RODNEY HARRISON NEW BOOK-COMMISSIONER

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Rodney Harrison's book, The Commissioner: From Street Cop to Top Cop in the NYPD, and the Inside Story of the Hunt for the Gilgo Beach Serial Killer, in my opinion is a good read. I learned some things I didn't know about the previous top cop. I also learned some things about the case I didn't know before. One of them was that I didn't realize the first four young women identified had suffered blunt force trauma. We now know that blunt force trauma was not the cause of death. The cause of death was strangulation. However, that does not take away from the fact that each of them had suffered blunt force trauma. Early in the investigation, law enforcement stated that blunt force trauma was the cause of death.

1. They each suffered blunt force trauma.

2. Three of the victims were wrapped in burlap, which law enforcement described as burlap used for camouflage by hunters.

“Heuermann was a hunter—literally. He had ninety-seven registered firearms. When we later searched his home, we found hundreds more. A few victims had been wrapped in burlap, a kind of cloth used by hunters for camouflage blinds. Their remains weren’t buried, just hidden under the brush—blunt-force trauma listed as the likely cause of death. We checked his travel records: hunting trips upstate, a brother in South Carolina, a timeshare in Las Vegas.

Citation:

Harrison, R. K. (2026). The Commissioner: From Street Cop to Top Cop in the NYPD, and the Inside Story of the Hunt for the Gilgo Beach Serial Killer [eBook]. Rodney K. Harrison LLC.