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Jul 2023
36m 30s

Wife of Accused Gilgo Beach Killer 'DIVO...

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As police continue to gather evidence to prove that New York architect Rex Heuermann is the Long Island Serial Killer, his wife has filed for divorce. 

Heuermann’s wife, 59-year-old Asa Ellerup, is being represented by attorney Robert Macedonio. The papers were filed in Suffolk County Supreme Court. 

Heuermann, 59, was arrested last week and charged with three of the four so-called Gilgo 4 murders — four women who were found dead on Gilgo Beach in December 2010, all wrapped in burlap sacks.

Investigators have said that Ellerup was out of the country or out of the state when the victims were killed.  

Joining Nancy Grace Today: 

  • Bernarda Villalona - NY Criminal Defense Attorney & Former Prosecutor, Villalona Law, PLLC.; @BernardaVillalona (FaceBook, Instagram, LinkdIn, TikTok, Threads), Twitter: @VillalonaLaw  
  •  Dr. Shari Schwartz - Forensic Psychologist (specializing in Capital Mitigation and Victim Advocacy); Twitter: @TrialDoc; Author: "Criminal Behavior" and "Where Law and Psychology Intersect: Issues in Legal Psychology" 
  • Sheryl McCollum – Cold Case Investigative Research Institute Founder; Host of the new podcast, “Zone 7;” Twitter: @ColdCaseTips
  • Dr. Tim Gallagher - Medical Examiner with the State of Florida; Lecturer: University of Florida Medical School Forensic Medicine; Founder: International Forensic Medicine Death Investigation Conference 
  • Toby Wolson – Forensic Consultant Specializing in DNA, Serology and Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
  • Kristin Thorne- Investigative Reporter for WABC (Channel 7 Eyewitness News in New York), and Host of Hulu’s true-crime show, “Missing;” @KristinThorne on Facebook, Twitter, Insta, Threads, & LinkedIn

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