A Venezuelan migrant stabbed a Queens man and tried to slit his throat on a “remote” Long Island beach made infamous by alleged serial killer Rex Heuermann, prosecutors charged this week.
Ruben Guanipa Ramirez drove an acquaintance to Gilgo Beach and allegedly tried to kill him during a life-or-death struggle after the pair played pool and also stopped by Jones Beach last month, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office.
The same beach is where Heuermann, a Manhattan architect and Massapequa Park resident, allegedly dumped the bodies of seven sex workers after viciously murdering them over two decades. He’s expected to plead guilty to the slayings this month, according to law enforcement sources.
Suffolk District Attorney Raymond Tierney said in a statement Tuesday that evidence recovered against Ramirez “raises serious questions about what he intended that night.”
Ramirez, 26, initially picked up the victim from his Queens home in his 2024 Lexus NX250 so the two could drive to Sport Billiard Pool Hall in Baldwin together and then swing by Jones Beach, prosecutors said.
They then went to Gilgo Beach, where Ramirez, a Venezuelan national, allegedly turned violent.
As the pair was walking back to the car, Ramirez came up behind the victim and stuffed his mouth with a black cloth while knifing him on the left side, according to the district attorney’s office.
He then tried to slit his throat and cut him across the neck, but the man fought back, prosecutors alleged.
The victim was able to wrestle the knife away from Ramirez and suffered defensive wounds to his hands in the process.
The injured man then hopped in the Lexus and zoomed off to a pal’s home in Queens, where he called 911, according to prosecutors.
Ramirez was captured later that day after investigators spotted him walking along the Long Island Expressway in Nassau County.
“This defendant allegedly drove a man that he knew to a remote beach and attacked him from behind with a knife,” Tierney said.
“The evidence recovered from his vehicle raises serious questions about what he intended that night.”
Authorities found the blood-soaked weapon and two other knives, as well as rope, duct tape, blankets, plastic drop clothes, a large-wheeled bag, gloves and a box cutter in his car, the district attorney said.
Ramirez is facing second-degree murder and second-degree assault charges. He was arraigned on Tuesday and ordered held on $200,000 bail.
It’s unclear if Ramirez was in the country legally. He could face up to 25 years if found guilty.