone calls that give inmates away, Steve shares the insider knowledge that took him 14 years to accumulate — and the cases involving Bloods, Crips, Latin Kings, MS-13, 18th Street and local neighborhood crews that defined his career. _____________________________________________ #GangIntelligence #TrueCrime #prisonsecrets _____________________________________________ Thank you to QUINCE for sponsoring this episode: Elevate your summer wardrobe. Go to https://quince.com/lockedin for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too. _____________________________________________ Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/ _____________________________________________ Shop Locked In Merch: http://www.ianbick.com/shop _____________________________________________ Timestamps: 00:00 14 Years in Gang Intelligence — Steve's Full Story 00:23 Growing Up and the Early Influences That Led Him to Law Enforcement 01:54 The Childhood Inspiration and Career Path Nobody Expected 02:34 How He Went From Restaurants to Corrections — The Career Shift That Changed Everything 03:00 What the Corrections Test and Hiring Process Actually Look Like 04:02 Academy Training and the First Impressions That Surprised Him Most 06:28 The Jail Facilities Population and Roles Nobody Explains Before You Start 07:35 His First Day on the Job and the Lessons That Hit Him Immediately 08:22 The Most Common Inmate Charges and How Facilities Are Actually Structured 09:53 The Inmate Mental Health Crisis and What It Does to the Officers Who See It Daily 12:00 The Human Side of Jail — The Stories That Stay With You 13:13 How He Got Into Gang Intelligence at Suffolk County Jail 14:25 Rising From Officer to Investigator — What That Career Progression Really Looks Like 15:21 Life as a Sergeant — The Leadership Challenges Nobody Warns You About 17:04 Daily Duties in the Gang Unit — What It Actually Looks Like From the Inside 18:02 Jailhouse Snitches — How to Manage Information and Who You Can Actually Trust 21:11 Gang Dynamics Separation and the Situations That Can Turn Deadly Fast 22:00 How Contraband Gets In — Phone Calls and the Intelligence Gathering Nobody Sees 23:12 How He Built Trust With Inmates to Get the Information That Mattered 25:36 The Major Gangs Their Affiliations and How Gang Investigations Actually Work 28:33 Jail Politics Prison Hierarchies and How Inmate Segregation Really Works 31:36 What Inmates Actually Fight Over — Food TV Technology and the Petty Battles That Turn Violent 37:09 The Contraband Methods That Shocked Him Most and How Daily Operations Handle Them 41:41 Handling Informants and the Dangerous Situations Nobody Prepares You For 45:27 Weapons Smuggling and the Gang Violence That Defines Life Inside 47:50 Female Inmates and Gang Involvement — What Most People Don't Know 50:15 How Inmates Communicate — Kites Hand Signs and the Coded Language Officers Learn to Read 52:01 Gang Hierarchies Shot Callers and the Set Politics That Run Everything 54:32 Officer Safety Use of Force and What It Really Takes to Maintain Security 01:00:31 The Mental Toll of a Career in Corrections — What It Does to You Over Time 01:04:06 The Respect He Gained the Lessons He Learned and the Impact That Lasted 01:07:08 How the Media Gets Corrections Wrong and What He Wants the Public to Know _____________________________________________ To advertise on the show, contact sales@advertisecast.com or visit https://advertising.libsyn.com/LockedInWithIanBicka Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon Jr. LIVE On LI In The AM W/Jay Oliver! by JVC Broadcasting

This week on the Long Island Tea Podcast, Sharon and Stacy are catching up on a busy week filled with exciting events, local adventures, and plenty of unforgettable moments — because there's truly never a dull moment at Discover Long Island! Sharon fills us in on her time with the Discover Long Island team at IPW in Fort Lauderdale, where they connected with travel professionals from around the world to showcase everything that makes Long Island such an incredible destination. Stacy also recaps some recent staff adventures including the Long Island Choice Awards, LI250's Planting It Forward initiative, and a beautiful day out in Northport with Onda Bella Cruises. From local happenings and community celebrations to standout Long Islanders and unforgettable summer events, this episode is packed with everything we love about life on Long Island right now.#ShowUsYourLongIslanderThis week we're spotlighting Dr. Melissa Elliott-Brogan, a Suffolk County native, founder of Sardonyx Wellness, and creator of The Holistic Resilience Recharge focused on supporting mental health professionals and burnout prevention. She also leads the Long Island Social Work Facebook Group with more than 6,000 members while continuing to advocate for mental health awareness and community support across Long Island.Show us YOUR Long Islander by sending us a DM or emailing spillthetea@discoverlongisland.com#RevolutionaryRootsThis week we're highlighting the Village of Babylon Historical and Preservation Society, which has helped preserve Babylon's local history since 1974. The organization operates out of the former Babylon Library building and also helps maintain the historic Nathaniel Conklin House, offering visitors a glimpse into Babylon Village's Revolutionary era roots and rich local history.#LongIslandLifeThis week we're talking about a commuter story for the books after a sinkhole opened on the Long Island Expressway, causing a multi vehicle incident and major traffic delays along one of the region's busiest roadways. Thankfully, no serious injuries were reported and repairs were completed quickly with the roadway already reopened.We're also spotlighting standout student athletes from Riverhead High School after senior Colby Baran and sophomore Madison Marshak were named among Newsday's top 10 Long Island high school golfers for the 2026 season.Long Island shoppers may also notice some savings during their next grocery run as Stop & Shop rolls out lower prices across all 46 Long Island stores as part of a broader customer experience initiative.Plus, Newsday recently highlighted some of Long Island's best waterfront restaurants, including local favorites Cowfish in Hampton Bays, Duryea's in Montauk and Orient Point, and Navy Beach in Montauk — all helping showcase Long Island's iconic coastal dining scene.#ThisWeekendOnLongIslandFriday, May 29West Side Story at The GatewayThe Prince of Egypt at The Argyle TheatreReflections in Music at The ChurchDiscovery Wetlands CruiseGolden Hour Centennial SailsNorth Fork Oyster NightThree Village Farmers and Artisans MarketSaturday, May 30Fleetwood Macked at CM Performing Arts CenterNugent Carriage House Thrift ShopSunday, May 31Drag Brunch at Frankie's Fabulous ItalianoPeony Path Tour at Sagtikos ManorFor more events and things happening all across Long Island, please visit discoverlongisland.com/events.Connect With UsInstagram: @longislandteapodcastTikTok: @longislandteapodcastYouTube: Discover Long Island YouTubeFacebook: Long Island Tea Podcast FacebookX: @liteapodcastEmail: spillthetea@discoverlongisland.comShop: Discover Long Island Shop Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One Man. One Mission. Justice. In the Hunt for the Gilgo Beach Serial Killer.Rodney K. Harrison's life could have gone the way of the drug dealers he grew up with in South Jamaica, Queens. Instead, a twist of fate and relentless drive led him to become the NYPD's highest-ranking uniformed officer and, later, Police Commissioner of Suffolk County on Long Island—where he engineered the arrest of the elusive Gilgo Beach serial killer.Harrison survived a false arrest as a teenager and later dodged bullets as an undercover in Brooklyn. He calmed the fallout of Eric Garner's chokehold death on Staten Island, worked shoulder-to-shoulder with outspoken community leaders in Harlem, brought Jam Master Jay's killers to justice, removed bricks from the 9/11 Twin Towers, dealt with looters during the pandemic on the streets of New York—and always advocated for every victim.This real-life Blue Bloods true crime story chronicles the triumphs, controversies, politics, and dangers that define modern policing in America's largest city.Harrison shares these true crime stories:The harrowing night his undercover partner was shot on the street.An insider's view of the investigations that shaped headlines—from Jam Master Jay to his career-defining case, putting the Gilgo Beach serial killer (he called him "the Devil that walks among us") behind bars, and the personal sacrifices and moral dilemmas behind the badge.More than a cop's story—a rare, unfiltered look at crime, justice, and resilience in New York. Now a crime commentator on CBS and corporate security consultant,THE COMMISSIONER: From Street Cop To Top Cop in the NYPD, and the Inside Story of the Hunt for the Long Beach Serial Killer—Rodney K. Harrison

Michael “Morgs” Morgan is a 30-year veteran of law enforcement who honorably served the citizens of Atlanta, Georgia, and Suffolk County, New York. In this riveting episode Morgs shares some of the heartbreaking trauma he experienced, starting with his first night as a trainee. As a warrior and law enforcement officer he was forced to compartmentalize and press forward, with each incident adding a layer of pain and trauma. The drowning of a 2-year-old child he ‘helped save' caused unbelievable grief. Later in his career he is taken off the streets because of a back injury. He got hooked on the pain reliever Tramadol and ended up in rehab. A couple years ago he saw tier one operators on podcasts sharing their healing journeys with psychedelic assisted therapy and felt the call of the medicine. He sat with Ayahuasca in Florida, and it completely saved and changed his life. He was given a new mission to put the ladder down to help save and change the lives of other first responder heroes and their families. Follow Morg on Instagram team_morgs_inc

