Asa Ellerup is the wife of recently arrested murder suspect Rex Heuermann, check out his brief bio, age, marriage, children, and more
Just recently, police arrested Rex Heuermann as the prime suspect in connection to the Gilgo Beach serial murders.
Who is Asa Ellerup second wife of NYC architect Rex Heuermann arrested for Gilgo Beach murders
Watch the moment authorities arrest Rex Heuermann in Midtown Manhattan – video first obtained by @DarlaMiles7 of @ABC7 and ABC News. pic.twitter.com/6XmiTKNzUv
— Peter Charalambous (@PCCharalambous) July 14, 2023
Rex Heuermann, a 59-year-old architect, was charged with the murders of three women in New York more than a decade ago and leaving their bodies near a Long Island beach https://t.co/o2vOXGosSW pic.twitter.com/a2rbNra2rt
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 15, 2023
According to public records Rex Heuermann & his wife Asa Ellerup own a condo together right off the Las Vegas Strip.
Owned it since 2005. pic.twitter.com/nNGZONtHSM— JLR© (@JLRINVESTIGATES) July 15, 2023
Rex Heuermann is a New York City architect who works at his own Manhattan-based firm.
Police arrest Rex Heuermann on charges of first-degree murder
On late Thursday night July 13, police arrested Rex Heuermann an architect based in Manhattan, on charges of first-degree murder. According to reports, the investigators have been trailing the father-of-two for almost a year. Police arrested the suspect after the four victims’ cell phones matched with the burner phones from which the suspect made the calls.
The Gilgo Beach is a longstanding case where the victims were first found in December 2010 near Gilgo Beach in burlap sacks. According to reports, the victims were all prostitutes in their early 20s. Following the arrests, Barry Auslander, a 72-year-old neighbor expressed shock over the architect’s arrest.
He shared:
He grew up here. I never thought he was anything but a businessman. An average guy who had a family and went to work.”
Meanwhile, a second neighbor shared:
You don’t expect something like this to happen in a town like Massapequa. This is as suburban as it gets”
Asa Ellerup brief bio
Asa Ellerup is the second wife of Rex Heuermann and reportedly lived in the same Massapequa Park home as Rex. Ellerup has an Icelandic heritage and during her childhood, she attended the Farmingdale High School. Asa was also present beside Rex in the courtroom back in July 14, 2023 when he pleaded not guilty to murder charges.
Age and profession
Asa is currently 59 years old and she previously worked at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center.
Marriage and children
According to reports, Heuermann was first married to Elizabeth Ryan in 1990. Asa Ellerup is his second wife with whom they have two children together. One of their children Victoria who is 26 years old also works with her dad at his Manhattan firm. However, following the arrest, her name has also been taken down from the listed employees of RH Architects. According to neighbors, Heuermann’s other child is a son who is likely in his early 30s.
Etienne DeVilliers, a neighbor stated:
We spoke frequently, every day. And his kid is nice, a special needs kid”
She also stated about Rex:
The guy’s been quiet. Never really bothers anybody. We are kind of shocked.”
‘Our team has been on bringing justice to these victims’
Suffolk County Executive Stephen Bellone on spoke on Heuermann’s arrest on Friday morning, July 14 stating:
“This is my 12th year as county executive. I’ve lived with the Gilgo Beach investigation for my entire tenure as county executive, and I can tell you that during that time the focus for me and members of our team has been on bringing justice to these victims and closure to these families who have suffered”
He further stated:
The work is not done here, but this is a major step forward in achieving a goal we’ve had from the beginning to bring closure to the families in this case.”