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New York Post
13-06-2025
- New York Post
Rex Heuermann's pal describes his infamous basement gun room with 279 firearms: ‘One of only four people' to see it
Creepy alleged serial murderer Rex Heuermann was obsessed with firearms and kept a serious weapons cache in a concrete basement room, which almost nobody was allowed to see. However, one of the few admitted was his friend David Jimenez, a fellow weapons enthusiast who used to go with hulking Heuermann to the firing range. 'I was in that famous 'gun room' several times. He told me, 'You're one of only four people ever to be in this room'. And I said, 'Wow, okay, I'm privileged',' said Jimenez, who appears in new Peacock documentary 'The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets.' 8 Rex Heuermann pictured at a gun range. He kept a secret basement room full of firearms at his home. Peacock Advertisement 8 Local police and the FBI removing evidence from the basement of the house in Massapequa where Heuermann and his family lived until his arrest in 2023. New York Post 8 New York State Police removing firearms from the basement gun room of Heuermann's home. Edmund J Coppa 8 Heuermann firing a high calibre weapon at a shooting range in home movie footage included in the documentary. Peacock Advertisement 'Heuermann has a fascinating collection, and knows everything about each gun. When it was used, if it was altered, he's super knowledgeable when it comes to World War I, World War II, the Korean War, anything with firearms. I was fascinated by that, because I am too. 'And its ironic, because if he did do these killings, it doesn't appear he used a firearm,' Jimenez added to The Post. After Heuermann was arrested in 2023, leading to him being charged with the murders of seven sex workers, police raided the family home and recovered 'approximately 279 weapons' in the 'cluttered' residence, including 'quite a few long guns' and 92 handgun permits. Suffolk Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison told CBS New York at the time the vault had a large iron door. Authorities later said some of the weapons were there illegally without a permit. Advertisement The family petitioned to get them back in 2023 so they could sell them, although its unclear if that happened or if they are still in police custody. 8 Peacock documentary 'The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets' is availalble to stream now. Peacock 8 New York State Police removing a large case, possibly containing guns or other evidence from the basement of Heuermann's home in July 2023. Kevin C. Downs for NY Post 8 Asa Ellerup and Victoria Heuermann in the kitchen of the home which was raided by police, where Heuermann kept all his firearms. Peacock Advertisement 8 David Jimenez says his former pal had a ' fascinating collection' of firearms, all of which were seized by police. Peacock Heuermann's wife, Asa Ellerup, and two grown-up children are not thought to have been allowed in the gun room. Jimenez clarified that while the number of firearms his pal owned sounds like a lot, for a serious collector it was in no way unreasonable. 'He's been collecting since he was 18 years old and kept on adding. Maybe 90% of them never got shot. A lot of them were just pieces for the collection. 'In the gun world, many collectors will have as many as they can afford. And then they gain value, so it's a good investment. An interest and a hobby.' Heuermann also stands accused of dumping the remains of the seven people he is charged with murdering across Long Island in a bloody spree between 1993 and 2011. He has pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him and is currently awaiting trial. 'The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets' is available to watch now on Peacock.
New York Post
11-06-2025
- New York Post
Rex Heuermann has shown ‘no remorse' since his arrest: Pal
Rex Heuermann has been in jail for almost two years, during which he has shown no remorse for his seven alleged victims, The Post has learned. The one-time architect, 61, stands accused of murdering sex workers between 1993 and 2011 and dumping their bodies along Ocean Parkway in Long Island. His friend who visited him in jail, David Jimenez, 63, says he wouldn't give him details about the alleged crimes, but also showed no emotion for anyone beside himself. 7 Rex Heuermann is a 'momma's boy' and had a strange relationship with his mother, according to sources. Rex Heuermann Consultants & Associates 7 Heuermann and his second wife, Asa Ellerup, who lived in the house where he had grown up after they married in 1995. Peacock 'I personally think he disconnects one [personality] from the other and has no remorse. 'I think he's got a split personality. I literally said to him, 'I'm looking at you eye-to-eye and I know you. And this is like, there's somebody else sitting next to me that committed these crimes,' Jimenez said. 'And it's like a dark side of you, psychopathic, Machiavellian. It's sadistic'.' Heuermann – who has pleaded not guilty to all charges against him – still has to stand trial and his wife, Asa Ellerup, maintains he is not a serial killer. 7 The Massapequa, NY, home where Heuermann lived was almost exactly the same inside as it had been when he grew up, according to his friend David Jimenez. Peacock 7 Ellerup outside the home after her husband's arrest in 2023. Police have not said if they believe Heuermann allegedly killled any of his victims inside the home, which is known to have a basement 'gun room'. Kevin C. Downs for NY Post 7 'The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets' is avilable to stream on Peacock now. Peacock However, Jimenez — who also works in architecture — feels his ex-pal is resigned to his fate. 'He knows intellectually he's lost all his life, everything. I remember him calling me and saying from the correctional facility, 'Are you interested in taking my building code books, my historic ones? So, he realizes he's never going to use them again.' Jimenez also feels Heuermann won't admit to anything because he wants to watch the trial unfold and all the gory details to be poured over once again in open court. 7 David Jimenez has known Heuermann since 2006, but said he had no inkling he was involved in any of the heinous crimes he now stands accused of. Courtesy of David Jimenez 7 Heuermann's seven alleged victims: (Top row L-R) Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Megan Waterman, Melissa Barthelemy, and Amber Lynn Costello. (Bottom row L-R) Sandra Costilla, Jessica Taylor, Valerie Mack. Suffolk County Police Department 'I think [the trial] is the last time he feels in any kind of control over anything. Why not just either admit it and ask for help, or admit it and ask for forgiveness? 'Even though you can never bring back those lives and you've destroyed, why go through trial? Because he's going to put the family through this and expose all these ugly things.' Jimenez also recognizes that, like all high-profile killers, hulking 6' 4' Heuermann is going to have a target on his back as far as other inmates are concerned due to the nature of his alleged crimes, if he is sent to prison. '[He] will be a target in prison. Maybe not right away, but over the years, he's going to be a target and somebody will want to take his life.'
