The daughter of confessed Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann broke down in tears in a Long Island court when her sadistic father admitted to strangling and discarding the bodies of eight women Wednesday.
Victoria Heuermann, 29, wiped away tears as she sat next to her mother Asa Ellerup, 62, while the Massapequa Park patriarch, 62, copped to eight slayings over the course of three decades.
Victoria walked into court wearing a sweater and a thick feather scarf along with several necklaces around her neck with Ellerup, a family therapist, a family lawyer and a Peacock documentary crew as cameras and reporters swarmed them.
Before she shed tears, Victoria sat stone-faced in court as Heuermann told a judge he was responsible for killing Amber Lynn Costello, Megan Waterman, Melissa Barthelemy, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Valerie Mack, Jessica Taylor, Sandra Costilla and Karen Vergata.
Ellerup, his wife for almost 30 years, appeared more attentive as she listened to Heuermann’s sickening confessions. The pair finalized their divorce last year.
Rex Heuermann also has a adult son, Christopher Sheridan.
Victoria previously said she didn’t know whether her father was a cold-blooded killer.
“Whether or not I believe my dad did it or not, I’m on the fence about that,” she said in the Peacock docu-series from last year. “Half of me believes he didn’t do it, but at the same time, he could have totally had a double life.”
Ellerup has also cast doubt on whether her longtime husband committed the murders.
Heuermann’s relatives have long denied knowing anything about his grisly crimes and have never been accused of wrongdoing by prosecutors.
“We just heard that Rex Heuermann and Rex Heuermann alone, is responsible for these crimes,” said family lawyer Bob Macedonio following the hearing.
“Any suggestion that Asa Ellerup or Victoria Heuermann were involved in any way is irresponsible.”
He called the situation “deeply personal and profoundly painful” to Ellerup and her loved ones.
“[Asa] never wanted to believe the man she was married to for 27 years, the father of Victoria, was capable of committing such heinous acts.”
Ellerup pleaded for privacy as she expressed condolences to the victims and their families.
“Their loss is immeasurable, and the focus should be on them at this time,” she said.
When she was pressed if she now saw her ex-husband as a serial killer – and how she didn’t see it years ago, she rushed away as her lawyer erupted at media members.
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