Alleged Gilgo beach serial killer Rex Heuermann was “very methodical” and had a great deal of “self control,” according to his closest pal.
Heuermann, 61, is said to have waited until his wife and two children were out of town before allegedly killing seven sex workers and dumping their bodies by the side of the road on Long Island between 1993 and his arrest in 2023.
The first four bodies were found in 2010, but Heuermann wasn’t in police’s sights for a decade and so far prosecutors have revealed little physical evidence against him for his forthcoming trial.
“I see how, if he did do it, he got away with it for so long.
“He’s very smart, he’s very methodical, he’s very, meticulous, pays attention to detail,” said his pal, David Jimenez, who is one of the people who appears in new documentary “The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets.”
He also told The Post such skills are virtues in the profession they were both engaged in.
“That’s part of the architecture business … I never saw him angry. He [is the kind of person who] would just keep things in and kind of make mental notes,” Jimenez, 63, told The Post in an exclusive interview.
“I found out later that he was very litigious and he was suing a lot of people. I didn’t know that, so he was keeping that from me.”
Heuermann and Jimenez, who became friends in 2006, used to hunt together, smoke cigars and regularly socialize. But Jimenez had no idea of his friend’s double life as an alleged sexual sadist killer.
Jimenez said because of his former pal’s “self-control” and penchant for planning, he didn’t think he’d struck in Las Vegas, where he previously owned a timeshare apartment, because he didn’t know the terrain or authorities in the way he did on Long Island.
However, there are aspects of Heuermann’s alleged crimes — which he has pleaded not guilty to — which led to his capture and will be key evidence at trial, such as sloppily wiped hard drives with apparent plans to murder on them, which were recovered by police.
“I’m surprised a little by the stupidity of leaving the bodies near the road.
“That’s like serial killer classroom 101, don’t put the bodies near the road.
“And the hard drive — any modern business person who uses computers knows if you delete something, somebody’s going to undelete it.
“As smart as he was with the tech and the cell phones, you didn’t delete [the hard drive] fully. So, as smart as he is, that’s really dumb.”
Relatives of some of victims Heuermann is accused of murdering said the received creepy and taunting phone calls after their loved ones disappeared, from burner phones which police say they have traced back to Heuermann.
“The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets” premieres today on Peacock.
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