Billy Jensen Instagram – Two big questions while doing press on the arrest of the Long Island Serial Killer. There is the biggest—has he killed others (not just the 6 other victims found along Ocean Pkwy)? But I also keep coming back to the second big question: Why did it take 12 years for police to make an arrest when it seemed like all of the pieces were right in front of them? It’s not about pizza crust. It comes down to the Amber Costello investigation.
Amber worked as a sex worker who used to also roll some of her clients. She would invite a john to her home, and then her “boyfriend” would interrupt their meeting. They would get the money from the john, who would then slink away.
According to court documents, a client arrived around Sept. 1-2, 2010 at Amber’s house in Amityville. She and her “boyfriend” commited the ruse, then client left. He was described as a large, white male, around 6’4’ to 6’6” in height, in his mid-forties, with “dark bushy hair,” and “big oval style 1970’s type eyeglasses.” And he drove a dark, first generation Chevy Avalanche pick up truck, which has a distinctive plastic triangle design in between the cab and the payload.
The next day, a burner cellphone that had been communicating with Amber sent a text message stating, “That was not nice so do i [sic] credit for next time.” The message was sent from Massapequa Park (where Heuermann lived).
Later that day, Amber was contacted by the same burner phone. He told her he wanted to see her, but wouldn’t come back to the house.
Later that night, Amber walked out of her house and down the block apparently to meet the john and was never seen again.
This seemed like an incredibly good lead. Police should have been looking for all the owners of dark, first generation Chevy Avalanches. And then cross referenced that list with men 6’4” and up. They could have then shown photos to the friends of Amber’s to positively identify the john. They also had the taunting calls from the killer coming from Massapequa Park.
The current admins deserve props for putting this all together, but what were previous administrations doing?
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#longislandserialkiller #gilgobeach | Posted on 18/Jul/2023 22:57:03
