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Gilgo Beach Killer Reads Crime Novels, Corresponds Briefly with 'Happy Face Killer'

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The Gilgo Beach serial killer, Rex Heuermann, has been housed in a segregated jail cell for three years, primarily reading crime novels and showing no remorse. He briefly corresponded with the "Happy Face Killer," Keith Hunter Jesperson, who initiated contact. Despite attempts by others to reach out, Heuermann has largely refused communication, including from media, and maintains a stoic demeanor. AI

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Gilgo Beach Killer Reads Crime Novels, Corresponds Briefly with 'Happy Face Killer'

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Philip Marcelo, Julie Walker, The Associated Press ·

    The Gilgo Beach serial killer is reading crime novels and trying to befriend other serial killers in jail, sheriff says

    "He doesn't seem uncomfortable in his cell," Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon said. "No emotion, no despair."

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