New York Post
10-06-2025
- New York Post
Daughter of Gilgo Beach suspect accepts some of his alleged sex behavior, saying, ‘I'm not a kink shamer' — while revealing if she thinks he's serial killer
The daughter of accused Gilgo Beach murderer Rex Heuermann has dismissed at least some of the twisted sex claims against him, saying, 'I'm not a kink shamer' — while revealing if she thinks Dad is a serial killer. 'You know, everybody is into what they're into,' Victoria Heuermann, 28, told the new Peacock docu-series, 'The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets' — her first interview since her dad, a married father of two, was arrested nearly two years ago after allegedly sexually torturing sex workers and murdering seven of them on Long Island. 'At this point, like, after everything that has happened, I'm like, I'm not somebody to say, 'Hey, you shouldn't be into this,' or, 'You should,' ' Victoria told the show, which begins airing Tuesday. 7 Victoria Heuermann, 28, here with mother Asa Ellerup, says in a new docu-series she is 'on the fence' about whether her father Rex is the Gilgo Beach serial killer. Peacock 'I'm not a kink shamer,' she said. The accusations against her dad have included sexual attacks, and among the items reportedly found at the family's home after his arrest were a fair-haired, child-sized doll, an unnerving portrait of a blonde woman with blackened eyes and 'a lot of torture porn.' When asked if she thinks her 61-year-old architect dad is guilty of the murders, the daughter added, 'Whether or not I believe my dad did it or not, I'm on the fence about that. 'Half of me believes he didn't do it, but at the same time, he could have totally had a double life.' The self-proclaimed comic-book nut and gamer suggested she initially thought he might be guilty. 7 Ellerup and Victoria leave Suffolk County court after a hearing for Rex. Dennis A. Clark 'In the beginning, when this all first went down, I didn't know what to believe, whether he did it or not,' she said. 'But as the weeks progressed, a lot of it was coming back to me. 'I was in school, my dad came to every performance. I was in the school band. He came to every performance, every dance recital, and my mom picked him up every day from the train station. I would see him in the morning when he was going to work and I was going to school. 'And as I'm thinking about it, I'm like, I really don't know. 7 Rex Heuermann is accused sexually torturing women and killing seven sex workers. Rex Heuermann Consultants & Associates 'If he was guilty, it's gonna start to become like a love-hate relationship,' she said. 'This is my dad, and I love him as my dad. The hate is this other side of him that came out. … Both feelings, love and hate, can co-exist.' The show said that a week before the series was set to air, Victoria then amended her hedging on her father's potential guilt to say she now believes he is 'most likely' guilty. 7 Rex's alleged 'Gilgo Four' victims were (clockwise from top left): Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Melissa Barthelemy, Amber Lynn Costello and Megan Waterman. Suffolk County Police Department 7 Three more slain women — (from left) Sandra Costilla, Jessica Taylor and Valerie Mack — have been tied to Rex, too. Suffolk County Police Department The daughter, who was brought up in the family's Massapequa Park home, said the high-profile case has forced her to shy away from the public. 'I didn't start going out with my friends again until probably early September because we were at one point being followed around,' she said. 'Right now, I'm just safe here in this house. I kind of hide in my room a lot. … It's all open season on my family now.' Rex Heuermann was arrested July 13, 2023, outside his Midtown Manhattan office and charged with three cold-case murders of young sex workers — the first of what would be a tally of alleged victims that has since grown to seven. The suspect — whose daughter described him as a 'true-crime fan' — is now awaiting trial in the sensational case. 7 Ellerup and her son, Christopher, sit on their front porch after police raided their Massapequa Park home. Dennis A. Clark According to Rex's wife, Asa Ellerup, Victoria was conceived on the night she and her husband were married in Sweden in 1995 after a years-long friendship dating to their teen years. Their daughter, who has an older half-brother, Christopher, from Ellerup's first marriage, said she had a happy upbringing, which included trips to Disney World and Comic Con conventions in several states. 'I may have considered changing my name when this first all went down,' Victoria said. 'But as time passed and progressed and I've been coping with this,' she said she chose not to. 7 Ellerup wholeheartedly believes cops have the wrong guy, while their daughter isn't so sure. Peacock Her worst moments, she said, were when the FBI and local cops raided the family's home in 2023, just hours after Rex was taken into custody in Manhattan. The family was kicked out of its house for what would be the first of two extensive searches in a hunt for evidence to the grisly crimes. When the family returned, Victoria noted, her 'Magic the Gathering' cards and brand-new PlayStation 5 were gone and the house was so disheveled that it took time to find a place to sit down. 'I feel when I came home and seeing everything they took, I feel like as if they were trying to leave us for dead,' she said. 'It's almost as if they think that we're guilty of this as well.' Additional reporting by David DeTurris
