Escort who dated Rex Heuermann almost became one of his victims

2023-07-19

Escort who dated Gilgo Beach suspected killer Rex Heuermann gives eerie details of nearly becoming one of his victims as he talked about murders like it ‘was enjoyable for him’

Nicole Brass, 34, said while she was working as an escort about a decade ago, she went out with Rex Heuermann
She recounted him speaking in detail and with enthusiasm about the Gilgo Beach murder cases
At the time, she refused to accompany the now-accused killer back to a hotel room, after getting a gut feeling that he might be dangerous

A former Long Island escort who used to go out with accused Gilgo Beach killer Rex Heuermann said he ‘got off’ when talking about his victims.

In an interview with the New York Daily News, Nicole Brass, 34, said about a decade ago, when she would ‘date’ Heuermann, he would make small talk about the then-relatively recent and unsolved murders.

‘He asked me if I’m a true crime fan … We talked briefly about other serial killers, then he said, “Have you heard of the Gilgo Beach murders? That’s when he got real weird.”‘

Heuermann then attempted to lure the escort, who was at the time in the throws of an opioid addiction, back to a private liaison.

Heuermann was arrested last week and charged with the murders of three of the 11 eleven victims who were found along a desolate stretch of land near Gilgo Beach on Long Island.

Suffolk County prosecutors say they expect to charge him in connection with at least one of the other murders. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Former escort Nicole Brass, 34, discussed her date with accused Gilgo Beach murder suspect Rex Heuermann, who said recalled excitedly told her details about the mysterious murders in 2015

Heuermann, 59, is accused of killing three of the 11 Gilgo Beach victims. He is currently being held in Suffolk County Jail without bail

She said she met Heuermann through a website similar to BackPage – a site for escorts. He wanted to meet her in a hotel room near Massapequa Park.

‘At the time, I was in my early 20s and I was an addict and I wasn’t really thinking about safety. I was thinking about getting money. So I would go on dates with wealthy guys and have them pay me for my time.’

Brass said that a meeting just the two of them sat wrong with her, so she asked to go to dinner instead.

‘He said he would get a room. I didn’t feel comfortable not meeting in public or an area I didn’t know, so I convinced him to meet me in Port Jeff,’ she said.

They met at Steamroom, a seafood restaurant in Port Jefferson, where they made small talk at the table.

‘In the beginning, he seemed totally normal. He talked about his job and just seemed really normal – until he brought up the Gilgo Beach murders,’ she said.

‘He brought [the Gilgo Beach murders] up on his own.’

She recounted the accused killer becoming more animated talking about the mysterious murders, bringing up several details that Brass, who had been following the cases, had not heard.

‘I was following the case, and he mentioned one of the girls I hadn’t heard about yet. It seemed like he was talking about it from experience, not a point of view,’ she said.

Suffolk County Police and police recruits search an area of beach near where human remains were found more than a decade ago

A general view of Gilgo Beach on July 18, 2023, in Babylon, New York

An aerial shot of Heuermann’s Massapequa house, where box trucks and investigators have been planted over the last few days as evidence is collected

Brass spoke about being incredibly disturbed by the conversation she had with Heuermann in 2015. ‘It didn’t seem like somebody who feels bad when he talked about the victims. It seemed like somebody who really wanted to brag about what they did, but couldn’t,’ she said

She added the Manhattan architect appeared to lack empathy for the dead women and was nearly enthusiastic about their deaths.

‘It didn’t seem like somebody who feels bad when he talked about the victims. It seemed like somebody who really wanted to brag about what they did, but couldn’t,’ said Brass.

‘When he spoke, something about it his body language changed, the look in his eyes changed, and it seemed like talking about the victims was enjoyable for him.

‘When he spoke about it, it was almost like he was visualizing it in his head and getting off to what he was saying.’

The former escort said she found the experience to be extremely unsettling and moved to end dinner as fast as possible.

‘The way he talked about it was really weird, and it gave me the worst gut feeling. I was so scared at the end of it. I didn’t try to keep the dinner going long after that,’ she recalled.

After the meal, Heuermann tried to convince Brass to leave her car in the parking lot and join him in the room he’d booked. She said he was upset when she refused.

‘He was like, leave your car; come in mine. He was very adamant about me leaving my car. Looking back, he didn’t want to have to kill somebody and get rid of their car,’ she said.

An entrance to Gilgo Beach captured on July 18, 2023. Nearby, Rex Heuermann allegedly buried close to a dozen victims over the years

Crime scene investigators continue to work nearly round-the-clock at the Long Island home of Heuermann

New York State Police troopers stand guard as law enforcement searches Heuermann’s home

Several years later, Brass told a friend of her fiancé’s about the off-putting encounter.

The friend, Francis Donoghue, confirmed Brass’s story to the Daily News and said Heuermann’s arrest last week was ‘pretty shocking.’

‘To have it verified like that, that’s actually a pretty amazing thing.’

Brass said she never contacted the authorities about her suspicions about Heuermann because she was on parole at the time for a felony drug charge.

‘I’m a felon and had a history and didn’t want to get involved with cops. I think he went after girls who were addicts or had a record, or anyone less likely to talk to police.

‘When I saw he got arrested I felt almost relieved, but I was also like – holy s***, I was right,’ she said. ‘Maybe I should have spoken to the cops, but I knew they wouldn’t listen to me.’

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