It was a killer commute.
Accused Gilgo Seashore serial killer Rex Heuermann made an undesirable go at a “creeped out” train-goer simply days earlier than his surprising arrest for the notorious murders, in accordance with the commuter, who took secret movies of the chilling encounter.
Kaylin Morales was on her approach house from a dinner date within the Large Apple, using a virtually empty Babylon-bound LIRR prepare round 7:45 p.m. on July 1, 2023, when issues took a chilling flip – when Heuermann, 61, plopped down within the seat proper subsequent to her, regardless of the remainder of the automotive being abandoned.
“I simply thought he was this large, fats, ugly white man…I clearly didn’t know who he was on the time,” Morales, 21, instructed The Put up.
“It was simply so bizarre that the remainder of the seats have been empty and he needed to sit proper subsequent to me. I used to be on excessive alert at that time.”
Morales, who had her legs stretched out onto the seat throughout from her personal, recalled the hair-raising remark Heuermann made to her as he sat down.
“He stated, ‘Oh, you don’t have to maneuver your fairly legs. I gained’t trouble you,’” she stated.
Feeling “uncomfortable,” the Bay Shore resident began secretly recording movies and photos of Heuermann as they pulled out of Penn Station.
“Simply in case, for my very own security, I used to be like, ‘Let me simply get proof of who this particular person is,’” she defined.
One Snapchat clip — which Morales captioned on the time, “Like why the f–okay is there mad open seats and this man sits proper subsequent to me and might’t cease speaking to me, like i actually can’t ever catch a break” — reveals Heuermann, sporting khaki cargo pants, holding a Miller Lite can.
The video then cuts to a close-up of Morales’s face, which reveals her frowning.
One other vid, captioned “the cracking of a brand new drink is loopy [crying emoji] i merely cant,” reveals Heuermann’s stubby fingers cracking his second beer, whereas the cellphone sitting on his thigh seems to point out a New York Put up article.
“I might have moved however I used to be like, ‘Is he going to say one thing else to me?’ Like, I simply don’t need to work together with this man any additional — the whole lot about him was sussing me out. So I believed the very best factor to do was ignore him and put my AirPods in and look out of the window,” defined Morales, who additionally stated she felt “boxed in” by Heuermann’s “giant physique.”
Though she might “see and really feel” Heuermann speaking to her extra, the music in her AirPods deliberately drowned his voice out, she recalled.
One other clip she took reveals Heuermann exiting the prepare at Massapequa, the place he lived for years earlier than getting nabbed for the notorious murders.
When information of Heuermann’s arrest broke practically two weeks later, Morales was aghast.
“My coronary heart instantly sank to the ground…it was actually the craziest feeling. I couldn’t even consider it,” she recalled.
She determined to submit the clips she’d taken of Heuermann to Suffolk County Crime Stoppers “in case it may very well be of use,” and ended up getting interviewed by a detective on the case, who confirmed it had been Heuermann sitting subsequent to her on the prepare, she stated.
A spokesperson for the Suffolk County District Lawyer stated their workplace couldn’t verify or deny particulars of ongoing investigations, and the Suffolk County Police Division declined to remark when requested about Morales’s claims.
Almost two years after the creepy encounter, Morales lastly felt it was secure sufficient to publish them on her TikTok account Might 5.
“I used to be apprehensive if I posted proper after his arrest, if he had a companion, I didn’t need them coming after me, so I waited. After I watched the Netflix documentary and see that he did this alone, I felt extra snug sharing my expertise,” she defined.
“God was with me that day,” she instructed The Put up.
Heuermann – who has pleaded not responsible to murdering seven ladies — will return to Suffolk County Prison Court docket on June 17. A trial date for the murders has not but been set. Heuermann is being held in Riverhead Correctional Facility.
Heuermann’s lawyer didn’t return a request for remark from The Put up.
