A chilling new revelation has emerged in the case of the Gilgo Beach killings, as convicted killer Rex Heuermann allegedly told his ex-wife that several of his victims were murdered inside their own home.
In a preview of the documentary “The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets” on Peacock, Heuermann’s former wife, Asa Ellerup, claims he admitted to killing eight women — and said seven of those murders happened in their Massapequa Park residence.
According to Ellerup, Heuermann showed no hesitation while confessing but appeared visibly nervous during the conversation. She said he told her that most of the killings took place in a room downstairs in their home.
Earlier this month, Heuermann, 62, pleaded guilty in a New York court to the murders of eight women whose remains were discovered along Long Island’s southern shore over a span of years. As part of a plea agreement, he avoided additional charges in one of the cases.
Investigators say Heuermann targeted women — many of them sex workers — over nearly two decades, beginning in the early 1990s. He admitted in court to meeting the victims, strangling them and disposing of their bodies across areas including Gilgo Beach, Manorville and Southampton.
The case first gained national attention after multiple sets of human remains were discovered between 2010 and 2011 during a search for missing woman Shannan Gilbert, though Heuermann has not been charged in her death.
As part of his plea deal, Heuermann has agreed to cooperate with the FBI, though he has not disclosed specific details about how the killings were carried out.
He is expected to be sentenced to multiple life terms without the possibility of parole, with sentencing scheduled for June.