While things are not looking good for Rex Heuermann, he’s still just a suspect. In fact, his trial hasn’t even started yet, no matter that ABC News announced on July 25, 2023 that police had finished searching his property. Meanwhile, Heuermann is doing what all other suspects do: waiting. And while Heuermann waits, Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon told WCBS 880 (via the Daily Mail) that he’s “receiving all the services that any other person who’s incarcerated will receive.”
Of course, waiting can range from an abjectly miserable experience (thinking of the DMV here) to a pretty nice experience (having wine after ordering pizza). Heuermann might not be lodged at a suite at the Hilton, but his facility appears to be a decent one. The Daily Mail says that he’s being held at the Suffolk County Correctional Facility on Long Island, about an hour east of Gilgo Beach, the site of the murders in question. The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office says that the facility houses up to 840 people, has a medical unit that includes mental health care and dental care, a vocational work program for inmates that teaches things like carpentry and landscaping, and more.
While this sounds pretty cushy, Heuermann’s still in jail. In fact, he’s in a single cell because he’s on suicide watch, a move that’s “pretty standard” for a famous criminal, the Daily Mail quotes Sheriff Toulon telling WCBS 880. And yet, Heuerman seems totally comfortable and has proven “extremely compliant.”
