3: What Was Alleged Gilgo Beach Murderer Rex Heuermann Like To Work With

The New York Post recently reported that in the early hours of a
seemingly ordinary Friday morning on July 14, real estate agent
Jeffrey St. Arromand's daily routine was abruptly shattered by a
phone call that sent shockwaves through his world. The voice on
the other end of the line was one of his clients, her voice
shaking, breathless, and scared. The news had just broken that
the notorious Gilgo Beach serial killer, who had evaded capture
for over a decade, had been arrested. The suspect was Rex
Heuermann, an architect she had worked closely with over the past
year on a Brooklyn brownstone project.

Jeffrey, of Serhant, vividly recalled his interactions with
Heuermann, yet it was his client's chilling experiences with
Heuermann that drew a cold veil of shock over their past
professional associations. Speaking anonymously, she recounted
her baffling encounters with Heuermann, which dated back to 2002
when she had purchased her Crown Heights home. Fast-forward two
decades later, in 2022, Heuermann played a significant role in
renovating her property as the expeditor and architect, which was
ultimately sold.

"She drove him home once because she relocated to Long Island,"
St. Arromand told The Post, hinting at a journey along a "dark
and desolate." Reflecting on that eerie drive home, the client
revealed a haunting conversation that had taken place between
them. "At one point on the drive, we talked about the Gilgo Beach
murders — we even discussed the burlap and why someone would use
that. In retrospect, thinking about that conversation, it's just
bone-chilling," she confessed.

She noted his peculiar behavior as she delved further into her
interactions with Heuermann during the renovation. "Throughout
the transaction, he was becoming very difficult to work with,
even belligerent sometimes. He was constantly arguing with the
plumber on the job and questioning his work. Just very odd
behavior," she said. "For some reason, in this transaction, he
would constantly say, 'I'm not doing anything to get a fine or
open an investigation of my license.'"

After the finalization of the property sale, her distaste for
Heuermann had grown so much that she preferred him not to attend
the closing. “When we ultimately were able to close on the
property, I had such a bad experience with Rex that I told him
not to attend the closing,” she said. Regardless, he was still
owed a balance of payment and made a separate trip to the
attorney's office to pick it up. "Apparently he had some
disagreement with one of the women associates at the firm. This
associate was so uncomfortable with her exchange with Rex that
she refused to be in the office when he picked up the check.
Ultimately the partner at the firm gave the check to Rex when he
arrived with his daughter," she explained.

St. Arromand shared that the property was eventually sold to a
celebrity buyer whose identity remains a secret. Despite the
troubling interactions with Heuermann, his client had always
spoken highly of his work. “She’s someone that really supported
this guy,” St. Arromand expressed. "She needed the weekend just
to decompress," he added, as she grappled with the shocking
revelation of Heuermann's arrest.

The Friday discovery marked a shocking turn of events, leaving
St. Arromand and his client to grapple with the chilling reality
that a man they thought they knew well could be capable of such
horrendous acts. This narrative is a sobering reminder of how
little we might know about those we interact with daily and the
mysteries that might lurk beneath the surface.