Crime & Justice

Gilgo Beach Suspect Had a Home Vault—Not Soundproof Room: Cops

FULL OF GUNS

Police on Monday confirmed some of what they had—and hadn’t—found at the home of Rex Heuermann.

Crime scene investigators are pictured at the residence of architect Rex A. Heuermann
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Long Island Police contradicted a weekend report which claimed investigators discovered a soundproof room at the home of suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann—instead confirming police found a vault full of weapons. “There is not a soundproof room, there is a vault where he secured a numerous amount of guns,” County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison told reporters on Monday. “I believe that the soundproof room and the vault, that message got misconstrued, but there is a vault. There is no soundproof room.” The report was initially published by the New York Post, which cited a neighbor who claimed to the outlet that Heuermann had the soundproof room in his home. Heuermann has been charged with first- and second-degree murder in connection to three victims. He is also a suspect in a fourth death. He pleaded not guilty last week.

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