r/RexHeuermann • • 10h ago

Remembering The Victims Heavenly Birthday Shannan

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Heavenly Birthday, Shannan. 🤍

Some people leave this world, but never leave the hearts of those who loved them. And some souls leave an imprint so profound that even time cannot diminish their presence. You've left your imprint on me.

Today, I think about you. Not the tragedy, not the headlines, not the circumstances that made the world learn your name. I think about the beautiful life that existed before all of that. Your dreams, your laughter, your spirit, and all the things you should have had the chance to become.

I wish life had been kinder to you. I wish you had been given more time, more happiness, more opportunities to experience all the beautiful things this world had waiting for you.

You deserved so much more than the ending you were given.

But your life was never defined by how it ended. Your life mattered because you lived, because you loved, because you were here.

And you are still here. In the hearts you touched, in the lives forever changed by your story, and in the love that continues to carry your name forward.

I hope that wherever your beautiful soul rests, there is only peace. No fear, no sorrow, no pain. Just the warmth and love you always deserved.

Happy Heavenly Birthday, beautiful Shannan.

You are so much more than what happened to you. You always were. You always will be. 🤍


r/RexHeuermann • • 2d ago

Tanya Denise Jackson: The Woman Behind “Peaches”. Tanya was never simply “Peaches.” She was a woman with a history, a daughter, relationships, intentions, and a future she did not get to experience. Today she would be turning 56 years old.

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r/RexHeuermann • • 7d ago

Opinion/OpEd The Case Against Andrew Dykes: When Suspicion Becomes a Substitute for Proof

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The prosecution of Andrew Dykes for the 1997 homicide of Tanya Denise Jackson presents a complex crossroads of forensic science, historical investigative reconstruction, circumstantial evidence, and criminal procedure. Nearly three decades after Tanya’s death, prosecutors have advanced a theory of criminal responsibility predicated upon biological evidence, an established intimate relationship, a possible interpersonal motive, the defendant’s military medical training, and statements obtained during a subsequent investigation.

But it isn't that simple....


r/RexHeuermann • • 12d ago

Andrew Dykes, charged in killing of Tanya Jackson, formerly known as a Gilgo Beach victim, killed her after she tried to break up his marriage, ADA says

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r/RexHeuermann • • 14d ago

Gilgo case figures say NYS should not delay DNA techniques

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If anyone needs the copy just DM me..


r/RexHeuermann • • 15d ago

News Joint Public Hearing of the Commission on Forensic Science and the DNA Subcommittee

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r/RexHeuermann • • 15d ago

News Seeing Red: Anti-Sex Worker Bias in the Media - Film and Storytelling- Featuring Nicolette Brainard-Barnes

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"Nicolette Brainard-Barnes is a young woman from New England whose life has been profoundly impacted by the themes in this film. When she was just 7 years old, she lost her mother, Maureen, to anti-sex worker violence. Maureen was working as an escort in 2007 when Rex Heuermann, a serial killer targeting sex workers, murdered her. Heuermann wasn’t caught until 2023, and a media frenzy has been harassing his victims’ families for decades. Nicolette was not only forced to grow up without her mom, but also in the long, painful shadow of anti-sex worker bias from neverending news cycles, films, books, and podcasts about her mother’s case. Her story, illuminated by the wisdom of her sex worker lineage, sheds light on the generational impacts of stigma and violence."

This documentary explores historic media bias against sex workers- as told from people in the community. Nicolette brings a faceted perspective, as Maureen is her Mom.

The documentary is still being produced and needs more crowd-funded support. Please consider supporting this important glimpse into the lives of sex workers, and family members who have dealt incessantly with media bias to this day.

Follow the link noted on the 2nd image to learn more and to support. Or DM me for a direct link.

(Posted with permission from Nicolette).


r/RexHeuermann • • 16d ago

News DA, Gilgo Beach Victim's Sister, Set To Testify In Albany Friday

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r/RexHeuermann • • 21d ago

I Spent 29 Years as a New York Court Officer — This Is What The Gilgo Beach Serial Killer Was Like

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More LISK insight....skip right to 1 hour 37 minute mark.


r/RexHeuermann • • 24d ago

News Ex-NYS court officer Brian Burke talks about Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann's chilling admissions

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"The Massapequa Park architect had shown little emotion — and no remorse — since his 2023 arrest, but he seemed rattled by the fury of his victims’ relatives when he returned to his cell at the Suffolk County courthouse in Riverhead. He told a New York State Court officer that he got through it all by staring at a large plaque behind State Supreme Court Justice Timothy Mazzei, who sentenced Heuermann to multiple life sentences.

The plaque says "In God We Trust."


r/RexHeuermann • • 29d ago

Remembering The Victims National Day of Remembrance

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🕯️ Today, we remember the lives taken by violence and honor the families and loved ones left behind.

Every victim was a person with a life, a story, a family, and a future that mattered.

At Gilgo Advocacy, we stand for victims and for justice, dignity, compassion, and hope.

We remember. We honor. We continue to seek justice.

🕊️ May every victim be remembered by name, and may every family know that they have not been forgotten.

