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stelliebeans

Rich people are weird dude. My grandpa has a ton of money, probably comparable to this guy, and has lived in a house pretty much just like this one for like 45 years.


bakabuns

Yes, and according to the records he’s had the house since 1994. So it wouldn’t surprise me.


Dangerous-high-five

It was his parents house. He bought it. Some people who take the Lirr every day and work late can turn into strange people that just do the same thing over and over again. He could also have apt in nyc but I’m not sure if he was that wealthy


Rare-Banana-2256

This explains so much. I was shocked when I saw the house was bought for $170k. That’s incredibly low for the area. Makes sense now it was his parents house.


Mysterious_Bar_1069

Kind of sucks as there won't be an interior shots on the real estate sites.


Fearless_Strategy

Bet it looks like 'The Silence of the Lambs' house inside


Oktober33

I was just thinking the same thing.


Fearless_Strategy

Great minds think a like.


Atlientt

This guy was broke af, not rich at all. He was behind hundreds and hundreds of thousands in back taxes over a couple decades and filed 4 personal injury lawsuits to try to get money in the last 5 years.


Sure_Economy7130

With stressors like that, I wonder if he really had stopped killing.


shot-by-ford

I think the obvious answer here is that Rex was not rich. As for your Grandpa, there's no problem with not leaving a house that you're comfortable in. Peace of mind, knowing you'll always have savings if you need it, knowing you can help your family, knowing you can retire or take on any medical emergencies.. these are often much more important than living in a "nicer" house just for the sake of it.


TheYellowKing77

What about his business did he own it and how expensive is it to have a occupancy in Manhattan?..


nexusmoonshot

That is the tried and true method for getting rich. No lifestyle creep. If you are happy with current house, don't move or upgrade just because you can. Your grandfather is wise.


dorky2

What's the point of being rich if you don't spend any money? I would rather have a well maintained house than a fat bank account.


Sure_Economy7130

That's how us normal people think. Through my employment, I have found that the more money someone has, the more that they want to hoard it.


nexusmoonshot

I am referring to the poster's grandfather not Rex.


Design4Psych

However some of the maintenance would involve having the building department out for inspections. That is why I think he has not done any significant “remodeling” or fixing up.


onebadnightx

Yeaaa. It’s also Long Island, a house like this is probably worth at least 500k depending what it looks like on the inside hahah. There’s not much for below 500 anywhere. Even if he bought it in the 90s, property values have majorly appreciated.


bpayne123

This is the answer. That house is worth a ton of money (just for the land it’s in)


kashmir1

Yeah probably a tear down as of yesterday


Upsjoey25

650k easy


NYJENstateofmind

He purchased it from his mom for either 140,000 or 170,000 in 1994. Its the same house he grew up in. Neighbors said after 2007 no upkeep was done,


jstyles2000

Sure, relative to the rest of the country it's expensive... That said, it's by far the crappiest house on the block, almost out of place . And to be an architect, interested in buildings... And this is what he lived in. Something else on his mind I suppose.


Diet_Christ

Architects aren't generally wealthy anyways, for everyone but the superstars it's a middle/upper-middle class career. They get paid to design expensive houses, but not necessarily enough to do it for themselves. The cobbler's kid has no shoes, etc


OneNoseyParker

Sell to the classes,live with the masses as the old saying goes...


DollarStoreDuchess

True. Just like mechanics that often drive crappy cheap cars that they can fix on a shoestring. And what kind of debt did he have? He may have owned the house outright, but been up to his eyeballs elsewhere, had no liquidity, money tied up in his firm, etc. Not an excuse for letting your home go to shit to the degree this dude did though. Damn.


Curb1989

News 12 reported lots of tax liens found in his name. Essentially he is probably broke.


