An attorney for the families of two Gilgo Beach victims is questioning whether the wife of accused serial killer Rex Heuermann was actually in town longer than prosecutors think.
Heuermann, 60, was charged with the murders of four sex workers whose bodies were found on the deserted coastal strip near their Long Island Home between 2010 and 2011.
His estranged wife Asa Ellerup was out of town during each of the three killings, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney, and has not been charged with any wrongdoing.
But attorney John Ray, who represents the families of Shannan Gilbert and Jessica Taylor, cast doubt on whether she was around at a St. John’s University event in Queens on Tuesday night.
He wondered if she was in town and claimed she may have been there during one of the murders.
An attorney for the families of two Gilgo Beach victims is questioning whether Asa Ellerup (pictured), the wife of accused serial killer Rex Heuermann, was actually in town longer than prosecutors think.
Heuermann, 60, was charged with murdering four sex workers whose bodies were found on the stretch of shoreline near their Long Island Home between 2010 and 2011.
The first victim, 24-year-old Melissa Barthelemy, was discovered by Suffolk County police on December 11, 2010. The body of Megan Waterman, 22, of Maine, was found two days later.
Heuermann is also accused of the murders of Amber Costello (left) and Maureen Brainard-Barnes (right)
Ray claims he spoke to a hotel manager in Atlantic City, who told him Ellerup and her two children arrived there later than investigators think.
If this were true, it would mean that they had been in the city during at least one of the murders.
But attorney Bob Macedonio, who represents Ellerup, denied these claims and said that if District Attorney Tierney was wrong, the entire case against Heuermann would collapse.
“When do they do that, in the course of investigations into criminal cases, in advance in a bail application?,” he said. Fox news.
‘Very, very rarely. … If he is wrong, it creates reasonable doubt in his entire case.”
While former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani, who is not involved in the case, said: “The prosecutor’s statement would be a potential problem if it were wrong.
“But why would the prosecutor claim something they weren’t sure about?”
Heuermann is currently being held in a Suffolk County jail in connection with four murders.
Heuermann’s estranged wife Asa Ellerup was out of town during each of the three killings, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney, and has not been charged with any wrongdoing.
But attorney John Ray, who represents the families of Shannan Gilbert and Jessica Taylor, cast doubt Tuesday night at a St. John’s University event in Queens about whether Ellerup was in the area.
In July, he was charged with the murders of Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman and Amber Lynn Costello, who disappeared in 2009 and 2010.
Authorities later charged him with killing fourth victim Maureen Brainard-Barnes in January.
Police have released a laundry list of “red flags” that they say led them to Heuermann as a suspect, with the first piece of evidence being a Chevrolet Avalanche owned by him that was linked to Costello’s murder by a witness.
According to documents filed in Suffolk County District Court, investigators were then able to match that car to Heuermann’s cellphone records, linking him to locations linked to the murders, which ultimately led to them obtaining a DNA sample .
Police say Heuermann used Melissa Barthelemy’s phone to make harassing calls to her family from the victim’s phone, calls made just steps from his Manhattan office.
After Heuermann was identified as the owner of the Chevrolet, police issued more than 300 subpoenas, search warrants and other legal processes to obtain further evidence.
Ellerup arrived in court in November to hear evidence as her estranged husband faces murder charges over the deaths of four sex workers
Ellerup first visited the Manhattan architect in jail in November and has been seen in court to “see for himself what is being presented in court.”
In August, she was previously accused by lawyer Ray of involvement in the gruesome murders.
Police have not indicated any connection involving Ellerup or the couple’s children in the murders, but Ray claims to have witnesses who he believes could confirm her presence when Heuermann would bring sex workers home.
He said her alleged presence when he would do so indicates she may have been aware of the killings, a claim rejected by Macedonio, who said his client and her children are not under any suspicion by investigators.
Macedonio said Ellerup was not in the region at the time her husband allegedly committed the murders.
DailyMail.com has contacted Macedonio for comment.