Rex Heuermann, a married dad of two and architect has was arrested and charged Friday, accused by authorities on Long Island of allegedly being the infamous Gilgo Beach serial killer.
Heuermann, 59, of Massapequa Park, was arrested late Thursday and charged in the deaths of three women — and is considered prime suspect in a fourth — who were killed more than a decade ago.
Who is Rex Heuermann?
Rex Heuermann is a lifelong Massapequa Park resident who commuted into New York City, where he ran an architecture firm.
Married with a daughter and a stepson, Heuermann is a licensed architect with a firm on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue that, according to its website, has done store buildouts and other renovations for major retailers, offices and apartments.
The 59-year-old architect was raised with his brother, Craig, in the unkempt 1956 home on 1st Avenue that is directly across the bay from where 11 bodies have been found strewn since 2010.
He bought the house from his mom, Dolores, for $170,000 in 1994, according to property records.
That was the same year he started his company, RH Architecture Design, based on Fifth Avenue in midtown Manhattan, where he was arrested late Thursday.
About Rex Heuermann Wife
Rex Heuermann is married to Asa Ellerup, according to neighbors and reports, which say she is of Icelandic heritage.
Ellerup, also 59, is listed as living in the same Massapequa Park home — and Heuermann can be seen looking her way in the only photo of herself on her Facebook page.
However, it gives little other information about her.
Next-door neighbor Etienne DeVilliers, a retired New York City firefighter, could only describe her as “quiet.”
Heuermann’s wife was equally mum Friday when she showed up at Suffolk County Court in Riverhead ahead of his expected arraignment later today.
“Please leave me alone. I will not be saying anything,” she told Newsday, which did not confirm her name but said she told court personnel she was Heuermann’s wife.
Rex Heuermann Ex wife
Heuermann was just 26 when he first married in New Brunswick, New Jersey, according to a 1990 wedding announcement showing him smiling in spectacles in his wedding snap.
His first wife, Elizabeth Ryan, was described as a “graduate of St. Peter’s High School” also in New Brunswick as well as Montclair State College, where she got a degree in business administration.
At the time she was a junior planner at a New Jersey office supplies company.
Rex Heuermann was just an intern at an architecture company at the time, four years before he started his own firm. His brother, Craig, was his best man.
It was not immediately clear when that marriage ended — or why — and attempts to reach Ryan were unsuccessful Friday.
However, she has lived at her current home for around 15 years, according to neighbors there who told The Post she has been split from Heuermann for at least that long.
About Rex Heuermann Children
Daughter
Rex’s 26-year-old daughter Victoria Heuermann was proudly listed as just four key members of his “team” on his company website Friday — until it got yanked soon after The Post identified him as the suspect.
The daughter was pictured grinning in sunglasses, without getting a specific title.
It appears to have been a relatively new gig, however, with her LinkedIn describing her as a “sales associate” at Macy’s until a few years ago.
She worked at the Manhattan megastore while studying at the New York Institute of Technology, where she recently graduated with a BFA in Fine Arts in 2019, her profile said.
“I know 3D/2D Animation, Modeling, Sculpting, Autodesk Maya/Mudbox, ZBrush, ToonBoom Harmony, Photoshop, Illustrator, and editing in After Effects and Premier,” she wrote — saying she was “looking for a job in animation,” rather than her dad’s architectural business.
Attempts to reach her were not immediately successful Friday, and the company she worked at with her dad did not respond to messages seeking comment.
“She’s very shy,” said DeVilliers, the next-door neighbor.
“A very nice girl.”
Special Needs Son
Neighbors saw less of Heuermann’s son, whom some sources suggested was his stepson.
“He has a partially disabled kid. A very nice kid,” DeVilliers said of the boy, who does not appear to be listed on the property records.
“We spoke frequently, every day. And his kid is a nice kid, a special needs kid,” DeVilliers also told CBS News.
“The guy’s been quiet. Never really bothers anybody. We are kind of shocked.”
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