The money comes from a business and tools Heemeyer sold for $500,000 in 2003. He also had a house he owns in Grand Lake, that could be worth more than $400,000. Heemeyer deeded his home in March to someone from out of town. The Town Administrator won't confirm the amount of Heemeyer's estate, but tells us the deeded home property action will probably be fought in court by the families of those who lost property. The bulldozer has been seized by the sheriff's department. The sheriff says he "doesn't want it to be auctioned off on e-Bay, and the families who lost property will decide how it is sold off." Most of the estate will likely go to Heemeyer's victims, but not enough to cover the $5 million total damage. Heemeyer's two brothers and sister have decided on burial plans. Sheriff Rodney Johnson says the autopsy results on Heemeyer showed, "no fatal diseases, and he was not on alcohol or drugs during his rampage."9News obtained previously unseen videotape from Grand Lake Sheriff's Sgt. Leo Piechocki. (You can see a portion of the videotape on this Web site). Piechocki decided to document the scene as Heemeyer and his bulldozer went through town. Piechocki said his biggest concern was that Heemeyer would try to destroy the town hall that also contains the library. Piechocki said he knew his son was at the library as well as a class of elementary school children. The children were evacuated safely.Under Sheriff Glen Trainor actually jumped on back of the bulldozer to try to shoot through the hatch, but it was closed from the inside. He also had to cling to whatever he could find because Heemeyer had put axle grease all over the welded-on steel to keep people off of it. Trainor rode the bulldozer for several minutes searching for a way in, but decided to jump off because of debris from the buildings Heemeyer was driving through were becoming increasingly dangerous to him.Heemeyer finally stopped when his bulldozer crashed through a partial basement at the Gamble's store.His rampage took two hours and seven minutes according to Sheriff log sheets. He traveled one and a half miles in that time. He destroyed 15 buildings while traveling three to five miles an hour.
9WTK Investigation: man who went on bulldozer rampage leaves behind significant assets
GRANBY - 9WTK has learned Marvin Heemeyer, the man who tried to bulldoze the town of Granby, Colorado, on June 4 left an estate that could be as high as $1 million.
