EXCLUSIVE: ‘He didn’t see them as human’ – Gilgo Beach monster’s chilling confession to his own daughter as he reveals he butchered victims just FEET from where she played video games

The mask of the suburban family man has not just slipped; it has been violently torn away to reveal a void where a soul should be.

In a series of skin-crawling revelations that have sent shockwaves through the quiet streets of Massapequa Park, Victoria Heuermann has detailed the moment her father, the notorious Rex Heuermann, finally looked her in the eye and confessed to being one of the most prolific serial killers in American history.

But it wasn’t just the admission of guilt that froze the blood of those listening—it was the cold, clinical detachment with which he viewed the women he slaughtered. When Victoria asked the question every daughter of a monster must eventually face—did he see his victims as people, as daughters, as humans?—the 62-year-old former architect’s response was as dark as the shallow graves he dug.

“He told me he didn’t even see them as human,” Victoria revealed.

‘The Demons Got to Me’

Speaking in the final episode of the Peacock documentary The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets, Victoria described a high-stakes face-to-face meeting with her father, 26 months after his dramatic July 2023 arrest.

In a cold, sterile visitation room, the man who had raised her—the man she knew as a “loving dad”—admitted to the cold-blooded murders of eight women. Heuermann blamed a “sickness” and “dark urges” for his decades-long spree.

“He said that his demons got to him,” Victoria said. “When he was in a certain opportunity or there was a certain catalyst in front of him that would start to create these dark urges.”

When pressed on how he could reconcile his life as a father with the life of a predator, Heuermann’s answer was terrifyingly simple: compartmentalization. He told his daughter he “never thought about the family” while committing the atrocities. The two worlds were kept strictly separate, never allowed to cross.

A House of Horrors: Mutilation 10 Feet Away

Perhaps most disturbing for Victoria is the realization that the family home, a cluttered property on Long Island, was not a sanctuary, but a slaughterhouse.

Heuermann confirmed to his daughter that seven of his eight victims were murdered inside the house. He specifically identified his childhood bedroom in the basement as the site of unspeakable cruelty.

• Karen Vergata

• Valerie Mack

• Jessica Taylor

All three, according to Heuermann’s own confession to his daughter, were murdered, mutilated, and dismembered in that basement room. One victim, he chillingly noted, was killed right in their bed.

For Victoria, the math of his crimes is a living nightmare. She recalled spending her childhood playing video games and watching television in that very basement, oblivious to the fact that she was standing just ten feet away from the spots where women had been butchered.

The Victims of the ‘Manhattan Architect’

Heuermann’s spree spanned decades, leaving a trail of broken families and “cold cases” that haunted New York for years. On April 8, he finally admitted in court to ending the lives of:

He told Victoria that his first victim, Sandra Costilla, was killed in the family Dodge in 1993—an act he claimed was “unplanned.” The others followed a more calculated, sinister pattern.

A Twisted Obsession

The investigation into Heuermann previously revealed a man obsessed with his own infamy. While living his double life, he used online accounts to repeatedly view images of his victims and their grieving families. He followed the progress of the task force hunting him with the precision of the architect he was.

Victoria also revealed a chilling detail regarding “trophies.” Her father admitted to taking exactly two photographs of his victims during his spree. However, those seeking a digital trail will find nothing; Heuermann claimed he destroyed the images “promptly” after they were taken.

‘I Accept His Guilt’

As Rex Heuermann prepares for his sentencing on June 17, his daughter is left to pick up the pieces of a shattered reality. The man she thought she knew never truly existed; in his place stands a predator who saw human beings as nothing more than objects for his “dark urges.”

“I do accept his guilt and the crimes that he has done,” Victoria said, a haunting finality in her voice.

For the families of the eight women who lost their lives, the “demons” Heuermann spoke of were all too real. And as he faces a life behind bars, the world finally knows the truth: the monster of Massapequa Park wasn’t just hiding in the shadows—he was sitting at the dinner table.