NEW YORK — Prosecutors in Suffolk County have released additional details about the online activity of Rex Heuermann, the man accused of being the Gilgo Beach serial killer, including hundreds of contacts with sex workers and violent internet searches.
According to newly filed court documents, Heuermann used multiple burner phones to contact sex workers more than 500 times, including over 300 contacts with 56 individuals and more than 220 calls to 61 phone numbers associated with prostitution.
The documents also state the suspect used an account on the dating app Tinder under the name “Andy.”
Disturbing Search History
According to prosecutors, internet data shows Heuermann searched for extensive violent pornographic content related to bondage, torture, and images of women who were injured or crying. This disturbing content serves as key evidence of the suspect’s deviant psychology.
Records also show he searched for images of victims’ grieving relatives after the cases became public.
Prosecutors argue this evidence is intended to establish the suspect’s modus operandi and identity, not to smear the defendant’s personal life.
A Case Spanning Decades
Heuermann, 62, was arrested in July 2023. He is accused of killing seven women, most of them sex workers, and dumping their bodies along a desolate stretch of Gilgo Beach, Long Island between 1993 and 2010. This is also the area that drew public attention due to the case of a Long Island student who died from gas poisoning in a vehicle.
The first four victims were discovered in 2010 and became known as the “Gilgo Four.”
Prosecutors said a Suffolk County Police detective determined there is “clear evidence” the suspect has a sexually violent predisposition, similar to the profiles of registered sex offenders in other states.
Heuermann has pleaded not guilty to all charges. The trial is expected to begin in September 2026.
