Wife of Gilgo Beach suspect serial killer Rex Heuermann tearfully describes how neighbors want to raze her horror house to the ground: ‘I heard what people said about us’
The wife of Rex Heuermann, suspected serial killer Gilgo Beach, has admitted that her neighbors want the house she shared with the alleged killer razed to the ground.
Heuerman, the architect charged with murdering at least three women and leaving their bodies along a remote stretch of shoreline near Gilgo Beach on Long Island appeared in court on Tuesday for the first time since his arraignment.
Woman Asa Ellerup, 59, told DailyMail.com she doesn’t want to “walk down the street” and hear what people who live in the area say about their homes.
“The neighbors want the house gone,” she said Wednesday. “They want it bulldozed.”
She became emotional as she discussed how she was trying to cope with the intense media attention and gossip in the neighborhood.
Asa Ellerup, wife of Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann suspect, has admitted her neighbors want the home she shared with the alleged killer razed to the ground
‘Look, I don’t want to walk down the street. I heard what people said about us. I heard,” Ellerup said as she began to cry.
“I heard the other people around. They want the house bulldozed. Do you understand? Please, I can’t talk anymore.’
Ellerup has filed for divorce to “protect herself” from any future lawsuits and has spoken to her husband in prison, her lawyer revealed on Monday.
She said some neighbors had been charitable, like one Gofundme started by Melissa Moore, the daughter of Happy Face serial killer Keith Hunter Jesperson, who has raised over $20,000.
A reporter asked her outright whether or not she deserved the money.
‘I don’t know what to say to that if people don’t want to finance me. What is she going to say, I don’t deserve this? I am alone.’
She noted that people have also given them everything from pizza to pots and pans, but said she “doesn’t have room for a lot of stuff” when asked what she needs.
Ellerup said that both she and her dog are crying and she notices that even her dog is stressed.
Asa Ellerup filed for divorce not long after her husband Rex Heuermann, 59, was arrested. Her lawyer says she did this to “protect herself” from future lawsuits
Attorney Robert Macedonio told CNN that Ellerup and her husband have spoken at least once
“I found a radio to take my mind off things,” she said, discussing what she did with her days. “I found a hat and sunglasses this morning.”
She does not have access to the internet and does not currently own a television.
While reporters were grilling her, another neighbor came to the house with a note, asking her if she needed anything at all and any help with her house that he should call her. Ellerup was extremely grateful.
Ellerup has been largely silent since her husband was taken into custody on July 18, 10 years after the bodies of his alleged victims were found on Gilgo Beach.
She has not been charged and would not have been involved in any way in her husband’s alleged crimes.
Prosecutors say Ellerup, who is Icelandic, was out of town every time her husband killed.
After being charged, she was seen filing divorce papers at a Long Island courthouse.
That is what her lawyer Robert Macedonio told CNN it was largely a precautionary measure to ensure she is not liable for any future compensation that the victims’ families may pursue.
“It just means you expect lawsuits to come, there may be financial situations where she arises.
Ellerup broke her silence outside the family home last week. She talked about the trauma of what she had ‘seen’ and about trying to move on. Her lawyers say her house was torn apart by forensic teams
“She needs to focus on herself and her kids moving forward.
“This criminal process can take two to three years. And she sees it as she moves on with her life and the lives of her children.
“And however that turns out, she’ll deal with that at the moment,” he said.
He added that the pair have spoken since he was taken into custody, but he does not know the nature of the conversation.
“I believe there has been contact, but you have to realize that all calls are recorded outside the facility.
“So she’s had very basic phone calls. Everything is recorded. She can’t discuss anything, and his lawyers don’t want him to discuss the allegations,” he said.
For weeks, investigative and forensic teams searched every inch of the small house and yard in Massapequa Park.
Macedonio says it destroyed the family.
The chaotic scene outside Heuermann’s Massapequa Park home, where detectives worked for weeks
Ellerup’s lawyer says they searched every inch of the house
“She came home with the complete destruction of her family home where she lived and raised the children. Everything in the house was turned upside down. Chests of drawers were emptied.
“The tub in the bathroom, which was a vinyl tub, was actually cut open. The floors were ripped.
“The couches and the mattresses have been removed, and just piles of rubble left in the house where you barely had walking space to get into the house.
“They haven’t even had a chance to go through all the items as they were left, so they’re taking their time on that at the moment.
“And every day it brings more and more emotion because they find items and don’t find items, and it brings up emotions in them and memories of living in the house and what it was like before all this happened,” he said.
The Heuermann family has received support from Keith Jesperson’s family, the Happy Face Killer.
His daughter, Melissa Moore, has been in contact with Asa.
She is probably one of the few people who has been in situations like Asa, who was arrested by her father as an alleged serial killer and convicted of the murders of at least eight women.
Gilgo Beach killer Rex Heuermann suspect in court today in Riverhead, New York
Rex Heuermann, 59, appears in court today on three murder charges. He said nothing, but stared at the judge and at his cuffed wrists
Heuermann has told his lawyers that he did not commit the crimes he is accused of
“She started a GoFundMe page on behalf of Asa and her family and has been extremely supportive of Asa and, you know, helped her through this time of need,” he said.
Heuermann was disheveled and looked like he had lost weight when he faced court in Riverhead, Long Island, on Tuesday.
The courtroom was packed with media and the families of some of the women he is accused of committing the murder.
Dressed smartly in a black blazer, blue shirt and cream khaki pants, he looked at his hands for most of the hearing.
The judge banned the release of four, two-terabyte hard drives containing evidence that have been handed over to lawyers and detectives, but will not be made public.
Heuermann will return to court in September.
Afterwards, his lawyer, Michael Brown, spoke to the media out of court, insisting on his innocence.
“He told me he didn’t do this,” he said before complaining about the size of the evidence file and how long it will take to go through it.
“The district attorney has an entire office… I’m just one man.
“Just digging through the discovery is a huge undertaking, but we’re going to do it, we’re willing to do it.
“Whether it’s a year or a year and a half, when that day comes, we look forward to defending this case,” he said, adding that he would try to move the trial out of Suffolk County.
“We will deal with this case in court.
The press has convicted my client without a shred of evidence, he doesn’t stand a chance,” he said.