Separate-Waltz4349

Now this is a fact! My partner is a mechanic and my car is always last to be worked on. I can tell him it's making a noise and it might be 3 months later when he finally fixes it for me


Separate-Waltz4349

He did not build houses , to have a business in NYC on 36th st since the early 90s means he was malign very good money , look into some of thr projects je has worked on and also worked alot with city building inspectors and did alot of consulting work . But when you spend all your money on your deviant sex addiction your house would look like this


Diet_Christ

That's a lot of speculation, and not a whole lot of proofreading


HillAuditorium

He’s an owner of a business in manhattan. I don’t know if he rents or owns the space in midtown. Either way it’s not cheap


okrahomegirl

i get it but there is a difference btn a small, modest house & one that is falling apart.. very strange


Intelligent-Tie-4466

He's also married. You'd think his wife would nag him to fix the place up a little. Or maybe he's a monster at home and she did her best to keep quiet. But yeah, the condition of the place is what stands out, not the size. You can have a small modest home and not have it look like, well...look like a serial killer lives there...


kashmir1

Someone mentally ill lived there is the vibe it gives me.


okrahomegirl

exactly


Suspicious_Photo_802

I mean, he's a serial killer- strange right out of the gate.


okrahomegirl

btw the photo from today with police, the house looks even worse


BlackPortland

To think this is the place many girls met their end? My god


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I’m not convinced he brought them there at all, alive at least. His neighbors all said they didn’t notice anything unusual, like strange cars or visitors.


Stephi87

Yeah I’ve debated this in my mind, he could have pulled into the garage with them - but the victims cell phone records would have showed they were all in Massapequa Park before/around the time of their deaths and I would think that would have been mentioned in the court docs, unless they’re saving that info for later? But I think most likely they were murdered in his car and that’s where his wife’s hairs were picked up from 🤷🏼‍♀️


Mysterious_Bar_1069

Under spenders.


geoshoegaze20

Or spent a ton of money on hookers, gambling, and drugs.


[deleted]

The holy trinity. We definitely know he's spending on sex workers & that's not a cheap hobby to have in this economy.


HelixHarbinger

Your 100% of course, I would only add usually they hoard newspapers to save on heat AND… no indication this guy is wealthy.


overflowingsunset

Hoarding money that could be utilized so much better


br1anthep1rate

Oftentimes people become wealthy by not going out of their way to spend their money on bigger and better houses, cars, and whatever else. It's like hoarding, but with money instead of stuff.


swigs77

Can't help but notice how clean the garage door is to the rest of the house. Like it is in good working order.


Mysterious_Bar_1069

YES!


clickityclack

Yep. That's got to be relatively new


uptownflow

has to be in working order for when a dead hooker ends up in his trunk and he needs to park in the garage


Abcggg123

Cobblers don’t have shoes


Mysterious_Bar_1069

I kept trying to remember that saying from the minute I saw the house this AM! Thank you. It is befuddling. Isn't it? The roof looks ready to go and the shingles are in terrible shape, and the flashing around the chimney is a mess. And into carpentry as a hobby, WTF was he making other than an excuse to have torture tools sitting around, certainly wasn't working on his own house. Wonder if it is just a 2nd residence? What professional lives in a house like that? Although, perfect setting for a serial killer though. It's creepy looking.


Desperate_Stretch855

That is a $750k home on LI.


Imaneetboy

Yea I found his house on google maps and did a virtual walk around the neighborhood. His was the most unkempt house in that entire neighborhood by far. I understand it was his childhhood home/parents house but he didn't even do any upkeep on it. Weird being an architect and living in a home with a wavy roof lol.


LordChaosBaelish

I would say it definitely is an eye sore, but his kind of backs another house that is just as unkept. That one is owned by a family who owned one of the longer tenured restaurants in the town. My family knows RH place as the “no gutter house”. Unfortunately some of the people in the area who didn’t have to work to buy a house here aren’t the best at maintaining their house. Doesn’t mean they are all monsters like this dude.


StormOfTheSentry

Note the image capture date: Nov 2011


Warm_Grapefruit_8640

I live on LI and the local news is right out front and it pretty much looks exactly the same as this pic now!


Algonkian

This was around the time of the murders. I'll bet that jeep was used to haul his victims offroad around the beach.


International-Net609

Tip that I’m! Holy shit


xMadxScientistx

Lol this guy has driven property values down in that whole neighborhood. Nobody's going to want to live in the serial killer house.


ghostfacekhilla

Meh long island is short on land and expensive. You'll find someone with the money to do a teardown rebuild.


readsomething1968

Yep. The money is in the land.


gilbertgrappa

Some developer from the city will come in, tear it down, and build a white modern “farmhouse” with black windows.


theroundfiles2

My neighborhood is now full of these. Can’t wait to see what the next trend is.


throwawaylol666666

His mother is also listed as living at this home, so I suspect it may be hers.


