The Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect’s two adult children are living on a “waking horror show” following his triple murder indictment, according to her attorney.
Rex Heuermann is accused of killing Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman and Amber Lynn Costello, who disappeared in 2009 and 2010, and is the prime suspect in the murder of Maureen Brainard-Barnes, who disappeared in 2007.
He has two children — a daughter Victoria Heuermann, 26, who worked in her father’s Manhattan architecture firm, and a son Christopher Sheridan, 33, who has special needs.
His children have been described as “spectators” caught up in this “developing legal case of the century” – while living in a “walking horror show”.
Christopher (left) and Victoria (right) have reportedly been “crying themselves to sleep” since their father was arrested when police ripped apart their Long Island home
Rex Heuermann, 59, appears in court on three murder charges. He said nothing but stared at the judge and his handcuffed wrists
Her attorney, Vess Mitev, of the Mitev law firm, told Fox News Digital, “They have to constantly reevaluate what’s happening to them, almost in real time.”
“Obviously, the deplorable state in which her home was left – basically ripped from the floorboards to the clapboards – is her biggest concern.”
‘[They’re] I’m trying to regain a basic sense of normalcy, which is totally impossible at this point. You live in a surreal awake horror show.”
He added: “Your rights and freedoms must be protected.”
“And this investigation is now picking up steam as the prosecutor turned over reams of documents last week and the leads that the prosecutor may be following up, whatever they may be, could eventually become mixed up with the rights and remedies that my clients have.” have and enjoy.’ of the Constitution and laws of New York.’
This comes after the wife of Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect Heuermann admitted her neighbors want the home she shared with the alleged killer leveled.
Heuermann, the architect accused of murdering at least three women and leaving their bodies on a remote stretch of coast near Gilgo Beach on Long Island, appeared in court Tuesday for the first time since his indictment.
Children’s advocate Vess Mitev of the Mitev law firm said: “They have to constantly reassess what is happening to them, almost in real time.”
Ms Asa Ellerup, 59, told she doesn’t want to “walk down the street” and hear what local residents are saying about her home.
“The neighbors want the house gone,” she said on Wednesday. “They want it bulldozed.”
She got emotional as she spoke about how she’s been trying to cope with intense media scrutiny and neighborhood gossip.
“Look, I don’t want to walk down the street.” I’ve heard what people have said about us. “I heard it,” Ellerup said, and began to cry.
“I heard the other people in the neighborhood. They want the house bulldozed. Do you understand? Please, I can’t talk anymore.’
Ellerup filed for divorce to “protect” herself from future lawsuits and has spoken to her husband in prison, her lawyer revealed on Monday.
She said some neighbors were charitable when Melissa Moore, daughter of Happy Face serial killer Keith Hunter Jesperson, started a gofundme that raised over $20,000.
A reporter asked her bluntly whether or not she made the money.
“I don’t know what to say if people don’t want to fund me.” What can she say, I don’t deserve this? I am alone.’
Asa Ellerup, the wife of Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann, has admitted her neighbors want the house she shared with the alleged killer to be leveled
She noted that people also gave them everything from pizza to pots and pans, but said when asked what she needed she “don’t have room for a lot of stuff.”
Ellerup said both she and her dog were crying and that she realized even her dog was stressed.
Heuermann was disheveled and appeared to have lost weight as he stood before the judge in Riverhead, Long Island last Tuesday.
The courtroom was packed with members of the media and the families of some of the women he is accused of killing.
He was smartly dressed in a black blazer, blue shirt and cream khakis and looked down at his hands for most of the hearing.
The judge barred the release of four hard drives, each containing two terabytes of evidence, which were given to attorneys and investigators but will not be made public.
Heuermann will return to court in September.
The first victim, Melissa Barthelemy, 24, was discovered by Suffolk County Police on December 11, 2010. The body of Megan Waterman, 22, was found two days later
Maureen Brainard-Barnes was 25 when she went missing (left). Amber Lynn Costello was 27 years old. Their bodies were found near Barthelemy’s the same day
In a subsequent speech outside of court, his attorney, Michael Brown, argued with the media and maintained his innocence.
“He told me he didn’t do that,” he said, before complaining about the size of the evidence file and the time it would take to review it.
“The DA’s got an entire office… I’m just a guy.”
“Just trawling through the discovery is a daunting task, but we’re going to do it, we’re willing to do it.”
“Whether it’s a year or a year and a half, whenever that day comes, we look forward to defending this case,” he said, adding that he would seek to move the trial out of Suffolk County.
“We will deal with this case in court.”
“The press convicted my client without any evidence, he has no chance,” he said.