Gilgo Beach suspect Rex Heuermann’s estranged wife goes to court for 1st time

The estranged wife of Gilgo Beach, New York, homicide suspect Rex Heuermann attended one in all his court appearances for the primary time on Wednesday.

Asa Ellerup filed for divorce six days after Heuermann’s July arrest for the murders of 3 intercourse employees. He has pleaded now not accountable.

Heuermann’s regimen court look on Long Island on Wednesday used to be to permit lawyers to determine scheduling issues.

Ellerup, who lately visited Heuermann in prison, is beneath contract with a manufacturing corporate, in accordance to her legal professional.

Ellerup’s legal professional has signaled she plans to attend each court date going ahead so she will be able to see the proof for herself.

Ellerup instructed ABC News in July after the arrest, “[My children] have been crying themselves to sleep and I’ve been crying myself to sleep, too.”

Heuermann used to be arrested in July for the murders of Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman and Amber Costello, whose our bodies have been discovered on Long Island in 2010.

Heuermann could also be the high suspect within the demise of a fourth lady, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, who vanished in 2007, regardless that he has now not been charged if so. Prosecutors stated the investigation into Brainard-Barnes’ homicide is ongoing.

He is due again in court on Feb. 6.