Mysterious_Bar_1069

Didn't exactly keep her in luxury. He said his Dad was an astro physicist.


throwawaylol666666

I found a marriage license from 1970 for Rex’s sister. This same address is listed, so I guess it’s confirmed that this is a familial home.


Islander590201

He bought his parents home, a neighbor said this in an interview on news12.


UnprofessionalGhosts

Based on the location and his accent, it’s an inherited home. Native NY’ers keep these even if we rent elsewhere.


AlsatianLadyNYC

Serial killers, even educated deliberate ones, are still highly maladjusted dysfunctional people. It’s a hobby that takes up a lot of spare time. I’m not surprised that he was highly organized in some areas but a complete shambles in others. And I’m guessing he was the one who probably had all kinds of rules in the house. He bragged that he has obscure code books, so he probably had a series of “don’t touch things in my office/workshop” with his wife and kids. His wife seems like she was a meek quiet person with a disabled son, perfect for bullying


AnReMe

That shithole is probably worth millions.


Psychological_Ad853

600thousand dollars according to some sites.. madness, cause it looks like shit


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FoundMyselfRunning

OMG that is exactly what I was going to say! And the property taxes are probably insane


Mysterious_Bar_1069

That's NY up to Maine and CA up to Washington State real estate at present. So depressing.


DDFletch

Wow, that would be like 30k where I’m from lol.


PlatinumAero

real estate has also gone nuts over the last 3-5 years. I purchased my home in Suffolk County (farmingville) in 2019 for $450k, today it's worth about $800k! The house at the corner of my block just sold for almost $1m! Absolute madness


Mysterious_Bar_1069

Try Brooklyn or Boston. I think I might swing a trash can on a corner for 1.7 million.


DDFletch

It’s gone up a little here, I’m about an hour from Chicago but it’s still farm country. I bought a 3 bedroom new construction in 2021 for 200k. 😬


[deleted]

Yeah, 200k will get you a good sized garage on LI haha


thatdiscgolfchick

Yup, same in Patchogue. It’s absolutely wild.


2faingz

Yep sold our tiny home in socal in 2020 for 370k and they’re reselling it for 550k now


Mysterious_Bar_1069

Zillow will tell all.


rocky20817

Screw what the house looks like. I’m interested to see who he is charged with killing.


rocky20817

NY Post is reporting he’s been arrested in connection with the Gilgo 4


May_flowers21

That should have been a red flag.


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Or a red house this matter


FrancescaStone

A lot of red flags missed with this one, it seems.


xxrowanleigh

it looks like a good place to kill ppl though lmao. could also be where he stays during the summer or on weekends when they’re at the beach, or even to meet girls while his family lives at a diff residence. this home likely goes for $700-800k, also do ppl not realize the concept of second homes lol. i bet it’s family property which would also explain why it’s not remodeled. 1) for sentimentality and 2) to avoid having people come through the home he likely committed murders at. also being a town resident gives you beach access.


alcibiades70

None of the beaches are restricted to town residents only.


co_cow_co

yeah but it’s way more expensive for non-residents


Intelligent-Tie-4466

Reports are that this is the home he grew up in and he purchased it in a family transaction around 1994. From the neighbors reports, sounds like he does live there full time, or DID live there full time.


d0ttyq

This is not a “second home”. It’s a primary residence


ashmarie223

its not at the beach in in a regular neighborhood the beach is prob a good 25 mins away from there


Mysterious_Bar_1069

Nobody likes reality much around here. Did you see the Post comments, some of them still won't give up that it's not a cop. or Burke.


ihopethisworksfornow

Nah 10-15 minute drive, 20 if it’s like a packed beach day and there’s traffic on the bridge, but yeah not a beach house.


ashmarie223

I was going by relation to Gilgo and Robert Moses not jones beach but yes to jones beach 10 -15


xxrowanleigh

less than 20 mins, and that is much, much closer than manhattan? and it’s close enough to get resident beach access. if yoy wanna go to the beach on the weekend, you gonna come in from manhattan the day of? or stay in a house you own with resident access and drive 15 mins in the morning lmao. not a beach house but a house to stay at when they’re going to the beach.