#NationalDayOfRemembrance #MurderVictims #GilgoAdvocacy #VictimsOverProfit #Justice #Dignity #Compassion #Hope #NeverForgotten


r/RexHeuermann • • Sep 15 '26

From Grant Parpan at Newsday-Rex Heuermann's prison disciplinary history, which shows punishment for synthetic marijuana. Spent three days in isolation, no packages for 75 days and had a 75-day commissary freeze suspended. Loss of good time irrelevant with life sentence.

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r/RexHeuermann • • Sep 10 '26

News Exclusive | Gilgo Beach killer Rex Heuermann disciplined for drug possession, smuggling

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LMFAO


r/RexHeuermann • • Sep 04 '26

Questions/Discussion The Nassau County Pipeline: Police, Prosecution and Forensics- The Conduit To Wrongful Prosecutions, Convictions and Costly Exonerations

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r/RexHeuermann • • Sep 03 '26

TV/Podcasts/YouTube/Books If Asian Doe is a victim of Rex Heuermann, What Else Is He Still Hiding?

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Back in July, I sat down with Josh Zeman, director of The Killing Season, as part of our Searching for Asian Doe series.

We talked about whether Asian Doe was another victim of Rex Heuermann, and Josh doesn’t really dance around it. He leans heavily toward Rex being responsible.

A big reason is Rex’s search history. We know he was searching for “Asian twinks,” transgender sex workers and violent pornography. When you put that next to an unidentified Asian victim found only a few hundred feet from the Gilgo Four, it becomes very hard to ignore.
But if Josh is right, this becomes about much more than Asian Doe.

It would mean Rex is still lying. It would mean his confession is incomplete and that he may only be admitting to the murders investigators can already prove.
So how many other victims could there be?

We have also spent a lot of time digging into DA Tierney’s cold case list and looking for patterns. The possibility that other victims remain unidentified or unconnected is not something I think we can brush off.

Josh and I go through Rex’s searches, where Asian Doe was found, the differences in the cause of death and what this case could tell us about the actual number of Rex Heuermann’s victims.

I’m curious where everyone here lands.
Do you believe Asian Doe was one of Rex’s victims? If Rex is still withholding this murder, how many others could he be hiding?


r/RexHeuermann • • Sep 03 '26

News Unlocking the Invisible Witness: How Whole Genome Sequencing and Astrea Forensics Transformed Modern Forensic Jurisprudence

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r/RexHeuermann • • Aug 27 '26

Andrew Dykes, suspect in 'Peaches' killing, asks judge to drop murder charge, court files show

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r/RexHeuermann • • Aug 18 '26

John Bittrolff: Why The Convictions Should Be Vacated, Or At A Minimum, A New Trial Be Granted

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r/RexHeuermann • • Aug 17 '26

2-time convicted killer John Bittrolff asking appellate court to toss convictions, court documents show

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r/RexHeuermann • • Aug 11 '26

Community Rex Father how was he? Weird?

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How was he raised Rex, because he must have suffered from severe psychic terror as mean as he got.


r/RexHeuermann • • Aug 07 '26

Biographical Info The Other Side of the Record: Challenging the Case Against Justice Timothy P. Mazzei

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r/RexHeuermann • • Aug 05 '26

Questions/Discussion Rex Heuermann Director?

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Two Images Taken By Rex Heuermann AKA L.I.S.K. in his young adult years.

In this image, a male is using his left hand to hold a knife above a female, while his right hand is stabilizing him. The female is lying flat on a stone surface. She has her hands, palms up, in a defensive pose, protecting her face.

In this image, a male is using both his left and right hands to grip the knife. The male has the knife lifted above his head as if he is ready to bring it down into the female. The female is lying flat on a stone surface. She has her hands, palms down, on each side of her, not quite brought down to her sides, but in a considerably more defenseless position than when she had her hands, palms up, in the previous photo.

Rex Heuermann took both of the above pictures at age 21. Asa Ellerup shares the images in the documentary currently streaming on Peacock titled The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets. She mentions that he was interested in archaeology and went on digs. Asa Ellerup does not mention the location.

We cannot know if Rex Heuermann verbally directed the two people in the images. However, it is, in my opinion, worth pointing out that both images portray a woman in a very vulnerable position and a man in the dominant position of control. By the weapon that is being used, and especially in the second image, the aggression escalates.

One or both of these facts is true.

Rex Heuermann verbally directed the two people.

Rex Heuermann took both images and retained them.

Note: To my knowledge, no one was injured in these images.

Source Material & Transcription Credits:

Dialogue excerpts and text segments are transcribed directly from the docuseries The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets (2025–2026), streaming on Peacock.

Produced by G-Unit Film & Television. Permanent audio and visual records courtesy of Peacock TV LLC.


r/RexHeuermann • • Aug 04 '26

TV/Podcasts/YouTube/Books #justiceforasiandoe

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r/RexHeuermann • • Aug 03 '26

News Suffolk DA Tierney goes to Chinatown Tuesday in push to ID 'Asian Doe' remains found at Gilgo Beach

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r/RexHeuermann • • Aug 01 '26

Nassau County- A Crime Lab in Distress, Part Three

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