Caroline Polisi

Yeah, absolutely.

I mean, this obviously is somewhat symbolic, the point being that this man is never going to see the light of day outside of a jail cell.

I mean, you can hear the cheers and jeers in the courtroom, almost like this physical release for the victims' families who've just been waiting so long for justice.

Yeah.

I mean, look, he really flew under the radar.

This reminds me so much of the BTK killer.

In fact, Aaron, the similarities are quite striking.

Dennis Rader, better known as the BTK killer for bind, torture, kill, even called Heuermann a clone of himself in a letter to a news outlet in 2023.

Rader was also married with two kids, lived in his community undetected for years.

I mean, they were both even 59 years old at the time of their arrests.

Also, I'm reminded of Joseph James D'Angelo, better known as the Golden State Killer.

He comes to mind.

The fact is, you know, we may never know those answers.

I was somewhat surprised that part of his plea agreement wasn't a more fulsome description potentially of what he had done.

And that sometimes is why victims families actually want a trial.

They want to know specifically what happened.

But I think in this instance, you know, just having this be done and over with for the victims' families was sort of more at top of mind, was going to be more preferential than going through the just arduous and gut-wrenching nature of a trial.

So, I mean, I'm so happy for these families finally getting closure.

Obviously, Erin, like you said, there will never truly be closure.

They will never get their loved ones back.