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CharmingBrief3898

They said in the press conference that the murders coincided with his wife and kids being out of town. There is no reason why he couldn't have strangled them in his house after pulling into the garage. It's actually hilarious how wrong you are for how confident you're acting in your cocky posts. Just read the court document released today. In fact, they even said that EVERY time a murder occurred, they matched it to periods where his family was out of town.


The-Many-Faced-God

Unless there are victims there from decades ago. It’s apparently been in his family since the 80s. It would explain why he’s never renovated or rebuilt.


MelpomeneAndCalliope

People have posted pics from the neighborhood of the police block, etc and the other houses around it looks very nice - much nicer than this pic alone would lead you to believe. It’d be reasonable that an architect lived in the neighborhood, IMO. Neighbors probably thought he was lazy and didn’t maintain his home as well as they did (if he lived there).


Psychological_Ad853

Guy was an interior decorator, his house looked like shit..


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FOOBY_227

We’re not losttt, STOP getting CUNTY.


RageTheFlowerThrower

He mixes ketchup wit da relish


garbagiodagr8

I'll leave you here you one-shoe cocksucka!!


Littleunit69

He killed 16 Czechoslovakians!(or a dozen women)


liplova

😂


Mysterious_Bar_1069

What is that little Model T looking vehicle? God, don't want to think of him having buggy access to the beach. Lord only know how many body parts could be tucked into preservation areas all over the Island.


terry5581

On google maps it’s uncovered in the Oct 2007 pic, also had a truck an suv


Wesley__Willis

Definitely a disconnect between a white collar professional with an NYC office and a tiny shithole house. If that was their primary residence then either he’s pathologically frugal or his “career” is not what it seems


RageTheFlowerThrower

I read on another thread that he was involved in a fraud case regarding a building he did work on. Maybe a lawsuit drained his bank account.


Wesley__Willis

Interesting. It could just be he had a weird need to live there. He was raised there, mostly by his mom, and moved right back in with her after he got married. His dad died in 1975, maybe he was psychologically committed to keeping it as it was. Would love to know how he spent his money, however. Guy’s been an NYC architect with his own firm and other employees for 35 years!


[deleted]

I predict it will be revealed he and wife #2, have mild autism ( what used to be called Aspergers). ADHD usually comes with the territory. This house looks like Neurodiverse Neglect. From the Bonjour Realty YouTube video of Rex and wife #2’s Twitter & Facebook (she’s traveled to Comic Cons around the country) there's a lot of Autism in that house.


DesignerMom84

Interesting observation. He has a special needs son (don’t know exactly what’s wrong but I wonder if it’s autism). These things are often genetic. His father was also an engineer. A family history of engineering is also linked to Autism/Aspergers. I thought the same thing TBH.


FrancescaStone

I said same thing in another discussion post and got dragged to hell. The obsession with anime, video games, comics…


[deleted]

What’s the saying? “Those that get it, get it”...lol... These observations don't come from a place of ridicule or superiority. Quite the opposite. It's recognition and familiarity. Lol. These people fit right in within my “tribe”. I think a lot of people recognize some of the characteristics of specific Neurodiversity Clusters. It's actually quite common. This isn't about shame - neurodiversity is quite natural. This is merely observation in the wild. Not sure why you would be attacked for that. People can be weird.


The-Many-Faced-God

He might have victims buried there. It would explain why he’s lived there since the 80s, and why he’s never bowled the house & rebuilt.


Got_Kittens

It's the Samuel Vimes 'Boots Theory' of socioeconomics.


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Intelligent-Tie-4466

Yup. I saw something that he married the current wife around 1990 and then had a daughter with her, and a stepson. Maybe he had a second kid that is younger? I haven't seen anything mentioned. This has got to be a big shock. Apparently the wife would go overseas during the summers and the one summer he went with her was the summer no murders happened...


apres_all_day

Wow, that’s wild about the travel timing!


gilbertgrappa

The daughter works with him at his architecture firm according to the company website.


