Suffolk DA: suspect kept plans for crimes on computer

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KRISTIN THANK YOU FOR THAT. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE SURPRISES REVEALED IN COURT TODAY TOOK THE SERIAL KILLER CASE AGAINST REX HERMAN TO NEW LOWS IN FACT, BEYOND NEW LOWS LIKE THE DISCOVERY OF A PLANNING DOCUMENT THAT DESCRIBES IN CHILLING DETAIL THINGS LIKE WHAT TO DO WITH THE BODIES AND HOW HE SHOULD GET MORE SLEEP BEFOREHAND SO HE DOESN'T GET TOO TIRED DURING A MURDER. IT IS BEYOND INHUMANE. EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER DARLA MILES HERE. NOW WITH THAT PART OF OUR COVERAGE. DARLA. >> WELL, JUST TO BE CLEAR, ONLY EXCERPTS OF ONE PLANNING DOCUMENT WAS PART OF TODAY'S COURT FILING. BUT THERE COULD BE HUNDREDS OF NOTES, PHOTOS AND VIDEOS. PERHAPS EVEN THOUSANDS OF THEM, PROSECUTORS SAY. HERMAN, METICULOUS, PLANNED HOW TO TARGET HIS VICTIMS, KILL HIS VICTIMS AND HIDE HIS VICTIMS. AND THEY SAY HE LEARNED TO DO SO BY STUDYING A FAMOUS FBI EX FBI AGENT. >> IT LOOKS LIKE HIS HOUSE POTENTIALLY HIS BASEMENT, WAS HIS KILL ROOM. >> TWO EXTENSIVE SEARCHES OF THE MASSAPEQUA PARK HOME OF REX HERMAN, THE LATEST FOCUSING ON A 12 BY 12 ROOM IN THE BASEMENT LEADING TO THE INDICTMENTS OF TWO COLD CASE MURDERS. SANDRA COSTILLA AND JESSICA TAYLOR. >> THEY FOUND HIS HAIR MITAKON DNA, WHICH MEANS IT'S, DNA THAT YOU YOU KNOW, THAT YOU ONLY GET FROM LIKE THAT. YOU GET FROM YOUR MOTHER AND YOUR FATHER. SO WHICH PRETTY MUCH ELIMINATES EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE WORLD. >> INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY FOUND 350 ELECTRONIC DEVICES IN SEARCHES OF HERMAN'S HOME, INCLUDING 15 CAMERAS, 27 COMPUTERS, 17 TABLETS, 80 HARD DRIVES, 46 CELL PHONES, 42 USB DEVICES, AND MORE THAN 600 FLOPPY CD DISK IS PROBABLY THE MOST PROLIFIC SERIAL KILLER TO DATE WITH THE INFORMATION RELEASED TODAY IN A DELETED SPACE. IN ONE OF THE HARD DRIVES, INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY FOUND A PLANNING DOCUMENT HERMAN USED TO PLAN OUT HIS KILLS. ON THIS PAGE IS A LIST OF POTENTIAL PROBLEMS, LIKE DNA AND BLOOD STAINS. SUPPLIES NEEDED, A SAW AND FOAM DRAIN CLEANER. DDS STANDS FOR DUMP SITE, AND TRG IS ABOUT THE TARGET WITH THE NAME MEGAN AND A QUESTION MARK. ONE OF HIS ALLEGED VICTIMS, MEGAN WATERMAN. >> HE HAD THIS MURDER CHECKLIST SO THAT HE CAN REMEMBER OR REMIND HIMSELF WHAT TO DO, WHAT NOT TO DO. >> ANOTHER PAGE LISTS THE PRE-PREP, PRE AND POST EVENT PLANNING, AND THERE'S A LIST OF THINGS TO REMEMBER LIKE GET SLEEP BEFORE HUNT HIT HARDER AND USE HEAVY ROPE FOR NECK AND A RECON LIST WHERE VIDEO CAMERAS WERE LOCATED ON THE LEE AND SOUTHERN STATE PARKWAY. AND INVESTIGATORS SAY HERMAN USED BOOKS BY A FORMER FBI CRIMINAL PROFILER TO CREATE HIS BLUEPRINT. ONE OF THE BOOKS FOUND IN HIS HOME. PROSECUTORS RECOVERED SO MUCH DIFFICULT DIGITAL EVIDENCE FROM THE HOME OF REX HERMAN, IT COULD LEAD TO MORE INDICTMENTS. BILL. >> WOW. DARLA. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEW INFORMATION. WE INVITE YOU TO WATCH EYEWITNESS NEWS TO GILGO BEACH, OUR SPECIAL ON HOW THE SERIAL MURDER CASE HAS UNFOLDED SO FA
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Length: 3min 3sec (183 seconds)
Published: Thu Jun 06 2024
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