New York Post
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Pal reveals the moment he was convinced Rex Heuermann ‘was Gilgo Beach murderer': ‘I'm the best friend of a serial killer'
'I'm the best friend of a serial killer.'' City architect David Jimenez, 63, reveals in his first public interview in the new Peacock docu-series, 'The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets' that it only took one prison visit with suspect Rex Heuermann to come to that realization. 'I expected to hear, 'David, I'm innocent, can you help me out?' ' Jimenez said of his unsettling 2023 jailhouse chat with the 61-year-old married Manhattan architect. 'And that's when I get the feeling. Advertisement 'I think he did it,' the shattered friend told the show, which began airing Monday. 6 David Jimenez says he formed a tight friendship with fellow city architect Rex Heuermann but that he now believes he's guilty of seven murders. Peacock Jimenez said he only wanted to hear Heuermann deny the sickening allegations — but that the response he got fell far short of giving him any comfort. ' 'Did you do it?' ' Jimenez said he asked the suspect. 'He teared up a little bit, and he started crying. I'm like, 'Rex, this is really bad.' I said, 'It's like it looks like you did it. It looks really bad.' And it's like, 'Can you tell me something?' Advertisement 'I said, 'They're even accusing you of killing prostitutes in Vegas,'' Jimenez recalled. 'And he had a very visceral reaction: 'All I did was gamble and drink there.' ' Jimenez said he still struggles to reconcile how the gifted architect he once buddied up to could possibly be the monster accused of one of the most notorious serial killer cases in the US. 'I'm in a story that I never wanted to be [in]. I'm the best friend of a serial killer,' Jimenez said. 'It's like I hit Lotto, but I didn't win any money. You know, like not a good Lotto. Advertisement 'He was a great friend,' Jimenez said. 'I feel like it's a loss because he was my buddy.' 6 David Jimenez said he quickly bonded with Rex Heuermann in 2006 over their mutual interests, including guns. Peacock The hulking Heuermann was arrested in July 2023 at his Midtown office and charged with three cold-case murders of young sex workers on Long Island in a case that shocked the nation. Suffolk County prosecutors later charged him with the murder and mutilation of four more missing women, with all of the victims sex workers whose bodies were dumped in the area of Ocean Parkway over nearly 30 years, bringing the murderous tally to at least seven. Advertisement DNA and other evidence definitively linked the dad of two to the slayings, officials have said. Heuermann allegedly kept news clips of the brutal killings in his basement. Jimenez told the filmmakers he met Heuermann in 2006, when the 'family man' architect walked into a New York City Building Department office, where Jimenez was working, to discuss his latest project. The two men quickly bonded over their shared passions: architecture, guns and a fondness for antiques. 'I could tell he's a confident man, and he's very secure,' Jimenez said. 'And he comes across as, you know, sort of a tough guy, but he was, he's still very nice. 6 The Gilgo Four were the first four of Rex Heuermann's alleged victims. From top left clockwise, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Melissa Barthelemy, Amber Lynn Costello and Megan Waterman. Suffolk County Police Department 'Because we were both architects we have a lot of things in common, certain political views, the scotch, the cigars, the guns,' he added. 'All the macho stuff. He was easy to be friends with.' Jimenez said the pair took frequent trips to shooting ranges and gun shows, including one in Las Vegas. He said he was given a tour of Heuermann's massive gun collection in his basement vault, where he stored as many as 300 weapons, according to Suffolk County prosecutors. The pal said Heuermann's family — wife Asa Ellerup and their adult children Victoria and Christopher — appeared respectful of his friend, who was clearly the man of the house. Advertisement 6 Rex Heuermann is now charged with killing and mutilating seven sex workers dating back nearly 30 years. Newsday 6 David Jimenez said he thought Rex Heuermann was 'a family man' who doted over his sickly wife, Asa Ellerup. Peacock Ellerup, in her own interview with the show, has called Heuermann her 'hero' and described falling in love with him all over again when she first saw him behind bars. 