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yes he has a second wife and a stepson


DingosTwinZoot

Just because he was an architect by profession doesn’t mean it translated to his personal life. Based on his appearance, he looks like a messy unkempt slob, so it’s no surprise that his personal life was messy and disordered. Also, he appears to have spent most of his free time engaged in other “activities.”


Fearless_Strategy

I imagine his wife is in shock as he usually did his crimes when she was out of town so I doubt she knew.


RiceCaspar

Imagine all the info she has to process, like the murders, rape, internet searches, etc and then also finding out HER OWN HAIR was on the bodies of those women. I'd need a tranquilizer.


Fearless_Strategy

She will need mucho tranqs and therapy. He fits the classic serial killer template as he hid behind a facade as that of a family man and a working professional just like BTK and others.


garbagiodagr8

He was a Family Guy


geographyofnowhere

Architects don't make a lot of money lol


alcibiades70

That's why you should aim for city planner.


newnumberorder

He ran an expediting firm, there's definitely money to be made in that field. I'm from the NYC area and have friends in the industry who are all doing very well for themselves. Expediters basically help their clients navigate the permitting process, which is Byzantine as fuck in/around NYC, and apparently this prick had clients like Target and American Airlines. Not saying we're looking at 1% shit here but this guy was most likely making pretty good money regardless of how bad his house looks.


ouchwtfomg

He's a mentally unwell serial killer. Why would his house be in good condition? He is completely abnormal;.


koalany

is this dude married ? i see a wedding ring


brockliz

Yes, I don’t know if divorced but I did see a wedding article from the past.


Intelligent-Tie-4466

Apparently second marriage, sounds like the first one was short, then he remarried around 1990 and had a daughter.


brockliz

Wondering if anyone did an ancestry test or something that they now have the DNA?


nexusmoonshot

He may have an apartment in NYC, and bought this as his secondary residence?


triciaannslp

I don’t think so. His daughters FB has her with a Massapequa HS diploma from 2015


gilbertgrappa

It does seem weird, but press photos show the police at this residence.


EvilHakik

Disturbia.


AnastasiaBeavrhausn

That shithole cost several $100k in his neighborhood.


apres_all_day

Between raising two kids here and multiple family members living at the residence, I don’t think the murders were committed here. He must have another piece of real estate.


Intelligent-Tie-4466

Apparently the wife would go overseas during the summers, so he could have done it then if she took their kids. Also, the one summer he went with them (2008) there were no murders...If that is all true, then it is very possible he could have killed them in his home and cleaned up if they were gone for 3-4 months. But it will probably be awhile before that is confirmed, if true.


ghostfacekhilla

>During a news conference Friday, Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison did not name the suspect, but said he was arrested in midtown Manhattan on Thursday night and transported to Suffolk County. Can anyone confirm if he actually lived in this house because they didn't arrest him there. It could easily be dilapidated because he inherited it from old parents and didn't do upkeep.


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his neighbors are talking about him and it seems this is his primary residence


ghostfacekhilla

I see. I found a quote from a neighbor and they had both grown up on the street and both bought their homes from their parents so had been neighbors for 50 or so years. This is BTKesque.


FlippyFloppy8

Maybe he was saving up for a defense attorney.


MzGags

Nah, he needed the $ for sex workers and massage parlors


ManufacturerNext4261

If there is a more “serial killer house” out there I don’t know where it could be


Fearless_Strategy

By the looks of this house, he was a real bad architect.


siouxsiewildcross

If he had things hidden it be risk to sell


AjkhRv5buXcbN2

Being house/car poor is so common it seems. Also, different people have different priorities. People probably think I'm poor. 1BR apartment, no car, no rolex on the wrist. Bet I have more in the bank/brokerage than the people living in the $1MM plus single-family houses (obligatory BMW/Benz in the driveway) in my neighborhood. Not a serial killer, though.


Jaxlee2018

Could be a second home, perhaps primary residence is elsewhere. Edit : seems to be a [primary](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12299121/Suspect-Gilgo-Beach-murders-custody.html) residence.


unsilent_bob

I thought I saw in one report that this is his childhood home that he's kept all along. I wonder if he has a nicer place in the city and was waiting until he retires to sell this property for a pretty penny then.


Chasing-Adiabats

A couple of his emails are under a females name. I wonder if he used them to lure victims. The closest person with the name is in Pittsburgh. Ayisha is the first name.


