All the creepy Google searches found on Long Island killer suspect Rex Heuermann’s computer

In Gone Girls on Netflix, the documentary briefly mentioned some Google searches found on a computer belonging to Rex Heuermann. He has been charged with murder, and his trial is upcoming.

The murders, known as the Gilgo Beach serial killings, were a series of murders that took place from 1993 to 2011. Many of the victims were found as police searched during the disappearance of Shannan Gilbert. The victims, of which there were nearly a dozen, were sex workers, all in their 20s.

Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer gives a detailed account of how law enforcement finally zeroed in on Rex Heuermann. A search of his home was key in finding evidence that would hopefully bring justice in the previously unsolved case. Police found weapons, and a bunch of creepy Google searches, related to the case.

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All the Google searches found on the computer belonging to Long Island serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann

It took the police over three decades to arrest Rex Heuermann. He was arrested in 2023, following advances in DNA technology. Later in 2023, Rex Heuermann was charged with the murders of Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman and Amber Costello. Since then, he’s been charged with a further four murders.

Evidence found in his home was key to his arrest. Heuermann lived in his childhood home with his wife and two adult children. Police seized his computer. It had been wiped, but investigators were able to uncover evidence still.

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Heuermann’s search history included terms such as “why hasn’t the Long Island serial killer been found” and “why could law enforcement not trace the calls made by the Long Island serial killer”. He had also Googled “Gilgo news”, as well as the victims’ names, and names of several of their family members. As well as what was shown in the doc, in court it was alleged he searched for “Long Island killer” and “Long Island serial killer phone call.”

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Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said in the Netflix doc: “We saw what his searches were like. They were centred around the investigation of Gilgo, the victims, the victims’ families, as well as a lot of really disturbing abuse, degradation and torture of women in pornography.”

Rex Heuermann had also made Google searches for terms such as “mature escorts manhattan” and “girl begging for r*pe porn”. He had also Googled “10 year old school girl” and “face porn torture redhead porn.”

Heuermann was also found to have created burner email accounts. According to The Guardian, on one burner email account he created, authorities alleged, he conducted “thousands of searches related to sex workers, sadistic, torture-related pornography”, and imagery depicting child sexual abuse. He is also said to have made 200 searches that related to active and known serial killers.

As of now, Rex Heuermann is awaiting trial. He is currently being held without bail at the Riverhead Correctional Facility, in Suffolk County. He has pleaded not guilty.

Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer is available on Netflix. For all the latest Netflix news, drops, quizzes and memes like The Holy Church of Netflix on Facebook.