{"podcast":{"title":"True Crime Today | Daily True Crime News & Interviews","slug":"true-crime-today-daily-true-crime-news-interviews-568948","podcast_index_feed_id":568948,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5001260.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5001260","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/42359005.jpg","author":"Tony Brueski","episode_count":500,"summary":"🔎 Daily True Crime Stories | Unsolved Mysteries | Criminal Investigations | Cold Cases True Crime Today is your go-to daily true crime podcast , bringing you the latest murder cases, ongoing trials, criminal psychology insights, and shocking unsolved mysteries . Whether it’s breaking crime news, high-profile trials, serial killers, missing persons, or cold cases , we cover it all with expert analysis, investigative storytelling, and real-time updates . 🎙️ Hosted by leading crime analysts , we uncover the psychology of killers, forensic breakthroughs, police investigations, and courtroom drama —giving you the full story behind the headlines . From notorious cases to little-known crimes that deserve attention , we break down what really happened and why . If you're obsessed with true crime podcasts , criminal psychology, and investigative reporting, subscribe to True Crime Today on Apple Podcasts now! 🎧 New episodes daily.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T12:17:47.477723+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-today-daily-true-crime-news-interviews-568948"},"episode":{"title":"How Did Cell Tower Data And DNA Build The Rex Heuermann Case Against Two Victims?","slug":"how-did-cell-tower-data-and-dna-build-the-rex-heuermann-case-against-two-victims","published_at":"2026-07-06T22:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-today-daily-true-crime-news-interviews-568948/how-did-cell-tower-data-and-dna-build-the-rex-heuermann-case-against-two-victims","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-today-daily-true-crime-news-interviews-568948","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8913752","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8913752.mp3?modified=1780930071&sid=5001260&source=rss","summary":"The evidentiary architecture connecting Rex Heuermann to the murders of Maureen Brainard-Barnes and Melissa Barthelemy rests on two pillars: digital communications data and DNA. This look back examines how prosecutors constructed those connections and what they reveal about the methodology investigators spent more than a decade trying to identify. In Maureen's case, prosecutors alleged Heuermann used prepaid phones to make contact, that cell-tower records placed those phones in Massapequa Park — his home area — and that he accessed her voicemail after her disappearance. DNA recovered from a leather belt used to bind her remains matched the profile of Heuermann's wife. Maureen, twenty-five, a mother of two, had traveled from Connecticut to Manhattan seeking income she could not find elsewhere. She was the first of the Gilgo Four to disappear, in July 2007. In Melissa's case, the phone trail is even more granular. A prepaid phone she had connected with traveled the route between Massapequa Park and Midtown Manhattan on the day she vanished — matching the commute between Heuermann's home and office. Her own phone traveled the reverse route hours later. Five weeks of subsequent calls to her fifteen-year-old sister — always under three minutes, always from high-traffic Manhattan locations — demonstrated a pattern prosecutors characterized as deliberate psychological targeting. Heuermann pleaded guilty to both murders, confirming strangulation as the cause of death. We revisit where the matter stood at the time of our reporting. Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmat…","meta_description":"The evidentiary architecture connecting Rex Heuermann to the murders of Maureen Brainard-Barnes and Melissa Barthelemy rests on two pillars: digital commu…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1721,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/true-crime-today-daily-true-crime-news-interviews-568948/episodes/how-did-cell-tower-data-and-dna-build-the-rex-heuermann-case-against-two-victims/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-today-daily-true-crime-news-interviews-568948/how-did-cell-tower-data-and-dna-build-the-rex-heuermann-case-against-two-victims.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}