Rex Heuermann’s wife Asa Ellerup turns up in court after vowing to give him ‘benefit of doubt’ over Gilgo Beach murder
Rex Heuermann’s wife Asa Ellerup, was spotted heading into court the Suffolk County Supreme Court in Riverhead on Wednesday for a hearing.
When asked why she was there, she reportedly refused to explain, the New York Post reports.
Ms Ellerup has spoken out to say that she is standing by her husband and has “given him the benefit of the doubt” over his alleged involvement in the Gilgo Beach murders that cast a shadow of terror through the Long Island shores for more than a decade.
Asa Ellerup, who shares two adult children with the accused serial killer, released a statement in March in which she insisted he is “not capable of the crimes he is accused of”.
“I will listen to all of the evidence and withhold judgment until the end of trial,” said Ms Ellerup in a statement, released through her attorney Bob Macedonio.
“I have given him the benefit of the doubt, as we all deserve.”
Mr Macedonio told ABC News that Ms Ellerup – who filed for divorce just days after his July 2023 arrest in the high-profile case – had visited Mr Heuermann “several times” since he was charged with the murder of a fourth victim in January and “she doesn’t believe he’s capable of this”.
Ms Ellerup’s attorney said that she also wanted to extend her “heartfelt sympathies” to the victims and their families.
“Nobody deserves to die in that manner,” she said in the statement.
It’s now been eight months since Mr Heuermann was arrested and charged with three of the murders that had rocked the Long Island community of Gilgo Beach for more than a decade.
Mr Heuermann was initially charged in July with the murders of three women Megan Waterman, Melissa Barthelemy and Amber Costello.
This January, he was also charged with the murder of a fourth victim Maureen Brainard-Barnes.
The four women, together known as the “Gilgo Four”, all worked as sex workers and disappeared after going to meet a client.
Their bodies were found in December 2010 within one-quarter mile of each other, bound by belts or tape and some wrapped in burlap – all dumped along Gilgo Beach.
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