Police again search New York home of suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer: reports

June 2024 · 2 minute read

Authorities in New York once again searched the house of the suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann, according to multiple reports.

Fox News reported New York State Police, as well as investigators from Suffolk County, were converged at the Massapequa Park home Monday.

The media outlet noted law enforcement agents were seen in the driveway, with some wearing rubber gloves, as others carried white cardboard document boxes into the home.

In August, attorneys for Heuermann's wife, Asa Ellerp, said authorities ransacked the family's home during an initial search.

"Their valuables were shattered,” Attorney Vess Mitev, who represents Heuermann's children, said during a previous news conference. “Their beds were destroyed. The places that they lay their heads down at night no longer exist ... They can't be inside. The house is in shambles. It’s ransacked. The conditions inside are deplorable -- and they were left in deplorable conditions."

Heuermann, who was arrested in July, was accused of murdering at least four woman and dumping their bodies in Gilgo Beach, New York.

The women were identified as 27-year-old Amber Costello, 24-year-old Melissa Barthelemy, and 22-year-old Megan Waterman. Heuermann was later charged in connection to the death of 25-year-old Maureen Brainard-Barnes, and is suspected of killing at least seven others.

Ellerp's attorneys previously said Ellerp has been battling breast and skin cancer. She and Heuermann share two children, Victoria and Christopher.

“They are innocent bystanders in this," her attorneys said in 2023. "They are caught up in this. They are victims ... Their lives have been completely upended and turned upside down."

The lawyers also said Ellerp and her children are not suspects and were unaware of the alleged crimes. They added that the family was "out of the jurisdiction" when the women were killed.

Her lawyers said she has since filed for divorce.

Heuermann, an architect who worked in Manhattan, has pleaded not guilty to the charges. He was ordered jailed without the possibility of bail.

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