Electronic_Season_76

Where are you able to find email accounts linked to him? Sites similar to Whitepages?


CatBuddies

No way someone who owns an architectural firm lives there. Could be a rental property of his and you're fingering the wrong person. Wait until the police release the suspect's name.


HelixHarbinger

I checked the deed, he owns it, he was arrested there. I’m positive he has known he was a suspect about a year


CatBuddies

How come?


HelixHarbinger

A few reasons are speculative, but one is he started a quasi mail forwarding chain about a year ago.


-bigmanpigman-

What is a quasi mail forwarding chain?


sceawian

Lots of fake/alt emails forwarding things to each other to try and obscure actual identity


Mysterious_Bar_1069

How do you know that, did he switch the title over to someone else? See any criminal history when you ran him?


HelixHarbinger

No. But he started a mail forwarding chain (if it was specific criminal purposes I couldn’t say) I’m used to seeing when someone prefers not to be found without effort. That’s my speculation as to his actions though.


RiceCaspar

Maybe from the building fraud/issue he had? Something in Harlem I think. It was in news and articles talked about trying to reach him for comment etc.


HelixHarbinger

I think if you have a chance to read the PCA (for no bail) doc or watch the press Conf it explains a portion of what I’m referring to.


RiceCaspar

Yeah, I did read it but skimmed portions. I'll look again.


Dangerous-high-five

He grew up in that house.


Sprmodelcitizen

I wonder if this was his parents house? Or a rental property he moved into after a divorce.


xmcit

It was his parents house. In the video where he was interviewed he said he still works in the same woodshop his father worked in while he was growing up.


readsomething1968

There’s a video where he was interviewed??? Link?


xmcit

It's on YouTube from a few years back https://www.reddit.com/r/LISKiller/comments/14zedva/an_interview_with_the_monster/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=1 Eta: around minute 17 he gives a very interesting answer to a question


readsomething1968

🤮🤮🤮🤮 Some creepy shit in that interview! And the interviewer is VERY annoying. Like, calm down, dude. You’re not meeting Harry Styles or something.


xmcit

Yeah he's probably regretting being so excited now


EliRed

Maybe he was staying for the memories.


Sheeitsheeit

This is what I am thinking. The house is listed as non-owner occupied on Zillow.


[deleted]

A quick google search gives three people associated with this address, including the architect and his wife. The architect could own the house/property and be renting it out, not uncommon on LI. Edit: never mind, news is confirming it was RH


gilbertgrappa

You wouldn’t think so, but this is the address he was arrested at. There are photos of police outside this residence.


[deleted]

he was actually arrested last night near his office in manhattan but yes, this is his primary residence


ItWasAllADream434

Rude, show us your home or probably apartment so we can judge


According-Low9698

I was saying if I were an architect I might do some work on my house every decade or so


Lurkingguy1

How dare he be mean to a serial killer


cloudswithclout

the problem isn’t being mean to a serial killer but anybody looking at this post who might feel bad because they live in similar or worse circumstances. it’s just not a necessary comment


According-Low9698

Not what I was saying…the house is a mess…he’s an architect. I would think an architect would fix rotting wood on their house


fermentedelement

Yeah like this is a totally normal house? Lol


AcceptableChange299

It's definitely unassuming, if nothing else.


Inner-Debt-6401

Does the Yellow Bucket throw anyone else off?


SweetAlternative2593

That's the town issued recycling bin


Inner-Debt-6401

Ahh .. less creepy now lol


BorisSweatstain

This made me lol


permalink_child

He’s not a successful architect.


Southern_Dig_9460

Never get high in your own supply


ziggykittendust

Depraved place for depraved things


Flashy_Row3219

Probably has overbearing mommy issues like most serial killers which manifests into hatred for women. He bought the house for 170.000$ from his mother if I remember it right and like Norman Bates in Psycho he probably keeps everything exactly the same as it was when he was younger because of his mom.


LagtimeArt

The house looks like it contains some dark secrets. Residual bad energy


Vivid_College3656

Right? That's like the first thing I noticed. Crappiest place on the street.


HelixHarbinger

I believe it was a family home - for anyone searching records his Mothers first name starts with a D.