Anthony Baptiste came from a good family and built a successful party promoting business — but chasing money and a bigger lifestyle pulled him into the streets. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, Anthony breaks down how it all unraveled, why he turned down a plea deal and took his chances at trial, and what happened when Suffolk County handed him a sentence he believes was excessive — over 50 years in prison. He opens up about fighting his case from behind bars, the years of legal battles that followed, and how he ultimately got his sentence reduced from 50 years to 10 — and walked out free. _____________________________________________ #Prison #TrueCrime #Justice _____________________________________________ Thank you to QUINCE for sponsoring this episode: Refresh your wardrobe with Quince. Go to https://quince.com/lockedin for free shipping and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too. _____________________________________________ Connect with Anthony Baptiste: https://www.instagram.com/tonelegacy?igsh=MWRpZjlrcHpraXlydg== _____________________________________________ Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/ _____________________________________________ Shop Locked In Merch: http://www.ianbick.com/shop _____________________________________________ Timestamps: 00:00 From Drug Dealer to 50 Years — Anthony's Story 00:18 Growing Up — The Family Background That Started Everything 01:16 Financial Struggles and Why the Streets Felt Like the Only Option 03:57 Early Ambitions and What School Couldn't Give Him 08:08 His First Steps Into Hustling — How It All Began 12:12 Escalating Fast — When Crack Entered the Picture 16:16 The Competition Nobody Talks About — How the Hustle Really Works 23:55 Running Drug Sales and Event Promotion at the Same Time 30:10 How He Turned Party Promoting Into a Legitimate Business 36:12 Clubs Parties Arrests and the Investigation He Didn't See Coming 41:24 Courtrooms Bail and the Legal Strategy That Almost Worked 53:02 How He Played the Justice System — And What It Cost Him 01:07:12 Convicted and Sentenced — The Moment That Destroyed His Family 01:26:40 Surviving Prison — What It Really Takes to Stay Alive and Sane 01:36:00 The Law Library That Saved Him — How He Fought His Way Out 01:47:11 Walking Out — What Life After Prison Actually Looks Like 01:56:41 Taking Accountability — The Hardest Thing He's Ever Done 02:05:04 Corruption Asset Seizure and the Legal Battle That Wasn't Over 02:26:30 Fighting for Justice — What Comes Next _____________________________________________ To advertise on the show, contact sales@advertisecast.com or visit https://advertising.libsyn.com/LockedInWithIanBicka Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Michael Levine of Rappaport, Glass, Levine & Zullo LLP (https://www.rglzlaw.com/)   Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review   Episode Details: Michael Levine -- a partner at Rappaport, Glass, Levine & Zullo LLP known as "Motorcycle Mike" -- explains how he secured justice for 33-year-old air traffic controller Kevin Barrett, who endured a painful through-the-knee amputation after a pick-up truck collided with his motorcycle and crushed his right leg. The driver of the truck abruptly cut off Kevin, who was going 10 miles per hour over the speed limit, while making a left turn. Kevin uses a prosthetic limb as a result of this catastrophic injury. A Suffolk County, New York jury returned a $5,750,000 verdict, assigning 63% of the negligence to the defendant.   Click Here to Read/Download the Complete Trial Documents   Guest Bio: Michael Levine   Michael Levine is, without a doubt, the prime example of a “Go-Getter”. In over 35 years Michael has never stopped chasing after perfection, and his reputation and record are a shining reflection of this. If you're looking for a personal injury attorney who is a rare combination of experience, hard-charging, tactical, spirited, and unfailingly caring, you've found him.   At RGLZ we sometimes wonder how Michael finds the time and energy to do everything he does. He lectures often on his areas of expertise before the bar associations of Suffolk and New York State, serves on the Grievance and Judicial Screening committees for those bar associations, is on the board of directors of the Suffolk County Bar Association, writes articles for legal journals, has served as the President of the more than 4000 member strong New York State Trial Lawyers' Association, is Mayor of his home town of Old Field, NY,  and still finds time to be an active part of the Long Island motorcycle community as Motorcycle Mike Esq.   This is all on top of a thriving practice here at RGLZ, where Michael handles litigation in numerous types of personal injury cases including motorcycle accidents, auto accidents, truck accidents, premises liability accidents, construction accidents, and railroad and subway accidents. He is also a friend of labor unions, taking cases for the Transit Workers Union and other large unions in New York.   Despite this nearly insane workload, Michael Levine is also regarded as a true friend to his clients. He prides himself on providing round-the-clock access for his clients, regularly taking their calls personally at all hours of the day. This is backed up by the fact that, in his entire career, Michael Levine has never had a grievance filed against him, and many of his clients remain friends to this day. There simply aren't many attorneys out there who can make a claim like that. Despite Michael's dedication to improving both himself and his profession as a whole, his clients always come first, and his priorities are always simple.   “In my time as a personal injury attorney, I've seen almost all there is to see. A large part of my life is coming into other people's lives in what is likely their worst moments; and it's tough. It hurts to see people in these situations. But at the same time, it's what drives me. I know that I can make a difference for these people. And if, at the end of my time with them, I can see them smile, and feel just that little bit better… That's what I do all of this for.”   Read Full Bio LISTEN TO PREVIOUS EPISODES & MEET THE TEAM: Great Trials Podcast Show Sponsors: Legal Technology Services  Harris Lowry Manton LLP - hlmlawfirm.com Production Team: Dee Daniels Media Podcast Production   Free Resources: Stages Of A Jury Trial - Part 1  Stages Of A Jury Trial - Part 2

Rex Heuermann's guilty plea resolved eight murder charges in one proceeding. But the structure of the deal itself raises questions that go beyond the confession. During a confidential session with prosecutors, Heuermann raised the name Karen Vergata — a woman he was never charged with killing. Her case was absorbed into the plea agreement, effectively closing it without a separate prosecution or public evidentiary hearing. The cooperation agreement with the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit reportedly includes no mechanism to compel truthful participation or penalize refusal.This week's True Crime Today review revisits the most significant Gilgo Beach developments — the legal architecture of the plea, the evidentiary rulings that forced it, and the psychological dimensions revealed through documentary footage.Every defense motion had been denied. Whole genome sequencing — the forensic technique that matched Heuermann's DNA to evidence recovered from victim remains — was ruled admissible. The court ordered all charges tried in a single proceeding, eliminating any possibility of severance. Heuermann's defense had exhausted its options. The plea, framed by his attorney as a calculated pivot, followed a thousand days of maintained innocence.The Peacock documentary captured the private aftermath. Asa Ellerup, Heuermann's ex-wife, heard him describe the killings during a jailhouse visit — including confirmation of dismemberment conducted inside their shared residence. His daughter Victoria confronted him directly about whether the victims registered as human to him. He said they did not. Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott analyzes the family dynamics under that level of sustained psychological exposure — the denial structures, the trauma responses, and what Heuermann's clinical detachment during these conversations reveals about how he processed decades of violence.The DA's office has acknowledged reviewing hundreds of cold cases across Suffolk County. Sentencing is pending. Whether this plea represents justice or an engineered exit remains the central unresolved question.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#RexHeuermann #GilgoBeach #GilgoBeachKiller #KarenVergata #SuffolkCounty #LISK #GuiltyPlea #SerialKiller #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers

Asa Ellerup sat across from the man she was married to for decades and heard him say he killed eight women — most of them inside their home. She asked about dismemberment. He told her yes. She walked out of that jailhouse, told a camera crew she still believes he loved her, and moved back into the house where it happened. Into the room where it happened.This week's review brings together the most powerful Gilgo Beach conversations — the ones that went beyond the courtroom and into the wreckage left behind.Victoria Heuermann visited her father and asked the questions nobody else could. Did you think about me while you were doing this? No. Did you see them as people? No. Victoria said she forgives him — not because the answers were acceptable, but because carrying the rage would destroy her. She's the daughter of a man who described a four-day kill cycle with clinical precision and told a therapist he cannot connect the person he is to the person in the evidence. She didn't choose this. None of the families did.The families of the eight women Heuermann confessed to killing sat in that Suffolk County courtroom and listened to him describe how he met, strangled, and disposed of each victim. Some wept. Some stared. They've waited years — in some cases over a decade — for answers, and what they got was a negotiated plea that also quietly resolved the Karen Vergata case without a separate hearing and included a cooperation agreement that reportedly can't be enforced.Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott walks through every psychological dimension — Asa's denial architecture, Victoria's survival-driven forgiveness, and what Heuermann's emotional flatness tells us about who he actually is beneath the confession. The plea may be done. The damage isn't close to finished.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#RexHeuermann #GilgoBeach #AsaEllerup #VictoriaHeuermann #GilgoBeachKiller #LISK #SerialKiller #SuffolkCounty #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers

The Long Island Serial Killings, also known as the Gilgo Beach Murders or the Craigslist Ripper case, is an unsolved serial murder investigation centered around the discovery of numerous human remains on Long Island, New York. The case has been ongoing since 2010 and remains unsolved as of my knowledge cutoff in September 2021.The initial discovery took place on December 11, 2010, when police were searching for a missing woman named Shannan Gilbert, a sex worker who had gone to meet a client in Oak Beach, Suffolk County. During the search, police found the remains of four women in the vicinity of Gilgo Beach. These victims were later identified as Megan Waterman, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Melissa Barthelemy, and Amber Lynn Costello, all of whom were also involved in sex work.As the investigation progressed, additional remains were discovered in the same area. In March and April 2011, six more sets of remains were found, along with the remains of an unidentified toddler, who came to be known as "Baby Doe" or "Jane Doe #6." The additional victims were identified as Jessica Taylor, Valerie Mack, Jane Doe #6 (the toddler), and an Asian male dressed in women's clothing.The police discovered that many of the victims had connections to the sex trade and had advertised their services on websites like Craigslist.This led investigators to suspect that a serial killer, dubbed the "Long Island Serial Killer" or "Craigslist Ripper," was specifically targeting sex workers in the area.The case gained significant media attention and sparked a large-scale investigation involving local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies. The search for additional evidence continued over the years, including the use of cadaver dogs, aerial searches, and the excavation of specific areas.Despite these efforts, no further bodies were found.The investigation faced various challenges and controversies. Shannan Gilbert's disappearance and death were initially treated as unrelated to the serial killings. However, her death was later attributed to accidental drowning. The mishandling of the case and the delayed response to her initial 911 call raised questions about the police's handling of the investigation.Then on July 13th, 2023 an arrest in the case was finally made. The man arrested? Rex Heuermann. In this episode, we hear from Dave Schaller, the man who gave the police the tip about who Heuermann was over a decade ago and even gave them a description of the vehicle the alleged serial killer was driving.(commercial at 9:42)to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:He came face to face with an alleged serial killer. 12 years later, his tip helped crack the case | AP NewsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-moscow-murders-and-more--5852883/support.

