When Asa Ellerup married Rex Heuermann in April 1996, she probably couldn’t have ever predicted that their relationship would end with a murder investigation. According to the New York Post, the two lived in a small home in Long Island — the same home that Heuermann grew up in — just about six miles from where the bodies were found. Overall, however, the family kept to themselves. “People are passing around his graduation photo, and no one knows much about him. In a town where we all know each other, you would think someone would know something,” Massapequa resident Bonnie Petrone told the Long Island Press.
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Amid the investigation into the murders, authorities say that Ellerup’s hair was found with all three of the victims, per CNN. The hair, however, is thought to have been “unintentionally carried by the suspect on his clothes.” As Ellerup’s now estranged husband faces an intense murder trial that could land him behind bars for the remainder of his life, she’s left to pick up the pieces. Her lawyer didn’t have any additional comment on her decision to file for divorce. Heuermann is due back in court on August 1.
