The estranged with of the accused Long Island serial killer wants guns back, seized by investigators in connection with the Gilgo Beach murders.
According to News 12, Asa Ellerup has no source of income after her husband, Rex Heuermann, was arrested for three of the Gilgo Beach murders, her attorney, Robert Macedonio, said.
During a search of the couple’s Massapequa Park home earlier this year, investigators seized over 280 guns, including collectibles from the “Civil War and both World War I and World War II.”
“It is just a matter of dividing up assets, that’s anything from jewelry, to cars, to the house, to the gun collection,” Macedonio told the outlet. “I understand the optics of returning firearms to the home of an alleged serial killer, so it would be my suggestion if they can be given to a licensed firearm dealer.”
The attorney said a firearms dealer could probably appraise the guns and sell the weapons. Serial killer collection enthusiast David Adamovich told the outlet that Heuermann’s firearms will likely bring in a significant amount of money, given the crimes he’s been accused of.
As CrimeOnline previously reported, Heuermann was arrested on July 13 for the deaths of three of the four women known collectively as the “Gilgo Four.” The bodies were found within days of each other on Gilgo Beach in December 2010. All four women were buried in burlap sacks.
Heuermann has been charged with six counts of murder in the deaths of Melissa Barthelemy, 24; Megan Waterman, 22; and Amber Lynn Costello, 27; and is the prime suspect in the death of 25-year-old Maureen Brainard-Barnes.
Brainard-Barnes was abducted in 2007, Barthelemy in 2009, and Waterman and Costello in 2010.
Macedonio added that Ellerup, who filed for divorce following Heuremann’s arrest, should at least have access to the jewelry, cash, and clothing removed during the home search. He told Newsday he plans to file a “notice of claim” for the property after it has been transferred to Nassau County police.
“The county has no lawful right to any of it that’s not considered legal contraband,” he said.
Heuermann pleaded not guilty at his arraignment. He remains behind bars at the Suffolk County Correctional Facility without bail.
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[Feature Photo: Rex Heuermann/Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office via AP]