Rex Heuermann set the terms of his own confession. Before he stood in a Suffolk County courtroom and pleaded guilty to murdering eight women, he arranged private jailhouse meetings with his ex-wife and his daughter. He chose the order. He chose the setting. He decided what they would hear and how they would hear it. Even in the act of admitting to being the Gilgo Beach serial killer, Rex was orchestrating the experience. The Peacock documentary captured what happened in the aftermath of those meetings — Asa Ellerup walking out and saying she believes Rex loved her, Victoria Heuermann forgiving her father almost immediately, and both women returning to the house where seven of the eight murders were committed. It also captured something the public has never seen — extended therapy sessions where Rex described the mechanics of his killing in clinical detail. The four-day cycle. The stopwatch-timed body dumps. The childhood bedroom converted to a kill room. The claim that he can't connect the person in the crime scene photos to himself. And alongside it, John Douglas's assessment that Rex is a malignant narcissistic sadistic psychopath who likely has hidden victims in states where he faces death penalty exposure. Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins me for a comprehensive three-part series analyzing every person at the center of this case. Asa's psychology. Victoria's reckoning. Rex's mind. No angles left unexamined. This is the definitive psychological breakdown of the Heuermann family — and of the documentary that exposed them to the world.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#RexHeuermann #GilgoBeach #AsaEllerup #VictoriaHeuermann #LISK #GilgoBeachKiller #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #HouseOfSecrets #ShavaunScott

Governor Lamont gives an update on I-91 construction near Meriden. A proposed capital projects budget for Suffolk County outlines infrastructure in need of updates. Firefighters battle a major blaze on Fire Island. Plus, the latest from WSHU's Digital Citizen.

Gup in Denville, NJ, called Mark to talk about a great record that came out years ago, talking about bombing Iran that politicians used to sing along to. Phil in Suffolk County, NY, calls Mark about the Virginia redistricting vote, and Obama is stepping in to agree with the redistricting and then lie about agreeing with it. Obama is a master at taking sides when he needs to. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gup in Denville, NJ, called Mark to talk about a great record that came out years ago, talking about bombing Iran that politicians used to sing along to. Phil in Suffolk County, NY, calls Mark about the Virginia redistricting vote, and Obama is stepping in to agree with the redistricting and then lie about agreeing with it. Obama is a master at taking sides when he needs to.

Asa Ellerup called Rex Heuermann her savior. Their daughter Victoria sat in a packed Suffolk County courtroom and watched him plead guilty to killing eight women. Asa has maintained she would have known if something was wrong. Victoria has publicly said she believes her father most likely committed the killings. A mother and daughter inside the same house, the same marriage, the same nightmare — arriving at opposite conclusions. That split is the story.Benjamin Torres — the son of victim Valerie Mack, who was six when his mother vanished in 2000 — has filed a wrongful death lawsuit naming both women alongside Heuermann. The complaint alleges they knew about or concealed the crimes, had access to a secured vault-like room in the basement of the Massapequa Park home, and collected over a million dollars from a Peacock documentary. Plaintiff's attorney John Ray has argued the family could not have been unaware in a house of roughly 1,300 square feet. Hair evidence linked to both Ellerup and Victoria was recovered from victims' remains. The defense has called the suit reckless. Victoria was approximately three when Mack was killed. Prosecutors maintain Heuermann acted alone. Neither woman has been charged.Psychotherapist and author Shavaun Scott breaks down the psychology of "not knowing" — how the mind constructs barriers to protect an identity that's built around another person, why someone whose entire framework depends on the marriage being real may be neurologically incapable of processing contradictory evidence, and what a guilty plea does to the psychological architecture that held denial in place for decades.Criminal defense attorney Bob Motta examines the plea mechanics. Every pre-trial motion had failed. Whole genome sequencing was admitted for the first time in a New York courtroom. A deleted planning document was recovered from Heuermann's devices. The sentence — life without parole — was reportedly the same whether he went to trial or pled. Motta walks through what the defense calculated, what Karen Vergata's uncharged murder being folded into the deal means for accountability, and what the FBI cooperation agreement actually requires. Open cases along the Gilgo corridor remain unresolved. The criminal chapter is closed. The civil and psychological ones are just beginning.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#RexHeuermann #GilgoBeach #AsaEllerup #VictoriaHeuermann #ValerieMack #HiddenKillersLive #ShavaunScott #BobMotta #LISK #WrongfulDeath

Benjamin Torres was six years old when his mother disappeared. Valerie Mack vanished in 2000. Her dismembered remains were found in Manorville that same year — unidentified for twenty years. Rex Heuermann has now pleaded guilty to her murder. For Torres, the guilty plea wasn't the ending. It was permission to start.His wrongful death lawsuit names Heuermann, ex-wife Asa Ellerup, and their daughter Victoria. The complaint alleges the two women knew about or concealed the crimes, had access to a secured vault-like room in the basement of the Massapequa Park home, and collected over a million dollars from a Peacock documentary. Attorney John Ray has argued publicly that unawareness is implausible in a house of roughly 1,300 square feet. Hair evidence linked to both women was recovered from victims' remains. The defense has called the suit reckless. Victoria was approximately three when Mack was killed. Prosecutors maintain Heuermann acted alone and timed the killings for when the family was away. Neither woman has been charged.Asa called Heuermann her savior and maintained she would have known if something was wrong. Victoria sat in the courtroom during the plea and has publicly said she believes her father most likely committed the killings. One roof. Two women. Opposite conclusions about the man they both lived with. Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott examines how denial functions when identity is anchored to a single person — how the mind builds walls to protect the framework, and what a guilty plea does when those walls can no longer hold.Criminal defense attorney Bob Motta breaks down what Heuermann actually gained from pleading. Every pre-trial motion had been denied. Whole genome sequencing was admitted in a New York courtroom for the first time. A deleted planning document was pulled from his hard drive. The sentence was reportedly the same either way — life without parole. Karen Vergata's uncharged killing was folded into the deal without a separate prosecution or public evidence hearing. The FBI cooperation agreement reportedly carries no enforcement mechanism. Heuermann's attorney insists there are no additional victims. The DA's office is reviewing hundreds of Suffolk County cold cases. The criminal chapter is closed. The civil case — and the question of whether proximity to a serial killer can become its own form of liability — is just getting started.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#RexHeuermann #GilgoBeach #ValerieMack #AsaEllerup #VictoriaHeuermann #LISK #WrongfulDeath #ShavaunScott #BobMotta #HiddenKillers

Rex Heuermann maintained his innocence for one thousand days. On the last one, he stood in a Suffolk County courtroom — calm, controlled, no visible emotion — and pleaded guilty to strangling eight women over seventeen years. His defense attorney called it a calculated pivot. Every pre-trial ruling had gone against the defense. Whole genome sequencing was in. Consolidation of all charges into one trial was in. There was nothing left to fight with.But this plea was engineered for more than damage control. During a confidential proffer session, Heuermann raised Karen Vergata — uncharged — and her killing was folded into the deal. No separate prosecution. No public evidence presentation. The agreement bars further charges on all eight named victims and includes FBI Behavioral Analysis cooperation that reportedly carries no enforcement mechanism. The DA's office is reviewing hundreds of Suffolk County cold cases. Heuermann's attorney says there are no additional victims.The families wept in the courtroom as he described each killing. And for Benjamin Torres — Valerie Mack's son, six years old when his mother disappeared — the guilty plea was the starting line, not the finish. Torres filed a wrongful death lawsuit naming Asa Ellerup and Victoria Heuermann alongside Rex. The complaint alleges knowledge, concealment, and profit — specifically over a million dollars from a Peacock documentary.The defense posture is aggressive. Victoria was approximately three when Mack was killed. Prosecutors have publicly stated the family was away during the murders. Neither woman has been charged. But hair evidence linked to both was recovered from victims' remains. The prosecution calls it household transference. The plaintiff's attorney calls it proximity. Ellerup publicly called Heuermann her hero. Victoria later said she believes her father most likely committed the killings but the complaint alleges she characterized the crimes as part of a lifestyle she declined to condemn. This lawsuit tests the outer boundaries of civil liability — whether you can hold a family accountable for what they should have known, whether documentary earnings can be recovered as unjust enrichment, and whether wrongful death claims can survive decades-old statutes of limitation.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#RexHeuermann #GilgoBeach #AsaEllerup #VictoriaHeuermann #ValerieMack #HiddenKillersLive #GuiltyPlea #WrongfulDeath #TrueCrime #CivilLawsuit

