Heuermann's Ex Now Lives in His Basement 'Kill Room'
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Key Points:
- Rex Heuermann's ex-wife, Asa Ellerup, now sleeps in the basement "kill room" where Heuermann confessed to dismembering most of his victims, viewing her stay as a form of remorse for the victims.
- The basement has been completely renovated since Heuermann's arrest in 2023, and Ellerup revealed he privately confessed to her before pleading guilty to seven murders and admitting an eighth.
- Ellerup has visited Heuermann in jail multiple times and is haunted by recurring dreams, struggling to understand his psychology and how she missed his double life over three decades.
- Their daughter, Victoria Heuermann, shared that her father attributed his actions to "demons" and admitted he did not see the victims as human, highlighting the disturbing mindset behind the crimes.
- Prosecutors state that all but one of the eight victims were killed in the couple's Massapequa Park home on Long Island, with the victims' families enduring significant and lasting losses.
