Authorities report that the residence of alleged Long Island serial murderer Rex Heuermann, where it is believed he carried out some of the crimes he is accused of, will be put up for sale in the coming year.
Robert Macedonio, a lawyer for Heuermann’s wife Asa Ellerup, told the New York Times that the house can’t go on sale until after his client’s divorce from the Manhattan architect is final.
Ellerup filed for divorce just days after her husband’s arrest in July 2023 for the murders of three of the so-called “Gilgo 4,” sex workers found dead and buried on a desolate stretch of Gilgo Beach, as CrimeOnline reported. He has since been charged with the deaths of the fourth woman and two others found dead elsewhere, but nearby, on Long Island. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Macedonio said at the time the divorce filing was precautionary to protect family assets in case victims’ families decide to sue, and Ellerup has been visibly supporting her husband, attending all his hearings, since his arrest.
But a week ago, Macedonio said that Ellerup and her two adult children, Victoria Heuermann and Christopher Sheridan, were moving to South Carolina, where Heuermann bought property as a retirement home years ago, Newsday reported.
“Asa does not feel the connection to the home she once had after the execution of the two search warrants and the violation of her property rights,” Macedonio said, adding that the house was “not for sale, and there’s no timeframe for when it’s going to go on sale.”
It’s not clear why a potential sale needs to wait until the couple’s divorce is final — or when that might be — since Heuermann signed the house over to his wife in September 2023, as CrimeOnline reported. That paperwork was finalized a month later.
Nevertheless, a storage container appeared outside the dilapidate home last week.
“Asa and the children, Victoria and Christopher, will be spending more time in South Carolina and the storage container is there because they are removing personal items that they plan to relocate to South Carolina with them,” Macedonio told Newsday.
Vess Mitev, an attorney representing the two children, told the Times that the scrutiny on Heuermann and his Long Island home has made living there untenable and that they are looking to start “the next chapter of their lives … farther away from the spotlight, and farther away from this dark cloud that hangs over their heads.”
Victoria Heuermann, who worked at her father’s architect firm before his arrest, has had trouble finding a job and Sheridan “can’t even walk his dog down the block” with being photographed and catcalled.
“They can’t even check the mail,” he said. “That kind of scrutiny is not for my clients. They never asked for it.”