One thousand days of maintaining his innocence. Tears on day one. Calm, controlled execution on day one thousand. Rex Heuermann didn't just plead guilty — he managed the terms. Every pre-trial ruling had gone against his defense. Whole genome sequencing was ruled admissible. All charges were consolidated. Trial was months away with no viable path to acquittal. So the man who spent decades planning how to avoid detection planned his exit from the courtroom the same way.During a confidential proffer session, Heuermann raised Karen Vergata himself — a woman he had never been charged with killing. Her death was absorbed into the deal. No separate prosecution. No public evidence hearing. The agreement bars further charges related to all eight victims and includes FBI Behavioral Analysis cooperation that reportedly has no enforcement teeth. His attorney insists there are no additional victims. The DA's office says it's reviewing hundreds of Suffolk County cold cases. Sentencing is set for June.The families packed that courtroom. They wept as Heuermann described strangling each woman. And for Benjamin Torres — Valerie Mack's son, six years old when she disappeared — the plea was a beginning. Torres filed a wrongful death lawsuit naming Heuermann, his ex-wife Asa Ellerup, and their daughter Victoria. The complaint alleges knowledge, concealment, and profit — over a million dollars from a Peacock documentary. Ellerup publicly called Heuermann her hero. Victoria later acknowledged she believes her father most likely committed the killings, but the complaint alleges she characterized the crimes in a way that declined to condemn them.The defense response is pointed. Victoria was approximately three when Mack was killed. Prosecutors have publicly stated the family was out of town during the murders. Neither woman has been charged. But hair linked to both was found on victims' remains. Prosecutors call it household transference. The plaintiff's attorney calls it something else entirely. This lawsuit asks whether a family can be held civilly liable for what they should have known, whether documentary money can be clawed back as unjust enrichment, and whether wrongful death claims survive decades past the statute of limitations. The criminal chapter may be closed. The civil one just opened.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#RexHeuermann #GilgoBeach #ValerieMack #AsaEllerup #VictoriaHeuermann #GuiltyPlea #WrongfulDeath #KarenVergata #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers

Investigators followed Rex Heuermann for months through Manhattan before a discarded pizza crust gave them everything. That abandoned sample — recovered legally from public garbage — produced a DNA match to a male hair found wrapped in burlap around Megan Waterman's remains on Ocean Parkway. One connection. That match generated the warrants for Heuermann's home, his devices, and the digital trove prosecutors say reveals the most meticulously documented serial killing case investigators have encountered.Megan was 22, a mother from Scarborough, Maine, who called her three-year-old daughter every day without exception. When those calls stopped in June 2010, her family filed a missing persons report within two days. Surveillance footage from a Holiday Inn Express in Hauppauge shows her walking out the door at 1:15 a.m. She was found six months later alongside the rest of the Gilgo Four.Heuermann stood in a Suffolk County courtroom and pleaded guilty to seven murders — Melissa Barthelemy, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Amber Lynn Costello, Sandra Costilla, Valerie Mack, Jessica Taylor, and Megan Waterman — spanning seventeen years from 1993 to 2010. He admitted to intentionally causing the death of an eighth victim, Karen Vergata, whose case was folded into the plea agreement. Prosecutors allege every killing occurred when Heuermann's wife and children were out of state, and that his devices contained checklists, methodology notes, and instructions for destroying evidence.His defense attorney framed the plea as "relief." The FBI cooperation agreement — requiring Heuermann to sit for behavioral analysis interviews — is built directly into the deal. Retired FBI behavioral expert Robin Dreeke and defense attorney Eric Faddis break down what the documented methodology reveals, what the defense traded in the plea, and why the courtroom moment matters far less than what investigators found on those devices.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#RexHeuermann #GilgoBeach #MeganWaterman #GuiltyPlea #DNAEvidence #GilgoFour #LISK #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #BehavioralAnalysis

A burner phone traveled from Massapequa Park to Midtown Manhattan on July 12, 2009 — the exact route between Rex Heuermann's home and his office. Hours later, Melissa Barthelemy's phone traveled that same route in reverse. Melissa had told a friend she was meeting a man. She never came back. For the next five weeks, someone used her phone to call her 15-year-old sister Amanda — describing the killing in graphic detail. Always under three minutes. Always from crowded Manhattan locations. Always targeting the teenager, never the mother.Melissa was 24. She'd graduated cosmetology school in Buffalo, earned her license, and moved to New York to build a career. The salon job was slow. The city was expensive. She ended up working escort ads on Craigslist from a basement apartment in the Bronx — a temporary solution that became permanent. Prosecutors allege Heuermann also searched online for images of the victims' families after their deaths — their sisters, their children.While those calls were being made to a teenager, Heuermann was going home to his own family. Asa Ellerup, his now ex-wife, sat in the last row of a Suffolk County courtroom as he admitted to eight killings. She once called him her hero. She walked out into a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the son of victim Valerie Mack, alleging the family profited from a documentary and demonstrated disregard for the victims. Their daughter Victoria has publicly stated she believes her father most likely committed the killings. Asa's attorney has called the lawsuit's claims reckless.This week's coverage examines Melissa's story and the phone evidence that anchors the prosecution's timeline, the wrongful death suit and its legal theory, and what the family fracture reveals. Robin Dreeke and Eric Faddis provide behavioral and legal analysis on the taunting calls, the civil exposure facing the Heuermann family, and how compartmentalization functions at this scale.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#RexHeuermann #GilgoBeach #MelissaBarthelemy #AsaEllerup #LISK #TauntingCalls #GilgoFour #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #BehavioralAnalysis

He ate pizza on a Manhattan sidewalk and threw the crust in a public trash can. Investigators were watching. That discarded crust — legally recovered as an abandonment sample — carried DNA that matched a male hair found in the burlap wrapping around Megan Waterman's body on Ocean Parkway. Months of surveillance, one piece of garbage, and the entire Gilgo Beach case broke open.Megan was 22. A mother from Scarborough, Maine, who called her three-year-old daughter every single day. When those daily calls stopped in June 2010, her family reported her missing within two days. Surveillance footage from the Holiday Inn Express in Hauppauge captured her walking out the door at 1:15 a.m. to meet a client. She was found six months later alongside Melissa Barthelemy, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, and Amber Lynn Costello — the Gilgo Four.Rex Heuermann stood in a Suffolk County courtroom and pleaded guilty to murdering all seven women he was charged with killing — Barthelemy, Brainard-Barnes, Costello, Sandra Costilla, Valerie Mack, Jessica Taylor, and Waterman. He also admitted to intentionally causing the death of Karen Vergata, an eighth victim. He confirmed all eight were killed by strangulation. Prosecutors allege his electronic devices held checklists, methodology notes, and instructions for destroying evidence — a digital blueprint stored in a home he shared with his family. Every killing allegedly took place when his wife and children were away.His attorney described the plea as "relief." The deal requires Heuermann to cooperate with the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit. This week's coverage walks through Megan's life before she became a case file, the DNA chain that made the prosecution's case, the mechanics of the plea deal, and expert analysis from Robin Dreeke and Eric Faddis on what the behavioral evidence tells us about who Heuermann actually is.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#RexHeuermann #GilgoBeach #MeganWaterman #GuiltyPlea #GilgoFour #LISK #DNAEvidence #BehavioralAnalysis #HiddenKillers #SerialKiller

The guilty plea Rex Heuermann entered in Suffolk County Court did not come from a sudden crisis of conscience. It came from a legal defense that had exhausted every option and a defendant who chose to negotiate the terms of his surrender rather than sit through a trial he could not win. The mechanics of this deal — and what they reveal about Heuermann's calculus — deserve close examination.In September 2025, Judge Timothy Mazzei issued two rulings that effectively ended any viable defense strategy. First, he allowed whole genome sequencing evidence — a cutting-edge DNA technology that the defense argued had not been widely accepted by the scientific community. Second, he denied the motion to separate the seven murder charges into individual trials, meaning Heuermann would face a single jury hearing all seven cases together. Trial was scheduled for September 2026. The defense had nothing left.What happened next is where the case takes a turn. During a proffer session — a confidential meeting where a defendant provides information prosecutors agree not to use against him — Heuermann brought up Karen Vergata. She was a mother of two from Manhattan who disappeared in 1996. Her remains were found in pieces across Fire Island and near Gilgo Beach years apart. Heuermann was never charged with her murder. But he raised her name in that room, and that conversation opened the door to plea negotiations.The deal is structured to Heuermann's advantage in ways that matter. He pleaded guilty to seven murder counts and admitted to intentionally causing Vergata's death — no separate charge, no separate prosecution. He waived his right to appeal. The plea bars further prosecution on any of the eight named victims. And his required cooperation with the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit reportedly carries no enforcement mechanism. The DA's office is reviewing hundreds of cold cases across Suffolk County. Heuermann's attorney says the number stays at eight. The investigation continues.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#RexHeuermann #GilgoBeach #GuiltyPlea #KarenVergata #GilgoBeachKiller #ProfferSession #WholeGenomeSequencing #SuffolkCounty #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers

