Infamous BTK serial killer says Gilgo Beach murder suspect Rex Heuermann is ‘a clone of me’
- Dennis Rader is known for ‘binding, torturing, and killing’ at least 10 people, including two children, in Wichita, Kansas, from 1974 to 1991
- He compared himself to Rex Heuermann in a letter from prison
- Both men were arrested at the age of 59 years after the killings took place
Infamous serial killer Dennis Rader, also known as BTK, has claimed that Gilgo Beach murders suspect Rex Heuermann is his ‘clone.’
Rader, 78, is known for ‘binding, torturing, and killing’ at least 10 people, including two children, in Wichita, Kansas, from 1974 to 1991.
Like Heuermann, he appeared to be a regular family man until police showed up at his suburban home in 2005, years after the killings.
In a letter to Fox News Digital written from prison, Rader reacted to the arrest of Heuermann, who has been charged with the killings of three of the ‘Gilgo Four,’ a group of women whose bodies were discovered on the Long Island shore in 2010.
‘I was arrested age 59. Married, two kids,’ Rader wrote. ‘Husband, dad longtime a serial killer, stalker, used electronic devices, lives in a neighborhood undetected.’
Rader is known for ‘binding, torturing, and killing’ at least 10 people, including two children, in Wichita, Kansas, from 1974 to 1991. He said murder suspect Rex Heuermann is his ‘clone’
Heuermann has been charged with the killings of three of the ‘Gilgo Four,’ a group of women whose bodies were discovered near Gilgo Beach on Long Island in 2010
Heuermann was arrested and charged last week in the killings that had terrified Long Island for years. His home is pictured above
Rader pointed out that both he and Heuermann appear to have been caught through DNA and electronic tracking.
Police said they were able to track him partly because of burner phones he used to contact the victims. Rader was similarly caught over mocking calls he would make to law enforcement.
Rader also claimed he predicted the Gilgo Beach serial killer would have a similar profile to his own years ago.
The former church leader was arrested in 2005 after he evaded police for 30 years and is currently serving 10 consecutive life sentences at a Kansas prison.
Heuermann was arrested and charged last week in the killings that had terrified Long Island for years.
He is also the lead suspect in the 2007 disappearance and subsequent murder of the fourth woman, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, though he has not yet been charged in the case.
The architect lived in a ‘dungeon-like’ Massapequa Park home just 18 miles away from the beach with his wife Asa Ellerup, adult daughter and stepson – who police say were away when the murders took place.
Ellerup, 59, was at home Thursday when police burst into the property at the same time they arrested Heuermann outside his architectural firm in Manhattan.
Like Rader’s wife, Ellerup filed for divorce just days after the allegations against her husband came to light.
Her attorney, Robert Macedonio, said the family had been blindsided by the shocking murder charges.
‘Obviously this has been a shocking time for them and a pretty difficult time to comprehend,’ he told the US Sun.
‘As with any family, it’s extremely upsetting and they’re totally shocked and caught off guard. The family doesn’t want to make any further comment than that.’
Melissa Barthelemy, top left, Amber Costello, top right, Megan Waterman, bottom left, and Maureen Brainard-Barnes. Authorities on Long Island are vowing to continue investigating the Gilgo Beach murders after charging an architect in the deaths of three of the 11 victims
Authorities previously echoed the attorney’s comments, stating the family was ‘in the dark about his double life.’
Ellerup was away when the women were murdered, and neighbors said the couple were rarely seen together.
Police now believe Heuermann may have killed one of his victims inside the home he shared with his family.
Police were seen searching Heuermann’s property for ‘trophies’ that may be linked to the victims for a seventh day on Thursday. Investigators are also looking at his time share in Las Vegas and a property he owned in South Carolina.
Troy Weeks, who mowed Huermann’s lawn weekly or bi-weekly for the last three summers, told DailyMail.com he always suspected something was off about the 59-year-old architect, who he claimed once tried stiffing him out of $5.
At the alleged killer’s request, Troy, 23, never went inside the home, but one time he took a peek through a window – and regretted what he saw.
‘I was really surprised by the conditions of his house… it looked atrocious in there,’ he told DailyMail.com outside Huermann’s home, where the suspect may have killed at least one of his victims, according to police.
Heuermann’s wife broke cover on Wednesday as she filed for divorce. She is pictured with daughter Victoria, 22 (left)
A fleet of forensic investigators are combing through the 59-year-old architect’s ‘dungeon-like’ Massapequa Park home for a sixth day
Troy, who lives a few blocks away, said he saw what he described as four heads made out of coconuts with face carvings on them.
‘I saw these tiny head things – they were like these shrunken heads. And me and my friends always called it the shrunken head house because they were the weirdest coconut head things,’ Troy explained.
‘It was really creepy.’
Heuermann has pleaded not guilty to the murders of Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman and Amber Costello.
He is also the lead suspect in the 2007 disappearance and subsequent murder of the fourth woman, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, though he has not yet been charged in the case.
Moreover, he’s being investigated for the murders of six other women whose bodies were found near Gilgo Beach in 2011.
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