Suspected Gilgo Seashore serial killer Rex Heuermann and his estranged spouse, Asa Ellerup, have finalized their divorce, her lawyer stated Friday.
“We finalized all of the divorce paperwork submitted to the court docket final night time,” stated Ellerup’s legal professional, Robert Macedonio, stated outdoors a Suffolk County courtroom.
“She has to fret about defending her two youngsters with the chance that he’s by no means gonna get out of jail,” he stated, with out revealing different particulars of the settlement.
Ellerup filed for divorce shortly after the Manhattan architect and Massapequa Park, Lengthy Island, resident was first arrested for the homicide of three girls — Melissa Barthelemy, Amber Costello and Megan Waterman— in July 2023.
He was later charged with killing 4 extra girls: Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Valerie Mack, Jessica Taylor and Sandra Costilla.
A choose will now evaluation the divorce settlement and should log out to make the break up official.
On Friday, the suspected killer’s attorneys had been in court docket to ask a choose to toss DNA proof that was recovered from six of the seven victims’ hairs.
Hairs belonging to Ellerup and her daughter, Victoria, had been additionally discovered on among the victims — so Ellerup is “” in how they “acquired to find out it was her,” Macedonio informed The Put up.
“She has a tough time all through this complete course of believing the husband that she was married to for 29 years now was able to committing these horrific acts,” he added.
Heuermann has pleaded not responsible and his trial date has not been set but.
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