A defense attorney walks through the strategic calculus behind Rex Heuermann's guilty plea — and explains why the timing, the terms, and the inclusion of an uncharged victim all point to a defendant managing his exposure rather than accepting responsibility. Heuermann spent nearly three years maintaining his innocence while his legal team filed motion after motion, each one denied. When the judge ruled whole genome sequencing admissible and ordered all seven charges tried together, the defense had no viable path to acquittal.The conversation examines the proffer session where Heuermann raised Karen Vergata — a victim he was never charged with killing — and how that disclosure launched the plea negotiations. It explores what a defendant gains by folding an uncharged murder into a deal rather than letting it remain an open investigation. And it addresses the FBI cooperation provision that the DA characterized as important but that, according to former federal prosecutors, lacks enforceable consequences.The broader pattern is examined through the lens of other serial offender plea deals — cases where defendants with no legal options left negotiated their surrender to control what information reached the public. The defense attorney's characterization of the plea as a calculated pivot is analyzed alongside the DA's statement that the decision was entirely Heuermann's. The families' role in accepting the plea is discussed, including the decision they were given the previous week about whether they wanted a trial or were willing to accept an admission.The episode also addresses the open question of additional victims. Heuermann's known timeline spans seventeen years. His attorney says there are no others. The DA's office is reviewing hundreds of cold cases and unidentified remains across Suffolk County. Sentencing is scheduled for June.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#RexHeuermann #GilgoBeach #GuiltyPlea #GilgoBeachKiller #DefenseAnalysis #KarenVergata #PleaDeal #SerialKiller #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers

**This episode is uneditedOn April 8th, 2026, Rex Heuermann, a 62-year-old Manhattan architect, husband, and father from Massapequa Park, pleaded guilty to murdering eight women on Long Island over a 17-year span. The Gilgo Beach case, one of the longest-running unsolved serial murder investigations in American history, is finally closed.This episode is about how it stayed open for 30 years.It's about Sandra Costilla, killed in 1993 and uncharged for three decades. About Karen Vergata, cataloged as Jane Doe Number 7 until 2022. About Melissa Barthelemy's 15-year-old sister, who got phone calls from Melissa's killer for five weeks after she disappeared. About the Suffolk County Police Department leadership that refused FBI help for over a decade because the chief of police was running his own federal cover-up. About a planning document recovered from a deleted hard drive, a basement vault containing 279 firearms, and a piece of pizza crust pulled from a Manhattan trash can that finally cracked the case open.--------------------Keywords: Gilgo Beach Killer, Rex Heuermann, Long Island Serial Killer, Gilgo Beach murders, Rex Heuermann guilty plea, Long Island murders, Shannan Gilbert, Gilgo Four, Massapequa Park, Suffolk County murders, true crime podcast, serial killer podcast, Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, Amber Lynn Costello, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Lost Girls, Long Island serial killer arrest, Gilgo Beach victims, We Saw the Devil podcastBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/we-saw-the-devil-crime-political-analysis--4433638/support.Website: http://www.wesawthedevil.comPatreon: http://www.patreon.com/wesawthedevilDiscord: https://discord.gg/X2qYXdB4Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/WeSawtheDevilInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/wesawthedevilpodcast.

She called him her savior. He stood in a Suffolk County courtroom and admitted to murdering seven women. He admitted to killing an eighth. Rex Heuermann pled guilty. Life without parole. No trial. No testimony. Just an admission — and a family left to reckon with what was real and what was never what it appeared to be.Asa Ellerup maintained she would have known. Their daughter Victoria sat in that courtroom and watched her father enter the plea. Victoria has publicly said she believes he most likely committed the killings. Asa stood outside afterward, asked for privacy, and expressed sympathy for the victims' families. Her attorney said she never claimed Rex wasn't guilty — she said the man she was married to for 27 years, the father of her daughter, she did not believe was capable of these acts. A mother and daughter. Same evidence. Same nightmare. Opposite conclusions.Prosecutors allege Heuermann engineered his crimes around his family's schedule — acting when Asa and the children were away. Investigators found violent content and checklists on his devices. A deleted planning document recovered from his hard drive allegedly detailed the methodology. A basement vault held 279 weapons. Asa's own hair was reportedly found on victims. For nearly three decades, she reportedly saw nothing. Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott breaks down the psychology of "not knowing" — how the mind builds walls that allow a person to live beside evidence they cannot process, and what a guilty plea does to the architecture that sustained decades of reported unawareness.Criminal defense attorney Bob Motta examines why the plea happened. Every defense motion failed. Whole genome sequencing was admitted for the first time in a New York courtroom. The sentence was the same either way. Motta walks through what Heuermann gained — including cooperation with the FBI — and what the families of Melissa Barthelemy, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Amber Costello, Sandra Costilla, Valerie Mack, Jessica Taylor, Megan Waterman, and Karen Vergata lost when a plea replaced the trial that would have put every piece of evidence on the public record. For every person who followed this case from the discovery of the first remains to the plea hearing, this is the reckoning — legal, psychological, and human — that closes one chapter and leaves the hardest questions unanswered.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#RexHeuermann #GilgoBeachKiller #LISK #AsaEllerup #GuiltyPlea #GilgoBeachVictims #KarenVergata #ShavaunScott #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers

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What happens when the person leading the investigation is the biggest obstacle to solving it? It's happened in some of the most notorious missing person and homicide cases in American history — and the pattern playing out in the Nancy Guthrie investigation fits right in.Tony Brueski examines four cases where law enforcement leadership failures turned solvable cases into cold ones. Suffolk County's police chief blocked the FBI from the Gilgo Beach serial murder case while protecting himself from federal investigation — and ended up in prison. Stearns County's sheriff's office bungled the Jacob Wetterling abduction so badly that a new sheriff later listed at least 20 specific failures and told the public "all of us failed." Alonzo Brooks' family organized their own search after police came up empty — and found his body in under an hour. And a Colorado sheriff was just indicted and forced to resign after allegedly caring more about arrowheads than human remains at a crime scene.Each case maps directly onto a specific failure in the Guthrie investigation. FBI hostility. Unqualified personnel. Families left in the dark. And the question no one in Pima County seems willing to answer: was the person in charge ever capable of doing this job?Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#NancyGuthrie #SheriffNanos #ColdCase #GilgoBeach #JacobWetterling #AlonzoBrooks #LawEnforcementAccountability #TrueCrime #PimaCounty #MissingPerson

On April 8, 2026, serial killer Rex Heuermann pled guilty. He murdered Melissa Barthelemy, Maureen Brainard‑Barnes, Megan Waterman, Amber Lynn Costello, Sandra Costilla, Valerie Mack, and Jessica Taylor. He also admitted to murdering Karen Vergata.Later that day, New York's Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney appeared at a press conference with Suffolk County, New York state, and federal law enforcement officials, as well as representatives of the victims' families.Check out our upcoming book events and get links to buy tickets here: https://murdersheetpodcast.com/eventsPre-order our book on Delphi here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/shadow-of-the-bridge-the-delphi-murders-and-the-dark-side-of-the-american-heartland-aine-cain/21866881?ean=9781639369232Or here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Shadow-of-the-Bridge/Aine-Cain/9781639369232Or here: https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Bridge-Murders-American-Heartland/dp/1639369236Join our Patreon here! https://www.patreon.com/c/murdersheetSupport The Murder Sheet by buying a t-shirt here: https://www.murdersheetshop.com/Check out more inclusive sizing and t-shirt and merchandising options here: https://themurdersheet.dashery.com/Send tips to murdersheet@gmail.com.The Murder Sheet is a production of Mystery Sheet LLC.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On this Wednesday Tunnel to Towers edition of Sid & Friends in the Morning, Sid covers the two-week ceasefire reached last night with Iran in the Middle East, explaining why he would've liked to see President Trump follow through on his promise to bomb Iran back to the stone age. Nonetheless, Sid trusts the man and the plan, firmly rooted in his belief that the President knows exactly what he is doing. In other news of the day, Sid prepares to be honored at tonight's special event hosted by the Detectives' Endowment Association, Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann reportedly will confess to his heinous crimes today in Suffolk County, and Republican Clay Fuller wins an important special election in Georgia to assume the congressional seat left open by traitor Marjorie Taylor Greene. Frank Carone, Gordon Chang, Mike Lawler, Peter King & Scott Munro join Sid on this hump day T2T insallment of Sid & Friends in the Morning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rex Heuermann pleaded guilty on April 8, 2026, in the Gilgo Beach murders, admitting in Suffolk County court to seven charged killings and also acknowledging Karen Vergata as an additional victim during the proceeding. Let's break down the plea, the charges, the courtroom moment, and the part that really jumped off the page to me, the reported agreement that Heuermann will sit down with the FBI's Behavioral Science team. Is this finally accountability, or is this one more way for a serial predator to hold onto control and secure the dark legacy he appears to want?We'll walk through the victims, the charges, the hearing, and the behavioral side of this case, and we'll examine why this killer who spent years hiding in plain sight suddenly gets a chance to talk to profilers. Is it humility and accepted defeat or one last example of Heuermann's ego, image management and attempt to write history in a way he stays relevant over time?#RexHeuermann #GilgoBeach #GilgoBeachMurders #LongIslandSerialKiller #MaureenBrainardBarnes #MelissaBarthelemy #MeganWaterman #AmberCostello #JessicaTaylor #SandraCostilla #ValerieMack #KarenVergata #AsaEllerup #VictoriaHeuermann #ProfilingEvil #TrueCrime #BehavioralAnalysis #FBI #SerialKiller========================================CrimeCon Discount Code: https://crimecon.regfox.com/cctw3ntys1x (In Voucher/Coupon area, enter: PROFILINGEVIL========================================https://gamutpodcasts.com/show/gardensofevilinsidethezionsocietycult/========================================20% OFF Newspapers.comhttps://www.newspapers.com/go/podcast/?ref=profilingevil?xid=8877&utm_source=ProfilingEvilPodcast&utm_medium=podcst&utm_campaign=ProfilingEvil26========================================Email your questions to: ProfilingEvil@gmail.com========================================

