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The convicted Gilgo Beach serial killer who precocious pleaded blameworthy to 7 murders confessed to his ex-wife that he had killed aggregate women successful nan basement of their location while she was away, a caller documentary reveals.
In a teaser clip released connected Tuesday to beforehand Peacock’s The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets, Asa Ellerup said her ex-husband, Rex Heuermann, told her he killed 8 women without hesitation. That was nan case, though he was only formally charged pinch – and pleaded blameworthy to – seven.
At an 8 April tribunal proceeding successful which he pleaded blameworthy to 7 murders during a 17-year spree, Heuermann acknowledged that he murdered 1 much female successful whose slaying he had not been charged – but he had not elaborated.
Ellerup, who finalized her divorcement from Heuermann successful March 2025 aft 27 years of marriage, said successful nan teaser clip that she refused to reside her ex-husband arsenic Rex during nan jailhouse compartment gathering wherever he made that admission.
“So Mr Heuermann, I understand that you are confessing to maine connected these murders,” she recalled saying. “Can you please show maine really galore of these women did you kill?”
Ellerup told her lawyer: “He said he killed 8 women.”
“Eight?” he replied. “Who was nan eighth? Because he’s charged pinch seven.”
Ellerup replied: “I didn’t ask.”
She said Heuermann told her she wasn’t astatine their Massapequa location erstwhile nan killings took place, which investigators person besides maintained. The bodies of nan missing women, killed betwixt 1993 and 2010, were mostly recovered successful marshes alongside a agelong of Long Island’s beachfront.
“He said yes – they were killed successful his room downstairs,” Ellerup remarks connected nan clip. “All isolated from one.”
Investigators searching their suburban location later recovered a soundproof vault-like room, hundreds of guns and elaborate plans for nan killings.
Heuermann “walked among america playacting arsenic a normal suburban dada erstwhile each on he was targeting these women for death,” Suffolk region charismatic Ray Tierney said aft nan Manhattan designer confessed to nan crimes successful court.
“He thought that by sidesplitting them, he could soundlessness them everlastingly and get distant pinch murder,” Tierney added. “But he was wrong.”
Ellerup’s comments were made during nan last section of The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets, a four-part documentary series. The finale is owed to statesman airing connected Peacock connected Thursday.
Heuermann’s confession to his erstwhile woman came soon earlier he pleaded blameworthy to sidesplitting Amber Lynn Costello, 27; Megan Waterman, 22; Melissa Barthelemy, 24; and Maureen Brainard-Barnes, 25, known arsenic nan “Gilgo Four”.
During his 8 April tribunal appearance, he besides confessed to nan murders of Valerie Mack, 24; Jessica Taylor, 20; and Sandra Costilla, 28; and to nan uncharged execution of Karen Vergata, 34, who went missing successful 1996.
In a little hearing, Heuermann said he utilized strangulation to termination each of his victims, dismembering immoderate and tying them up successful burlap sacking. The crimes were linked to Heuermann, successful part, by hairs recovered connected nan burlap.
After her ex-husband’s plea hearing, Ellerup said her thoughts and prayers were pinch nan victims’ families. And she asked for privateness for her ain family during what she called a “very difficult time”.
Heuermann’s attorney, Michael Brown, said it was his client’s determination to plead blameworthy because he wanted to spare victims’ relatives and his family from nan ordeal of a trial.
Heuermann is scheduled to beryllium sentenced to aggregate position of life imprisonment connected 17 June.
Ellerup’s lawyer, Bob Macedonio, who besides represents her girl Victoria, said successful a connection to nan New York Times on Monday: “This has been an highly affectional and achy process for nan family to strengthen and travel to position pinch nan allegations that Rex Heuermann was nan Gilgo Beach serial killer.
“Ms Ellerup would for illustration nan attraction to stay wherever it belongs – connected nan victims and their families, who person suffered immeasurable and lasting losses.”
