Inmates may target accused Gilgo Beach killer Rex Heuermann

Alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann better sleep with one eye open.

Fellow Suffolk County inmate Philip Walker, in an exclusive jailhouse interview with The Post, warned, “I don’t think people would be too happy if he was in population. I don’t think it would be good if he was moved into population. I could see someone doing something to him.”

The inmate was referring to “general population” cells in Suffolk County Correctional Facility in Riverhead, LI. Heuermann, 59, has been kept away from other prisoners in the jail and remains on suicide watch in an isolated cell.

Heuerman was charged last week in the murders of three sex workers, and investigators are working to find links to at least six other bodies found at Gilgo Beach.

Walker, 56, has been in custody at Riverhead on second-degree murder charges since July 3, after allegedly stabbing 63-year-old housemate James Vaughn to death in a motel in Shirley, LI.

But the accused killer says Heuermann’s alleged murders are unforgivable.

“Crimes against women and girls, especially killing them, is frowned upon here. A lot of us have sisters, daughters, mothers. No one likes guys who did crimes like that,” said Walker, wearing a navy jumpsuit.

He continued: “Most people in here are from Long Island” and familiar with the Gilgo Beach murders.

Walker has yet to see Heuermann because all inmate movement is halted when he’s moved around the 840-bed facility.

“Everything shuts down when they move him to the yard, medical, whatever. Over the speakerphone, they said, ‘Stop all inmate movement,’” Walker said, adding this happens about twice a day. 

“We all know it’s for him,” Walker said.