Rex Heuermann admitted Wednesday to murdering eight women during a 17-year killing spree that terrorized Long Island and labeled him the Gilgo Beach serial killer. Several of the victims' relatives sobbed quietly and were seen wiping tears as Heuermann admitted to the rash of killings beginning in 1993 and concluding in 2010. The killings went unsolved for two decades until the Suffolk County district attorney's office, New York State Police and the FBI first identified Heuermann as a suspect in 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rex Heuermann admitted Wednesday to murdering eight women during a 17-year killing spree that terrorized Long Island and labeled him the Gilgo Beach serial killer. Several of the victims' relatives sobbed quietly and were seen wiping tears as Heuermann admitted to the rash of killings beginning in 1993 and concluding in 2010. The killings went unsolved for two decades until the Suffolk County district attorney's office, New York State Police and the FBI first identified Heuermann as a suspect in 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After nearly three years of maintaining his innocence, Rex Heuermann is expected to change his plea to guilty at an April 8th court appearance, according to sources familiar with his decision. If a judge accepts the plea, the case would end without a trial. Heuermann reportedly faces life without the possibility of parole.Heuermann, 62, a former architect from Massapequa Park, New York, has been held without bail at Suffolk County jail since his July 2023 arrest. He is charged with the first-degree murders of seven women: Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, Amber Lynn Costello, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Jessica Taylor, Sandra Costilla, and Valerie Mack. The victims were allegedly killed between 1993 and 2010. Their remains were discovered in isolated areas along Ocean Parkway near Gilgo Beach and elsewhere on Long Island.Prosecutors have said the evidence includes DNA analysis connecting hair found on the remains of multiple victims to Heuermann and reportedly to his ex-wife and daughter. Cellphone data allegedly placed Heuermann in contact with victims shortly before their disappearances. Investigators also recovered files from his computer described as a planning document containing checklists that reportedly referenced limiting noise, cleaning bodies, and destroying evidence.Heuermann's defense had sought to exclude the DNA evidence and to split the case into separate trials. Both motions were denied. A trial had been scheduled for September 2026.Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer examines the legal and investigative implications — what a plea reversal from a defendant who has fought this aggressively typically signals, what the families gain and lose when a serial murder case resolves without a public trial, and what happens to the additional unresolved cases connected to the Gilgo Beach investigation.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#RexHeuermann #GilgoBeach #GuiltyPlea #LongIsland #SuffolkCounty #TrueCrimeToday #DNA #SerialKiller #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime

Three active cases. Three distinct investigative landscapes. One episode breaking down the legal exposure, procedural questions, and systemic issues at the center of each.Nancy Guthrie, 84, has been missing from her Catalina Foothills home near Tucson, Arizona, since February 1st. Authorities believe she was abducted. Blood confirmed as hers was found at the scene. Sourced reporting has revealed that the supervising sergeant had reportedly never worked a homicide, experienced detectives had allegedly been reassigned prior to the case, and the department's search and rescue aircraft was reportedly not deployed in the initial hours. The FBI is embedded, a task force is active, and a $1 million family reward remains in place. The Pima County deputies' union has voted unanimously for no confidence in Sheriff Chris Nanos.Joseph Duggar, 31, faces charges in Bay County, Florida, of lewd and lascivious molestation of a child under 12 and lewd and lascivious contact. According to the arrest affidavit, he reportedly admitted to the alleged conduct twice. He posted $600,000 bond, is barred from unsupervised contact with any minor, and has an arraignment set for April 20th. Separately, both Joseph and his wife Kendra face Arkansas misdemeanor charges — four counts each of endangering the welfare of a minor and four counts each of false imprisonment — with April 29th court dates. The Tontitown Police Department has stated the investigation remains active and ongoing.Rex Heuermann, 62, is expected to change his plea to guilty at an April 8th court appearance in Suffolk County. He is charged with the first-degree murders of seven women connected to the Gilgo Beach investigation. His defense had sought to exclude DNA evidence and split the trials. Both motions were denied. If the plea is accepted, he reportedly faces life without the possibility of parole.Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer and retired FBI Counterintelligence Chief Robin Dreeke provide the procedural, forensic, and behavioral analysis across all three investigations.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#NancyGuthrie #JosephDuggar #RexHeuermann #GilgoBeach #TrueCrimeToday #Coffindaffer #Dreeke #FBI #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime

Investigators found what prosecutors described as a planning document on Rex Heuermann's computer — checklists reportedly referencing how to limit noise, clean bodies, and destroy evidence. They recovered DNA connecting hair found on the remains of multiple victims not only to Heuermann but reportedly to his ex-wife and daughter. They linked his cellphone data to contact with victims before their disappearances. His defense fought to exclude the DNA. Fought to split the trials. Lost every motion filed.And now, according to sources familiar with his decision, Heuermann is expected to plead guilty at his next court appearance on April 8th.Rex Heuermann, 62, has been held without bail at Suffolk County jail since his July 2023 arrest. He's charged with the murders of seven women — Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, Amber Lynn Costello, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Jessica Taylor, Sandra Costilla, and Valerie Mack — allegedly killed across nearly two decades. Their remains were found along Ocean Parkway near Gilgo Beach and in other isolated areas on Long Island.If a judge accepts the plea, there will be no trial. No public testimony. No cross-examination. Heuermann reportedly faces life without parole.Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer examines what this plea means for the investigation — what it reveals about a defendant who fought this hard suddenly reversing course, whether the groundbreaking DNA technology at the center of this case becomes a legal footnote, and what happens to the families whose loved ones' cases remain unresolved beyond Heuermann's charges.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#RexHeuermann #GilgoBeach #LongIsland #DNA #GuiltyPlea #SerialKiller #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #SuffolkCounty #Coffindaffer

Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer has spent her career building cases against violent offenders — and she knows what happens to families when a case that was supposed to go to trial suddenly doesn't.Rex Heuermann, 62, has been held without bail since his July 2023 arrest in connection with the murders of seven women linked to the Gilgo Beach investigation on Long Island. According to sources familiar with his decision, he is expected to change his plea to guilty at an April 8th court appearance. If accepted by the judge, he reportedly faces life without parole.Heuermann's defense had challenged the DNA evidence, sought to split the case into multiple trials, and maintained his innocence for nearly three years. They lost every major motion. Prosecutors say they recovered a planning document from Heuermann's computer — checklists that reportedly referenced methods for concealing evidence. DNA analysis connected hair found on the remains of multiple victims to Heuermann and reportedly to members of his own family. His daughter Victoria has publicly stated she believes her father is guilty.Coffindaffer examines this case through the lens of what the families actually receive when a plea replaces a trial. For years, they waited for a system that seemed to have forgotten their loved ones. A former Suffolk County police chief went to prison for corruption during the years this case sat cold. The FBI eventually stepped in. And now, the moment that was supposed to bring public accountability — a trial, with testimony, with cross-examination — may not happen.She also addresses what this plea means for the cases that remain unresolved. Heuermann is charged in connection with seven deaths. Additional remains were found in the area. Those families are still waiting.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#RexHeuermann #GilgoBeach #Coffindaffer #FBI #GuiltyPlea #LongIsland #HiddenKillersLive #SerialKiller #TrueCrime #SuffolkCounty

The expected guilty plea in the Gilgo Beach case isn't an admission driven by conscience — it's a legal calculation with specific procedural consequences that deserve examination. Rex Heuermann, 62, is reportedly set to change his plea on April 8 in Suffolk County court, entering guilty pleas to the murders of seven women over a period spanning from 1993 to 2010. The deal is reportedly being negotiated between defense attorney Michael J. Brown and Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney. A judge must accept the plea for it to stand.This week's look back at the most consequential legal developments in true crime examines what this expected plea accomplishes — and what it forecloses. The defense exhausted its viable pretrial options. Judge Timothy Mazzei rejected motions to exclude DNA evidence collected from a discarded pizza crust, which linked Heuermann to material recovered from a victim. He also rejected a motion to sever the charges into individual trials. The prosecution's evidence inventory ran 723 pages and included burner phone records and computer files described as a blueprint for the killings — systematic checklists for evidence destruction, body cleaning, and noise limitation. With trial set for September and life without parole as the only sentencing outcome, a plea eliminates trial testimony, prevents cross-examination of family members, and neutralizes appellate pathways on the DNA admissibility rulings.The plea also forecloses public proceedings for four additional victims whose remains were found along the Gilgo corridor but whose cases remain uncharged. No trial means no courtroom for those families. Meanwhile, Andrew Dykes' arrest in Nassau County for the 1997 murder of Tanya Jackson — whose remains were found along Ocean Parkway and long believed to be connected to the Gilgo killer — established that the corridor was used by at least one other alleged perpetrator. Dykes, who has pleaded not guilty, has no apparent connection to Heuermann.Retired FBI Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Chief Robin Dreeke assesses the behavioral and strategic dimensions of the expected plea, including what it signals about Heuermann's psychological profile and what the families of uncharged victims can realistically expect going forward.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#RexHeuermann #GilgoBeach #GuiltyPlea #TrueCrimeToday #LISK #LongIslandSerialKiller #SuffolkCounty #CriminalJustice #OceanParkway #AndrewDykes

