Suspect in Gilgo Beach serial killings faces mounting scrutiny as estranged wife pleads for privacy
- Rex Heuermann has been charged with multiple murders related to the Gilgo Beach killings based on DNA evidence, cell data, and witness descriptions.
- Heuermann's lawyer Robert Macedonio is a convicted felon who had his law license temporarily revoked before it was reinstated through unspecified actions by the DA's office.
- Heuermann's estranged wife, Asa Ellerup, has broken her silence to ask for privacy and normalcy for her family amidst the intense scrutiny.
- Ellerup filed for divorce after Heuermann was charged with the killings of three women believed to be sex workers.
- Heuermann denies involvement in the killings, with the evidence against him described as circumstantial.