“Your honor, I am not guilty of any of these charges,” Heuermann, 60, told the judge in Riverhead court Tuesday morning while shaking his head back and forth. One of Mack’s family members could be heard scoffing when he spoke.
The parents of Mack, whose remains were found in Gilgo Beach and Manorville, were in court Tuesday morning when Heuermann was arraigned.
According to court documents unveiled Tuesday, a hair linked to the wife or daughter of Heuermann was found near the left wrist of Mack.
Heuermann’s daughter would have been 4 at the time of her killing, and his estranged wife has not been considered a suspect in any of the murders.
The father of two followed extreme planning measures when plotting the murders, and noted “small is good” in a planning document he made ahead of the murder, according to Tuesday’s indictment.
The planning sheet also included a slew of “problems” he might face including “blood stains,” “fingerprints,” “witnesses” and “DNA,” according to court documents.
The meticulously detailed planning document also listed out supplies Heuermann might need, including “lie/acid,” “bags/tape” and “medical gloves,” among other things.
Under a section labeled “notes,” Heuermann allegedly wrote, “The more you do the more clues you give,” the docs revealed.
Mack, who also went by Melissa Taylor, worked as an escort in Philadelphia when she went missing.
She was last seen by her family in the area of Port Republic, New Jersey, when she was 24 years old, police previously said.
Suspected serial killer Rex Heuermann — a New York City architect and married dad of two — was arrested in connection with the long-unsolved Gilgo Beach murders. The arrest is tied to the so-called “Gilgo Four,” women found wrapped in burlap within days of each other in late 2010.
The years-long investigation that led to the arrest revolved around the discovery of more than 10 sets of human remains along Ocean Parkway near Gilgo Beach in Suffolk County between December 2010 and April 2011.
Most victims were petite female sex workers with green or hazel eyes. But there were also two exceptions: a 2-year-old girl and a young Asian man.
The years-long investigation that led to the arrest revolved around the discovery of more than 10 sets of human remains along Ocean Parkway near Gilgo Beach in Suffolk County between December 2010 and April 2011.
In the year she went missing, some of her then-unidentified remains were found in a wooded area in Manorville.
The rest of her remains were found 11 years later near Gilgo Beach, along with the remains of other female victims authorities believe were also targeted by Heuermann.
Mack’s remains, however, were only identified by authorities in 2020.
Heuermann, a New York City architect and father of two, pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from the murders of six women whose remains were discovered near Gilgo Beach and other parts of eastern Long Island. He is next due in court on Jan. 15.
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