Gilgo Beach cops remove long rope and paint chips from serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann’s house as mystery search continues

Police removed a long rope and paint chips from the porch of suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann’s Massapequa Park home.

Crews wearing gloves and face masks were seen sitting on folding chairs Thursday afternoon collecting paint chips under the porch rafters — on day four of the search that began Monday when officials raided Heuermann’s home for a second time.

Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney arrived at the home Thursday afternoon around 3:40 p.m. He entered the property and emerged about 20 minutes later and left. He did not speak to nearby news crews.

It remains unclear whether today is the last day of the search. Last summer, Tierney showed up at Heuermann’s home when the first search was conducted, which lasted 12 days.

Heuermann is charged with four murders attributed to the Gilgo Beach serial killer

The NYS Police Command Center vehicle left the block mid-day and a few hours later a truck full of evidence drove away from the driveway and down Heuermann’s block.

Suffolk County Police and NYS Troopers have been on the scene since another search warrant was executed on Monday. It is not clear what prompted the search and what they were looking for.

Heumann’s 27-year-old daughter Victoria Heuermann was reportedly the only person home when officers knocked on the door and she was ordered to leave the property.

Robert Macedonio, Asa Ellerup’s attorney, added that Victoria was “cooperative.”

Her mother, Asa Ellerup, Heuermann’s estranged wife, and her son Christopher Sheridan, 34, were reportedly away in South Carolina before the search was conducted.

Since Monday, teams of investigators have been removing bags, boxes, furniture and household items from the home. Earlier this week, the medical examiner was on site.

During Thursday’s search, crew members wearing gloves and face masks were seen standing on folding chairs and collecting paint chips under the porch rafters

Thursday’s seizures marked the fourth day of searches by Long Island investigators, following an initial 12-day search last summer

Investigators left large piles of clothing and belongings on the porch of the house in the rain Thursday

Heuermann’s wife Asa Ellerup and his son Christopher Sheridan, 34, (pictured after his arrest in July 2023) were reportedly away in South Carolina before the search was conducted.

Thursday’s search, the fourth this week, came amid a second attempt by Long Island investigators to search Heuermann’s home for possible evidence.

The first search lasted 12 days last July, after the architect’s dramatic arrest on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, where he worked.

During that search last year, investigators seized a huge cache of weapons from the home, including at least four long-barreled firearms.

A number of blue plastic boxes containing weapons were also seen being removed from the premises as he was found to have permits for as many as 92 firearms.

Investigators were reportedly searching the home at the time for possible “trophies” of the victims. Heuermann is accused of murder, but it is unclear whether they have been found.

The crimes Heuermann is accused of relate to the decade-long search for Gilgo Beach’s infamous serial killer, during which a total of eleven bodies – seven of which have not been charged – were found on Gilgo Beach between 2010 and 2011.

The crimes Heuermann is accused of relate to the decade-long search for Gilgo Beach’s infamous serial killer, which saw a total of eleven bodies found on Gilgo Beach between 2010 and 2011, seven of which have not been charged.

Meanwhile, neighbors from the middle-class community where Heuermann has lived all his life in Massapequa Park, near where the victim’s remains were found, have described him as a threatening figure whose home was avoided by children on Halloween.

‘We would cross the street. He was someone you don’t want to approach,” neighbor Nicholas Ferchaw, 24, told the newspaper New York Times after his arrest.

After his arrest, it was also revealed that Heuermann had once been kicked out of a Whole Foods for stealing oranges and owed thousands in back taxes.

In the recently released video showing Heuermann’s arrest, he walks through a busy street at dusk during rush hour with a bag slung over his back. He seems unaware that he is being chased by police officers.

Finally, a group of officers in suits stop and surround Heuermann. The arrest took place around 8:30 p.m. Just over 12 hours later, he was arraigned in a Long Island courtroom on three counts of first-degree murder.

An old colleague of Heuermann told the Times that he spoke with the suspect Thursday evening and noticed that he was joking. “That must have been right before he left the office and they arrested him,” Steve Kramberg told the Times.

The suspect’s neighbors were wary of the mysterious architect for a long time. One, Mike Schmidt, said he often shares beer with another neighbor and points to Heuermann’s house and notes, “He probably has bodies there,” according to the Times.