A man who allegedly kept checklists for murder — limiting noise, cleaning bodies, destroying evidence — is reportedly about to plead guilty to seven of them. But this expected plea didn't come from a moment of conscience. It came from a legal landscape that offered nothing left to fight for.This week we look back at the most critical developments in the Gilgo Beach case. Rex Heuermann, 62, a former architect from Massapequa Park, is reportedly expected to change his plea on April 8 in Suffolk County court. The deal is still being finalized. A judge would still need to accept it. But sources tell multiple outlets that victims' families and Heuermann's own family have been notified. If the plea holds, there will be no trial — ending a case that went cold for over a decade before investigators linked Heuermann to a Chevrolet Avalanche flagged during a witness tip, then matched his DNA from a discarded pizza crust to evidence recovered from one of the victims.The defense challenged that DNA evidence twice and lost both times. The motion to sever the charges into separate trials was denied. The prosecution's evidence inventory ran 723 pages. Files recovered from Heuermann's computer allegedly included a document with systematic instructions — checklists that prosecutors described as a blueprint for the killings. Life without parole was the only possible outcome regardless of a trial or a plea. The sentence doesn't change. What changes is that no testimony is heard, no cross-examination happens, and no novel DNA issues survive on appeal.Andrew Dykes' arrest in the murder of Tanya Jackson — the woman known for decades as "Peaches," whose remains were found along Ocean Parkway in 2011 — proved what investigators long suspected: this corridor was used by more than one killer. Dykes, a former military sergeant and the father of Jackson's murdered daughter, has pleaded not guilty. His case has no connection to Heuermann. But it reframes the scope of what Gilgo Beach represents.Four additional victims tied to the Gilgo corridor remain uncharged. No trial means those families get no courtroom.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#RexHeuermann #GilgoBeach #LISK #GuiltyPlea #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #OceanParkway #LongIslandSerialKiller #AndrewDykes #GilgoFour

When investigators told Rex Heuermann at booking that his watch wasn't in his belongings, he reportedly said "I guess I won't be needing that" — and didn't react. Calm. Documented. That single moment tells retired FBI Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Chief Robin Dreeke more about what's driving this expected guilty plea than any legal filing.This week's review of the most significant stories in true crime features Dreeke breaking down the behavioral architecture of the Gilgo Beach case as it approaches its reported resolution. Heuermann, 62, is expected to change his plea on April 8 in Suffolk County court — reportedly pleading guilty to the murders of seven women over a span stretching from 1993 to 2010. The plea hasn't been entered. The deal is being finalized. But if it holds, it ends a prosecution built on DNA evidence that survived two defense challenges, burner phone records, and computer files that prosecutors described as a literal blueprint — checklists for limiting noise, cleaning bodies, and destroying evidence.Dreeke examines what those files reveal through the lens of behavioral analysis. A man who allegedly compartmentalized his life — architect and suburban father by day, alleged serial killer when his family left town — doesn't suddenly plead guilty because the evidence is overwhelming. He does it because a plea is the last mechanism of control available. No trial testimony. No family on the stand. No public spectacle he can't manage. The sentence — life without parole — doesn't change. What changes is who writes the ending.Dreeke also addresses your listener questions: What does the calm at booking signal about Heuermann's psychological profile? What does the blueprint reveal about his alleged methodology versus his emotional state? What does Andrew Dykes' separate arrest in the murder of Tanya Jackson — once thought to be a Gilgo Beach victim — tell us about how the corridor was used? And is a plea deal actually justice for the families of seven victims who've waited over a decade — or for the families of four uncharged victims who may never see a courtroom?Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#RexHeuermann #GilgoBeach #RobinDreeke #LISK #HiddenKillersLive #BehavioralAnalysis #GuiltyPlea #TrueCrime #LongIslandSerialKiller #OceanParkway

This week on the Long Island Tea Podcast, Sharon and Stacy sit down for an amazing conversation with the one and only Melissa Etheridge to talk about her upcoming show at the Patchogue Theatre on April 11, performing her new album RISE on tour, her Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nomination, and what performing for a Long Island crowd means to her. Then, while Stacy is away on vacation, Michael joins Sharon for the rest of the episode to recap Discover Long Island's quarterly immersion in Patchogue, dive into all things Long Island life, and cover some hot CelebriTEA you won't want to miss — especially at the end.#ShowUsYourLongIslanderThis week's spotlight goes to 8-year-old Zach Key from Commack, who is already making waves in game development. With the help of his father, Zach created his own Roblox game, Wolf House, which has already attracted more than 1,400 players and is generating income. What started as a creative project has turned into a true passion, inspiring other kids to start creating as well.Know a Long Islander doing something great? Show us YOUR Long Islander by sending a DM or emailing spillthetea@discoverlongisland.com.#RevolutionaryRootsThis week we're highlighting the Long Island Museum of American Art, History and Carriages in Stony Brook, where exhibits bring Long Island's role in the American Revolution to life. As part of the Long Island 250 Passport, it's a meaningful way to connect with the Island's history.#LongIslandLifeLong Island dominates Niche's Best Places to Live rankings, with communities across Nassau and Suffolk counties earning top spots.Three new boutique hotels — Hotel Corduroy in Montauk, Faraway Sag Harbor, and Oyster Estate in Greenport — are bringing fresh energy to the East End this season.A Long Island high school robotics team takes first place at the FIRST Long Island Regional and advances toward a potential world championship.#LeadingLadiesOfLongIslandWe're spotlighting Kristin MacKay, Assistant Deputy County Executive for Suffolk County, who is helping lead initiatives tied to America's 250th anniversary and shaping how Long Island's history is experienced.#ChariTEAThis week we're highlighting Save the Sound, whose volunteer efforts removed over 11,000 pounds of trash from local shorelines in 2025. Their 2026 cleanup season begins April 18 in Port Jefferson.#ThisWeekendOnLongIslandEvents this weekend include White Post Farms Easter Weekend, Waterdrinker Family Farm's Golden Egg Hunt, the Greenport Egg Roll, Montauk's Eggstravaganza, and Easter brunches across Long Island at top spots like Bayberry, Bistro 72, and Southampton Inn.#CelebriTEAThis week we're unpacking the release of Justin Timberlake's DUI arrest bodycam footage and everything surrounding it.

This week on the Long Island Tea Podcast, Sharon and Stacy recap Discover Long Island's most attended Annual Meeting and Legislative Breakfast ever, bringing together partners, elected officials, and industry leaders from across the region. And if Sharon sounds a little different this week, please bear with us… she lost her voice during her big presentation earlier that day but still showed up to spill the tea!#ShowUsYourLongIslanderThis week's spotlight goes to Rich “Big Daddy” Salgado, a Long Island native who has become a well-known behind-the-scenes connector in professional sports. Known throughout the NFL and NHL for supporting athletes off the field, he has attended dozens of Super Bowls and Stanley Cup Finals and continues giving back through events like the Big Daddy Celebrity Golf Classic at Oheka Castle supporting organizations including the Tunnel to Towers Foundation.Know a Long Islander doing something great? Show us YOUR Long Islander by sending a DM or emailing spillthetea@discoverlongisland.com.#RevolutionaryRootsThis week we highlight Sagtikos Manor in West Bay Shore, a historic home dating back to 1697 that served as a British headquarters during the Revolutionary War and later hosted President George Washington in 1790, now part of the Long Island 250 celebration ahead of America's 250th anniversary in 2026.#LongIslandLifeTickets for the Long Island Ducks' 2026 season at Fairfield Properties Ballpark are now on sale, including Discover Long Island Sponsorship Night on July 2 with a Fireworks Spectacular and patriotic T-shirt giveaway.Ralph's Famous Italian Ices locations are reopening across Long Island, signaling the return of spring and one of the region's sweetest traditions.With the first day of spring on March 20, we're sharing a Long Island spring bucket list including the Waterdrinker Tulip Festival, Greenport cherry blossoms, scenic hikes, vineyard visits, brewery stops, and iconic attractions like the Fire Island and Montauk lighthouses.March 20 is also National Proposal Day, and romantic spots like Gurney's Montauk, Bedell Cellars, Planting Fields Arboretum, Old Westbury Gardens, and Oheka Castle offer the perfect setting to pop the question.#LeadingLadiesOfLongIslandIn honor of Women's History Month, we're spotlighting Adelaide de Menil, an arts patron who helped strengthen the Parrish Art Museum in Southampton and support the East End's historic artist community. Representatives are also encouraging the public to support women in need through a clothing and accessories donation drive across Suffolk County.#ChariTEAThis week we're highlighting Paws of War in Nesconset, a nonprofit supporting veterans and first responders through service animals while also rescuing adoptable pets, including a dog named Candy and her six puppies who will be available for adoption on March 29.#ThisWeekendOnLongIslandEvents this weekend include Jazz at Lincoln Center's Great American Crooners at Staller Center, Trevor Wallace at The Paramount in Huntington, the Hauppauge Spring Craft Fair, live music at the Wine Barn in Moriches, Soupy Sundays at Chronicle Wines in Peconic, and the final week of igloo dining at Mirabelle Tavern in Stony Brook.For more events and things to do on Long Island visit discoverlongisland.com.#CelebriTEAAlec and Hilaria Baldwin have listed their Hamptons home for about $20 million as they prepare for a new chapter, while fans can soon see more of the family on their upcoming TLC series The Baldwins.#hotTEAsCall us at 877-386-6654 x 400, leave us a review, and receive $5 off merch by sending a screenshot of your review.Connect With UsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/longislandteapodcastTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@longislandteapodcastYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DiscoverLongIslandNYFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/LongIslandTeaPodcastX: https://x.com/liteapodcastEmail: spillthetea@discoverlongisland.comShop: https://shop.discoverlongisland.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Thirteen years of dead ends in the Gilgo Beach case. Every suspect cleared. Then a pizza box changed everything.Today we break down exactly how LISK—the Long Island Serial Killer—was arrested. The Suffolk County task force, the Chevrolet Avalanche tip, the cell tower evidence, the DNA breakthrough, and the pizza crust that allegedly tied it all together.The investigation stalled for years after bodies were discovered along Ocean Parkway in 2010 and 2011. Then a new task force formed in February 2022. Six weeks in, an investigator noticed an old witness statement about an "ogre-like man" driving a Chevrolet Avalanche.A database search returned one name: Rex Heuermann.Cell phone records allegedly connected the alleged Gilgo Beach Killer to burner phones in every instance. But investigators needed physical evidence.Enter whole genome sequencing. This cutting-edge technology can extract DNA from degraded samples traditional testing couldn't use. A California lab applied it to hairs found on the Gilgo Beach victims. According to prosecutors, hairs on six of seven victims linked to LISK or his immediate family.But they still needed his DNA directly.May 2023. Heuermann discards a pizza box outside his Manhattan office. Investigators retrieve it. DNA from the crust matches a male hair found on Gilgo Four victim Megan Waterman. A profile found in only 0.04% of the population.July 13, 2023. The alleged Long Island Serial Killer arrested. Twelve-day search of his Massapequa Park home. Fifty-eight hard drives. Over two hundred firearms. The planning document that prosecutors say supports the Gilgo Beach case.The defense has challenged the DNA technology as "magic." Judge Mazzei rejected those challenges. The LISK trial happens September 2026.Seven women. Thirteen years. Finally, a trial.Part 5 of 5.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#RexHeuermann #LISK #GilgoBeachKiller #TrueCrimeToday #LongIslandSerialKiller #GilgoBeachMurders #DNABreakthrough #PizzaBox #OceanParkway #SuffolkCounty

