A just-released Peacock documentary, “The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets” takes viewers contained in the Massapequa Park house of alleged serial killer Rex Heuermann.
And for the primary time, each Heuermann’s estranged spouse and his daughter focus on the case, highlighting a distinction of opinion on the query of the New York Metropolis architect’s guilt.
“No freaking way is this man going out, soliciting sex from sex workers, killing them and dumping them on Gilgo Beach,” stated Heuermann’s spouse of 27 years, Asa Ellerup.
Ellerup’s daughter Victoria, however, appears torn all through the three-episode documentary, saying she’s “on the fence” about her father’s innocence.
“This is my dad. I love him as my dad. The hate is the other side of him that came out,” Victoria Heuermann stated.
Within the remaining episode, nevertheless, the documentary’s producers reveal in an on display assertion that “Victoria now believes her father is most likely the Gilgo Beach killer.”
In an interview Tuesday, Victoria Heuermann’s lawyer confirmed her mindset.
“Being entrance and heart throughout this course of, she has obtained overwhelming quantities of proof identical to all of us have that result in an inescapable conclusion,” stated lawyer Vess Mitev.
Of Ellerup’s ongoing doubts about her husband’s guilt, Ellerup’s lawyer Bob Macedonio stated, “Even when Rex is discovered responsible or pleads responsible, I don’t know if she’ll ever consider that the person she is aware of was able to these crimes.”
Rex Heuermann is charged with the murders of seven girls, all intercourse staff, relationship again to 1993.
By way of his lawyer, Michael Brown, Heuermann has maintained his innocence. He stays within the Suffolk county jail, with no trial date but scheduled.
Within the documentary, each Ellerup and daughter, Victoria Heuermann expressed shock on the July 2023 arrest and subsequent prison fees that modified their lives.
“They said we have evidence your father murdered all these women and your home is a crime scene. Never imagined I’d be hearing that in my life,” stated Victoria Heuermann, who was working in her dad’s Manhattan workplace on the time of his arrest.
Through the documentary, Ellerup, her lawyer and two youngsters go to the basement the place prosecutors say a number of the murders might have taken place.
“It’s absolutely absurd. They’re just allegations,” says Asa Ellerup.
“He must have had to be Superman for us not to notice ever. This used to be his bedroom growing up,” stated Victoria Heuermann of her dad.
Rex Heuermann’s voice is heard through the documentary as he speaks to his household by cellphone from the Suffolk jail. Amongst different issues he discusses what he had for dinner that night time.
A person interviewed for the documentary who describes himself as Rex Heuermann’s greatest pal, discusses going to go to the alleged killer within the Suffolk jail.
“I said, ‘Did you do it?’ And then he teared up a little bit and started crying. And that’s when I get the feeling he did it,” stated David Jimenez, a Port Washington architect who stated he bonded with Heuermann over their love of weapons and conservative politics.