'He was a family man,' Jimenez said of his accused buddy. 'He's the man of the house, and there was a certain respect when [his family] would speak with him.' Advertisement Then the close kinship between the two men came to a crashing halt July 14, 2023. 6 David Jimenez remembers the call from is son on July 14, 2023, telling him his best friend was an accused serial killer. Peacock Jimenez told Peacock he was driving to a Building Department office in Brooklyn when he got a call from his son, who wanted to know how to spell Heuermann's last name. Advertisement 'I freaked out,' the friend said when told why his son wanted to know. 'I was completely shocked. I pulled over because I couldn't drive anymore, and I just stood there. How could it be? It's like, it can't be.' Additional reporting by David DeTurris
Newsweek
10-06-2025
- Newsweek
Accused Gilgo Beach Killer's Ex-Wife Breaks Silence in New Doc: Watch Clip
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Asa Ellerup, the ex-wife of Rex Heuermann, the man accused of killing several women whose remains were found near Gilgo Beach on Long Island, New York, has spoken out in a new Peacock documentary series about the case. Ellerup, who has attended several of Heuermann's court appearances, filed for divorce from him following his arrest. Her attorney, Robert Macedonio, announced that the divorce was finalized in March. "The investigator says to me, 'Have you heard about the murders on Gilgo Beach?' I've heard of them," Ellerup said in a trailer for The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets. "Does everybody really believe everything they hear?" Asa Ellerup and her daughter Victoria Heuermann attend the FRYE hearing for Rex Heuermann on March 28, 2025 at the Suffolk County Criminal Court in Riverhead, New York. Asa Ellerup and her daughter Victoria Heuermann attend the FRYE hearing for Rex Heuermann on March 28, 2025 at the Suffolk County Criminal Court in Riverhead, New York. Who Is Rex Heuermann? Heuermann, 61, is facing murder charges in connection with the deaths of seven women between 1993 and 2010. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges. He was arrested in 2023 in connection with remains found over a decade prior near Gilgo Beach. A police dog found the remains of Melissa Barthelemy while searching for missing woman Shannan Gilbert in 2010. Officials then found the remains of Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Megan Waterman and Amber Lynn Costello. The victims have been called the "Gilgo Four." Heuermann was later charged with the murders of Jessica Taylor, Sandra Costilla and Valerie Mack. Additional remains have been found by officials near Gilgo Beach. Heuermann has not been charged in relation to those victims. What to Know About 'The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets' The new true-crime series, which is executive produced by Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, follows the aftermath of the Gilgo Beach murders. According to Peacock, the series goes "inside the suspect's home for the first time where exclusive commentary from his own family reveals a chilling portrait of a man accused of living a double life." The documentary series also provides an in-depth look at the lives of the victims. Heuermann and Ellerup's daughter, Victoria Heuermann, is interviewed in the series. "One person's saying this, one person's saying that, but my memory says this," Victoria said. The trailer ends with a phone conversation between Ellerup and Heuermann. "Hello," Heuermann can be heard saying in the call. The two ask each other how they are doing, and Heuermann can be heard saying he is "alright." "I'm doing great, now that I've got you on the phone," Ellerup replied. How to Watch The series premieres on Tuesday on Peacock, with all three episodes available to stream upon its release. Where Are Asa Ellerup and Her Kids Now? As of November 2024, Ellerup's children still reside with her at the Heuermann home in Massapequa Park, New York, according to People. Ellerup, 61, previously worked at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, according to The U.S. Sun. Victoria, 28, graduated from the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), with a degree in fine arts, according to her LinkedIn profile. She previously worked as a sales associate at Macy's. The New York Times also reported that Victoria worked for her father's architecture consulting firm prior to his arrest. Vess Mitev, a lawyer for the children, told the outlet last year that Victoria has faced difficulty getting a job. Ellerup also has a son from her previous marriage, Christopher Sheridan. Ellerup revealed that he has developmental disabilities in a 2023 interview with the New York Post. Do you have a story that Newsweek should be covering? Do you have any questions about this story? Contact LiveNews@