Investigators had been watching the man they believed was LISK—the Long Island Serial Killer—for months. They had cell tower evidence. Burner phone records. But they needed DNA.Then he threw away a pizza box.In the final part of our Gilgo Beach Killer series, we examine how a discarded pizza box allegedly provided the evidence that led to charges in a thirteen-year cold case—and what happens when the alleged Long Island Serial Killer faces trial in September 2026.The investigation stalled for years after bodies were discovered along Ocean Parkway. Then a new Suffolk County task force formed in February 2022 with a mandate to apply modern technology to old evidence from the Gilgo Beach murders.Six weeks in, an investigator noticed an old witness statement. An "ogre-like man" driving a Chevrolet Avalanche near where Amber Costello vanished. A database search returned one name.From there, cell phone records allegedly connected the alleged Gilgo Beach Killer to burner phones in every instance. But investigators needed physical proof.Enter whole genome sequencing—technology that can extract DNA from degraded, rootless hairs. A California lab applied it to evidence from six victims. According to prosecutors, the results linked hairs to LISK and his family.Then the pizza. DNA from the crust matched a male hair on Gilgo Four victim Megan Waterman. A profile found in only 0.04% of the population."That was a remarkable day," DA Tierney said. "You read the report and you read it again."July 13, 2023. The alleged Long Island Serial Killer arrested. Twelve-day search. Fifty-eight hard drives. Over two hundred firearms. The planning document.The defense challenged the DNA technology as "magic." Judge Mazzei allowed it—the first time in a New York criminal trial.The LISK trial happens September 2026. Part 5 of 5.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#RexHeuermann #LISK #GilgoBeachKiller #HiddenKillers #LongIslandSerialKiller #GilgoBeachMurders #DNABreakthrough #PizzaBox #OceanParkway #SuffolkCounty

"Do you know what I did to your sister?"Amanda Barthelemy was fifteen when she received that call. From her sister Melissa's phone. From a man who called seven times to taunt her about what he'd done to one of the Gilgo Four.Today we break down the alleged Long Island Serial Killer's hunting methodology—the burner phones, the victim selection, the taunting, and the cell tower evidence prosecutors say ties the Gilgo Beach Killer to every crime.The seven victims share a pattern. All sex workers. All petite. All advertised on Craigslist. All allegedly contacted via burner phones. All allegedly disappeared when the alleged LISK's family was out of town.According to court documents, investigators found no instance where Heuermann's personal phone was in a different location than burner phones used to contact the Gilgo Beach victims. The FBI traced calls to cell towers inside "the box"—a small area of Massapequa Park.Rex Heuermann's house was inside the box.Suffolk County court documents also allege fake email accounts under names like John Springfield and Thomas Hawk—used to create Tinder profiles and contact sex workers. Under one alias, according to prosecutors, "thousands of searches" were conducted for violent content.Even in 2022, investigators watched the alleged Long Island Serial Killer add money to burner phones. The alleged methodology never stopped.And the taunting allegedly continued beyond phone calls. Prosecutors say LISK searched obsessively for the Ocean Parkway investigation. For photos of victims. For photos of their families.DA Tierney: "His intent was specifically to locate these victims, to hunt them down, to bring them under his control, and to kill them."Rex Heuermann has pleaded not guilty. The Gilgo Beach trial is September 2026. Part 4 of 5.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#RexHeuermann #LISK #GilgoBeachKiller #TrueCrimeToday #LongIslandSerialKiller #GilgoFour #BurnerPhones #TauntingCalls #GilgoBeachMurders #OceanParkway

July 2009. A fifteen-year-old girl answers her missing sister's phone. A man's voice asks: "Do you know what I did to your sister?"Amanda Barthelemy received seven calls over the following weeks. The man described what he'd done. On August 26, he said: "You won't see her again. I killed her."In Part 4 of our Gilgo Beach Killer series, we examine the alleged LISK hunting methodology—how prosecutors say the Long Island Serial Killer selected vulnerable women, contacted them via burner phones, and allegedly taunted families after the killings.The seven victims share a pattern. All sex workers. All petite—the planning document notes "small is good." All allegedly contacted via burner phones. All allegedly disappeared when the alleged Gilgo Beach Killer's family was away.According to court documents, investigators found no instance where Heuermann's personal phone was separate from burner phones when they were active. In 2012, the FBI traced calls to "the box"—a small area of Massapequa Park.Heuermann's house was inside the box.Suffolk County prosecutors also allege fake email accounts: John Springfield, Thomas Hawk, Andrew Roberts. Used to create dating profiles and contact women. Under one alias, "thousands of searches" were allegedly conducted for violent pornography and worse.Even in 2022, investigators watched the alleged Long Island Serial Killer add money to burner phones. The alleged methodology never stopped.DA Ray Tierney: "His intent was specifically to locate these victims, to hunt them down, to bring them under his control, and to kill them."Hunt. The word appears in the planning document prosecutors allege was found on LISK's hard drive. "Get sleep before hunt."Rex Heuermann has pleaded not guilty. The Gilgo Beach trial is September 2026. Part 4 of 5.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#RexHeuermann #LISK #GilgoBeachKiller #HiddenKillers #LongIslandSerialKiller #GilgoFour #BurnerPhones #TauntingCalls #GilgoBeachMurders #OceanParkway

The Long Island Serial Killer's family is split. The trial is coming. And both women may be victims of the same alleged lie.In today's episode, we examine the Gilgo Beach Killer family fracture—why his ex-wife Asa Ellerup still calls Rex her "hero" while daughter Victoria has publicly stated she believes he's "most likely" guilty of the Long Island murders.According to the Peacock documentary, Asa described Rex as her "savior" from a difficult first marriage. She said visiting him in jail felt like "a first date." Their divorce was finalized in March 2025—but she still refers to him as "my husband."Victoria's evolution was different. She acknowledged there were places in the Massapequa Park house she wasn't allowed as a child. She spoke with BTK's daughter about living in the aftermath. By the documentary's release, she'd reached her conclusion about LISK.But here's what makes the Gilgo Beach case even more disturbing. According to court documents, female hairs found on multiple victims' remains along Ocean Parkway were allegedly consistent with DNA from Asa and Victoria. Neither woman is accused of involvement. Suffolk County prosecutors say the hair was transferred from Rex's clothing.The women in the alleged Long Island Serial Killer's life were allegedly connected to murder victims they never knew existed. Their hair allegedly helped build the prosecution's case.The family unknowingly provided the evidence.They'll all be in the same courtroom in September 2026—one believing innocent, one believing guilty.Both are collateral damage in the Gilgo Beach case.Part 3 of 5.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#RexHeuermann #GilgoBeachKiller #LISK #TrueCrimeToday #LongIslandSerialKiller #AsaEllerup #VictoriaHeuermann #GilgoBeachMurders #OceanParkway #SuffolkCounty

Send a textMike Morgan is a 30 yr medically retired police officer veteran who worked for both the Atlanta & Suffolk County, NY PD's. Approximately 1 yr after retirement, Mike was watching a Shawn Ryan podcast episode featuring guest Eddie Penney, a former Navy SEAL when he realized that the feelings (Anger, rage, depression general unhappiness) he had been experiencing post retirement were some sort of PTSD that he had suffered during the course of his career. Mike knew he needed help but was unsure of what modality to utilize, but eventually settled on psychedelics.  After journeying with Ayahuasca in early March 2024, he transformed his life during the course of a weekend. He realized that his life's purpose was to go forth and help other first responder's/military veterans heal their PTSD and trauma issues. He started a podcast, The Resilient Warrior Nation to do just that, and has just completed a book, The Resilient Warrior, which is also heavily focused on childhood trauma that he believes, originally propelled him into policing as a career. Website: The Resilient Warrior NationFind The Suffering PodcastThe Suffering Podcast InstagramKevin Donaldson InstagramApple PodcastSpotifyYouTubeSupport the showThe Suffering Podcast Instagram Kevin Donaldson Instagram TikTok YouTube