{"id":1986770,"date":"2023-07-31T12:33:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T16:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/estranged-wife-of-suspected-gilgo-beach-serial-killer-speaks-out-for-first-time\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T12:34:54","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T16:34:54","slug":"estranged-wife-of-suspected-gilgo-beach-serial-killer-speaks-out-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/estranged-wife-of-suspected-gilgo-beach-serial-killer-speaks-out-for-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer&#8217;s estranged wife breaks silence."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Festranged-wife-of-suspected-gilgo-beach-serial-killer-speaks-out-for-first-time%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1986770&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Estranged Wife Breaks Her Silence<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The \u2064estranged wife of the \u200bman accused of killing multiple women in the Gilgo Beach area has spoken out for the first time since her husband was arrested.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The woman, who will not be named since The Daily Wire isn\u2019t naming her husband, talked to \u200creporters outside the \u200ccouple\u2019s home in Massapequa Park, New York, after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/estranged-wife-of-suspected-gilgo-beach-serial-killer-speaks-out-for-first-time\/\" title=\"Suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer's <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/t-j-holmes-estranged-wife-breaks-silence-following-his-affair-with-gma-co-host-amy-robach\/\" title=\"T.J. Holmes\u2019 Estranged Wife Breaks Silence Following His Affair With GMA Co-Host Amy Robach\">estranged wife breaks<\/a> silence.&#8221;>investigators finished searching<\/a> the\u2063 property, the New York Post\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/07\/28\/gilgo-beach-suspect-rex-heuermanns-estranged-wife-breaks-her-silence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you want to take pictures,\u200b go ahead. I\u2019m OK with it now,\u201d the woman told reporters, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12349299\/Gilgo-Beach-killers-wife-Asa-Ellerup-breaks-silence-say-husband-Rex-Heuermanns-three-alleged-murders-left-depressed-traumatized.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to the Daily Mail<\/a>.\u00a0\u201cIf you want to stand up here \u200dand\u200c wait for something. I have\u2064 a lot of work to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sheer depression of what I saw was enough trauma,\u201d\u200c she added.<\/p>\n<p>She was also asked about a GoFundMe page \u200cthat a friend set up to help raise money \u200bfor her and her family, saying, \u201cIt would be very\u2064 helpful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The woman was reportedly \u200dseen sitting on her front porch for hours, yelling at reporters and even flipping off a camera. Her \u200btwo adult children \u2062joined her\u200c at one point. Neither the wife nor her children have visited the man \u2062suspected of being the\u2063 Gilgo Beach serial killer since his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>The wife filed for divorce less than a week after her husband was arrested for the crimes. Her attorney, Bob Macedonio, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/rex-heuermanns-wife-pictured-first-time-files-divorce-gilgo-beach-serial-slaying-suspect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> Fox \u2062News shortly after\u2062 the filing that the arrest had taken a toll\u200d on the family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is all still \u200ba whirlwind,\u201d Macedonio told the outlet. \u201cHer and her children\u2019s lives have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gilgo-beach-serial-killer-suspects-wife-files-for-divorce\/\" title=\"Wife of Gilgo Beach Serial Killer Suspect Seeks Divorce.\">completely turned upside-<\/a>down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Macedonio further said that about an hour after the 59-year-old \u200bsuspect was arrested, \u2064authorities went to his\u200c house and informed his \u2064family. They then seized\u2064 the family\u2019s passports, computers, phones, and \u2064iPads.<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<h3>The Theory Behind the Murders<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Police investigating the\u200c Gilgo Beach serial killings \u2063are operating on the theory that the suspect \u2062committed the murders in his own home, a source told CNN.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The theory is based on the fact that the suspect\u2019s family was out of town during the murders, suggesting he may have lured the victims to his home, a source involved in the investigation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/07\/20\/us\/gilgo-beach-serial-killings-rex-heuermann-house\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> CNN.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities\u200b are operating under this \u200ctheory, the source said, as they continue to search the suspect\u2019s home for trace evidence of the victims. Killing them at his own home would have allowed him to control the environment while\u200b having easy access to the materials found along\u2063 with the\u200d victims at Gilgo Beach on Long Island, such as tape and burlap bags.<\/p>\n<p>The 59-year-old suspect, who remained unidentified for more than\u200c a decade, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/heres-how-a-pizza-box-and-hair-led-police-to-the-suspected-gilgo-beach-serial-killer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was arrested<\/a> on July 13 for the murder of three women whose\u200d bodies were found on\u200d Gilgo Beach in Long Island, \u2064New York, in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Four bodies were found within days \u2064of each other. The body of Melissa Barthelemy was found on December 11, 2010, during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-war-of-the-rohirrim-producer-claims-atlanta-police-are-practicing-murder-following-the-announcement-of-a-training-session\/\" title=\"\u201cThe Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim\u201d Producer Claims Atlanta Police Are Practicing Murder Following the Announcement of a Training Session\">police training exercise<\/a> with a K9, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/23876053-heuermann-bail-application\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a bail application<\/a> obtained by the Daily Beast. Two days later, police searched the area and discovered the bodies \u200dof Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Megan Waterman, and Amber Costello. So far, the suspect\u200b has not been charged for Brainard-Barnes\u2019 death but \u200dis the prime suspect.<\/p>\n<p>If convicted, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sicilian-mafia-boss-matteo-messina-denaro-arrested\/\" title=\"Sicilian Mafia Boss Matteo Messina Denaro Arrested\">faces multiple life sentences<\/a> without parole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The wife of the accused Gilgo Beach killer has broken her silence, speaking publicly for the first time since her husband&#8217;s arrest. She chose not to disclose her identity, and shared her thoughts with reporters outside their residence in Massapequa Park, New York.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":1986771,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1986770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1986770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1986771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1986770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1986770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1986770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}