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THE Long Island Serial Killer suspect, Rex Heuermann, was glad that his estranged wife, Asa Ellerup, showed up to his court appearance on Wednesday, according to his attorney.
Ellerup, 59, appeared calm and stoic when she arrived in a silver mercedes with a Peacock documentary crew in tow at the Suffolk County Superior Court in Long Island, New York.
The accused serial killer’s wife is said to be filming a show about the Gilgo murders now that Heuermann, 60, has been charged with murdering at least three women – Megan Waterman, 22, Melissa Barthelemy, 24, and Amber Lynn Costello, 27.
Ellerup was surrounded by a large group of court officers and her attorney when she strolled into the Long Island courthouse.
During the hearing, Heuermann’s lawyer asked investigators to turn over all of their notes in the Gilgo Beach murder cases.
The prosecution said that they’ve already supplied them with 75 percent of the materials, including 14,000 photographs and loads of paperwork related to warrants
At the end of the hearing, Ellerup smiled and nodded her head at her estranged husband, after he turned and smiled in her direction before he walked out of the courtroom.
After court adjourned, Heuermann’s lawyer, Michael Brown, told the media he’s unsure if the suspected murderer actually saw his wife inside the courtroom, but he knows that Heuermann was happy to see her.
“I don’t know if he actually saw her, but he’s appreciative that she’s here,” Brown said.
He continued: “And listen, they were married for so many years, and they raised a family together.
“And my understanding is, is that she doesn’t believe that he was capable or committed these acts.”
JAILHOUSE VISITS
This is the second time in two weeks that Ellerup has shown up to see her husband.
She visited him in jail for the first time last week.
The estranged couple spent about an hour together, however, the topic of their jailhouse conversation has not been disclosed.
“You have to remember that Rex is in a section of the jail that’s really isolation,” Brown said, per Fox News.
“So other than the correctional officers and myself, he hasn’t really had any interaction with anybody. So the fact that his wife, his family member, was able to see him, and they talked, that was important to him,” he added.
Ellerup filed for divorce less than a week after Heuermann was arrested in July.
UNSOLVED MURDERS
Heuermann has been charged with six counts of first and second-degree murder for killing three of the four Gilgo Beach women.
He has pleaded not guilty to all of the charges.
The victims remains were found on Gilgo Beach about 15 miles from Heuermann’s home, which is on the south shore of Long Island.
He is also the suspect in the killing of a fourth woman, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, 25, whose remains were also found along Gilgo Beach.
As previously reported by The U.S. Sun, the accused killer was also allegedly seen with Shannon Gilbert, a sex worker who vanished in May 2010.
Gilbert’s remains were among at least 10 other bodies found in the same area near Gilgo Beach.
The U.S. Sun was also first to reveal in September that Heuermann is currently being investigated in connection with the 1989 murder of Carmen Vargas.
Vargas is another sex worker who was killed.
She was strangled to death and then tossed on the side of the road in Freeport, New York.
