Happy Face Killer Warns 62-Year-Old Rex Heuermann Faces Prison Fights After 8-Murder Guilty Plea
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 17
Happy Face Killer Warns 62-Year-Old Rex Heuermann Faces Prison Fights After 8-Murder Guilty Plea
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 17
Summary
Keith Jesperson, 71, said Rex Heuermann could be beaten even in protective custody once he is transferred from Suffolk County Jail to state prison after sentencing on June 17.
Jesperson said Heuermann’s size and ego could make him underestimate prison dynamics, adding that even he — at nearly 7 feet tall — took beatings behind bars.
The warning came after Heuermann pleaded guilty in April to seven murders and admitted an eighth killing, abandoning a trial after a judge let key hair-DNA evidence stand.
Heuermann is expected to receive multiple consecutive life terms, at least three without parole, for the Gilgo Beach murders; his ex-wife Asa Ellerup said she would skip sentencing to keep the focus on victims.
Jesperson said he has exchanged nearly 40 letters with Heuermann since his 2023 arrest and resumed correspondence after the plea, as investigators continue to treat the Long Island case as one of the region’s most notorious serial murder probes.