Accused serial killer Rex Heuermann has bought the secluded South Carolina property the place he deliberate to sooner or later retire to kinfolk — for a buck.
A 12 months after transferring the title of his ramshackle Lengthy Island dwelling to his estranged spouse Asa Ellerup, he bought his Southern retreat, 1031 Rippling Brooke Dr. within the city of Chester, on July 25 to her.
Ellerup, who filed for divorce not lengthy after Heuermann’s arrest in 2023, then circled and bought the 5.34-acre plot for a similar $1 to Heuermann’s brother Craig on Aug. 30.
The property is about an hour south of Charlotte, N.C.
The accused Gilgo Seashore serial killer bought the agricultural outpost in 2021 for $154,351.
Chester County sheriffs searched the house and property for proof final summer time after acquiring a warrant. They discovered a Chevrolet Avalanche which first linked Heuermann to the murders.
Heuermann, 60, deliberate to reside out his post-retirement years within the white, 1,400-square-foot one-story dwelling surrounded by woods.
Craig Heuermann, 58, owns a number of items of property in the identical neighborhood.
“[Craig] instructed me after I first moved down right here that his brother owns that lot throughout the street, and that his brother’s going to retire down right here, and when he does, everyone’s leaving,” a neighbor beforehand instructed The Submit.
The neighbor stated the architect deliberate on shopping for “everyone out” within the neighborhood quickly after retiring to Chester.
The youthful Heuermann brother was “coked up” when he killed a New York police captain in a drunken crash alongside Lengthy Island’s Southern State Parkway in 1988, The Submit beforehand reported. He pleaded responsible to criminally negligent murder and driving whereas intoxicated, and was sentenced to 3 years in jail. He was paroled in time for his brother’s 1990 wedding ceremony.
Actual property lawyer Sergey Mekhtiyev stated Heuermann might have parted with the South Carolina land as a part of his ongoing divorce.
“Even when he sat on the home, he’s nonetheless chargeable for the mortgage, which might be nothing he might afford now,” stated Mekhtiyev. “He in all probability gave the home away as a result of the financial institution would nonetheless have foreclosed on the property ultimately.”
The property’s mortgage is now his brother’s accountability. South Carolina property data don’t mirror how a lot stays on a mortgage.
Rex Heuermann is dealing with homicide fees within the deaths of Megan Waterman, Melissa Barthelemy, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Amber Lynn Costello, Jessica Taylor and Sandra Costilla.
He was arrested exterior his Midtown workplace in 2023, was linked to the crimes by means of DNA proof plucked from a discarded pizza field and even from his daughter’s power drink can.
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