Gilgo Beach killer Rex Heuermann's ex-wife says she now lives in basement where he murdered seven victims

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. — Confessed serial slayer Rex Heuermann's ex-wife revealed she has moved into the "kill room" helium acceptable up successful their basement, and wherever helium admitted to sidesplitting 7 of his 8 known victims, according to her ain words successful a docuseries.

Asa Ellerup reveals it successful the latest occurrence of "The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets" connected Peacock, which archetypal streamed Thursday morning.

"The brutal information is that Rex Heuermann said helium dismembered the bodies successful this room," she says successful the episode. "That is the brutal truth. OK. Now. There's me. I'm successful this room. And I'm present due to the fact that I bash consciousness spiritual. I americium trying to accidental spiritually, successful my ain way, that I americium truly atrocious for what these victims went through."

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Asa Ellerup sits connected a woody seat with her canine connected the beforehand structure of her location successful Massapequa Park, Long Island, connected July 27, 2023. Her husband, Rex Heuermann, is charged with aggregate counts of execution related to bodies recovered astatine Gilgo Beach. (Mega for Fox News Digital)

She moved down determination astir a period earlier her ex-husband pleaded guilty, and said she'd visited him 12 times aft helium confessed privately to her.

"Every nighttime that I spell to furniture and spell to sleep, I americium haunted by dreams," she says. "It volition ne'er spell away. It volition travel maine for the remainder of my life. It volition ne'er beryllium immoderate justness for anyone, and determination volition ne'er beryllium immoderate mode to hide astir this."

Still, she says, she wanted to recognize her ex-husband, astatine slightest psychologically.

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Rex A. Heuermann pleads blameworthy to murdering 7 women and admits to an eighth sidesplitting during a proceeding successful Suffolk County Court successful Riverhead, N.Y., connected April 8, 2026. (James Carbone/Newsday via Pool)

"I privation to cognize wherefore Rex killed these women, what his triggers were," Ellerup says. "I'm processing the accusation successful a precise antithetic way. Because present I spot the evil successful him."

Her lawyer, Bob Macedonio, told Fox News Digital helium believed she was inactive struggling with the information that her hubby of galore years was surviving a treble beingness arsenic 1 of the astir prolific serial killers successful decades.

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"Not truthful overmuch successful the consciousness that she wants to cognize Rex the serial killer, she wants to cognize that broadside of Rex and besides get to cognize herself and however she missed each this successful 30 years," helium said. "She wants to cognize herself, not truthful overmuch who Rex is."

The remains of Sandra Costilla, Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, Amber Costello, Valerie Mack, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Jessica Taylor and Karen Vergata were recovered scattered passim Long Island, New York. (Fox News Digital)

Ellerup besides described the infinitesimal her hubby confessed his crimes to her, up of his alteration of plea proceeding earlier this month. He admitted to sidesplitting 8 victims, and astatine the clip helium had lone been charged with seven.

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On April 8, Heuermann, a 62-year-old erstwhile New York City architect, pleaded blameworthy to the murders of Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, Amber Costello, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Jessica Taylor, Sandra Costilla, and Valerie Mack. He confessed to an eighth, uncharged murder, of Karen Vergata. All of the slayings took spot betwixt 1993 and 2010.

"This has been an highly affectional and achy process for the household to endure and travel to presumption with the allegations that Rex Heuermann was the Gilgo Beach serial killer," Ellerup's attorney, Bob Macedonio, said successful a statement. "Ms. Ellerup would similar the absorption to stay wherever it belongs — connected the victims and their families, who person suffered immeasurable and lasting losses."

Rex Heuermann wraps his arms astir Asa Ellerup successful a country from "The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets" Season 1. (Peacock)

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Each of the victims had been strangled. Some were tortured. Three were dismembered. Most were recovered to the eastbound of Gilgo Beach, connected Ocean Parkway astir 45 miles extracurricular New York City. Some were scattered crossed aggregate locations. Costilla, the archetypal victim, was recovered successful the Hamptons little than 48 hours aft her disappearance successful precocious November 1993.

She's the lone 1 Heuermann didn't termination successful his Massapequa Park home.

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Asa Ellerup and her girl Victoria Heuermann permission the Suffolk County Courthouse successful Riverhead, N.Y., connected Jan. 16, 2024. Ellerup is the estranged woman of accused serial slayer Rex Heuermann, who appeared successful tribunal facing an further execution complaint for the decease of Maureen Brainard-Barnes. (Robert Miller/Fox News Digital)

He killed her successful a conveyance that constabulary recovered decades aboriginal successful Pennsylvania, according to a root adjacent to the family.

Heuermann was arrested extracurricular his midtown Manhattan bureau successful July 2023 and had maintained his innocence for astir 3 years. A proceedings had been acceptable for September.

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Rex Heuermann is led into Arthur M. Cromarty Criminal Complex successful Riverhead, N.Y., connected Friday, July 14, 2023. Heuermann, 59, faces 3 counts of execution related to victims recovered connected Gilgo Beach. (Matt Agudo/Splash for Fox News Digital)

His sidesplitting spree went chartless for decades, until a 23-year-old pistillate named Shannan Gilbert vanished nether alarming circumstances successful 2010. She had placed galore 911 calls, sounding heavy inebriated and begging for assistance aft leaving a location successful Oak Beach, which is down the roadworthy from Gilgo.

The hunt for her turned up the remains of 10 different radical — 7 of whom Heuermann has admitted to killing.

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Suffolk County constabulary person publically described Gilbert's decease arsenic an accidental drowning. The deaths of different victim, 26-year-old Tanya Jackson, and her 2-year-old daughter, Tatiana Dykes, person been blamed connected a Florida antheral who was arrested past year.

Andrew Dykes has pleaded not blameworthy successful that lawsuit and is owed backmost successful tribunal successful Nassau County Friday.