Interior Designer's 'Disturbing' Gilgo Beach Suspect Encounter Goes Viral

BEDFORD, NY — A Bedford Hills interior designer's account of her chilling encounter with the man accused in the Gilgo Beach serial killings has gone viral on social media after she posted a chilling video on Tik Tok.

Dominique Vidal recounted in a post this weekend how the 59-year-old architect steered the conversation to the very crimes he is now accused of as the pair met in a Manhattan bar as part of a networking group they both belonged to.

Vidal, who described murder suspect Rex Heuermann as "a monster hiding in plain sight," told her followers that the encounter left her shocked.

"He asked me if I know, I’m not making this up at all, about the Gilgo Beach murders,” Vidal said in the now viral, 8-minute-long video with nearly 75,000 likes. "And he goes on to tell me, 'Yeah, that’s a serial killer that was never caught in my hometown, my neighborhood where I live. The guy killed like ten people and might still be out there.'"

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Vidal said that knowing what she now knows, the moment has left her shaken.

"I just cannot stop running that conversation over and over in my head," Vidal said. "And I’m really disturbed."

Vidal said the experience left her not wanting anything to do with the colleague in her networking group and eventually contributed to her leaving the group.

"He was a weirdo," she said. "I didn't want to be around that."

Vidal said she hoped her story would lead others to walk away from uncomfortable or potentially dangerous interactions.

"Stay safe out there. and trust your gut," she said. "If something feels off about somebody, trust yourself. Don’t back out — don't be like 'oh, but it's rude' — just leave the conversation."