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An exemplary family man and businessman from New York, Rex Hoyerman, has been linked to several murders. He is suspected to be a serial killer who has been hunted for over 10 years. The CNN publication shared shocking information about the suspect, and also talked about the fact that his wife, without knowing it, led to his disclosure and arrest. The woman filed for divorce less than a week after the arrest of Hoyermann, to whom she had been married for 27 years. The police believe that Asa Ellerup most likely did not know about her husband’s dark double life.
“If you ask me, I don’t think the relatives knew about this double life that Mr. Hoyerman led,” Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison said.
But the authorities have not yet completely ruled out any option and continue to collect information “to find out if the family knew about what Mr. Hoyerman was doing.”
Hoyerman, 59, was arrested last week and charged with the murders of three of the Gilgo Four, a group of four women whose remains were found in Gilgo Beach, Long Island, in 2010. He is the prime suspect in the disappearance and murder of the fourth woman, but no charges have yet been filed.
On Wednesday, July 19, less than a week after her husband’s arrest, Ellerup filed for divorce, her lawyer Robert Macedonio said. He made no further comments on this matter. The woman was shocked by the news of what her husband was accused of, police said. Asa Ellerup unwittingly played a key role in her husband’s arrest: her DNA, among other evidence, helped link Heuermann to these crimes.
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Not very sociable
Heuermann and Ellerup married in April 1996 and lived in Heuermann’s childhood home in suburban Long Island for the entire 27 years of their marriage. The couple’s daughter and Hoyermann’s stepson lived with them. Although the family lived in the same place for a long time and Hoyerman’s life was connected with the same community, the neighbors knew little about her.
Neighbors called the house “creepy” and the family “aloof.”
“They are very reserved, quiet,” neighbor Frankie Musto said. “But we never saw anything suspicious.”
In 2018, Hoyerman said that he had already been married before. That marriage, he said, lasted three years, and they had no children.
The wife helped the arrest, although she herself did not know it
It turned out that the accused’s wife’s hair was found on all three victims. But until recently, this did not play a special role in the investigation, since DNA tests did not reveal this connection. Technological progress over these 13 years helped to achieve results in the identification of the owner of the hair, after which she was associated with Hoyermann, and already his DNA test showed that he committed the murders.
Prosecutors suspect the wife’s hair got on the suspect’s clothes and he inadvertently brought it to the crime scenes. Court documents claim that the same DNA was found on 11 vials that were in a wastebasket near Hoyerman’s home. Authorities have been monitoring Hoyerman and his family for many months after police identified him as a suspect in early 2022. And all this time, the police collected DNA samples from the things that the family threw away.
Although Ellerup’s hair was found on the victims, the woman herself and their daughter were traveling at the time of the murders. Hoyerman is believed to have been at home alone at the time of the murders.
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“This is very important as it brings the charges down to one suspect,” said criminal defense lawyer Joey Jackson. “If the suspect’s wife was out of town, then her hair might well have been found at the crime scene if the suspect was in town.”
Suffolk County law enforcement officials say DNA testing has confirmed that male hair found on a bag containing the remains of one of the victims is Hoyerman’s.
“Shock, embarrassment, disgust”
When authorities told Ellerup and her daughter about the crimes Hoyermann was accused of, police commissioner Harrison said both were “shocked and outraged and ashamed.”
“But time will tell,” he said. “As always, there are still many questions to ask family and friends.”
After Hoyerman’s arrest, he was taken into custody without bail. He pleaded not guilty through his lawyer. The next hearing in this case is scheduled for August 1.
According to information provided by the Suffolk County Sheriff, Hoyerman has not had any visitors since he was arrested. The sheriff added that he was allowed two calls a day, but it was not clear if he contacted anyone.
You can learn more about how we managed to track down the killer in our article “New York caught a serial killer thanks to a pizza crust: he turned out to be an exemplary family man“.
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wife unwittingly led the police on the trail of her husband
An exemplary family man and businessman from New York, Rex Hoyerman, has been linked to several murders. He is suspected to be a serial killer who has been hunted for over 10 years. The CNN publication shared shocking information about the suspect, and also talked about the fact that his wife, without knowing it, led to his disclosure and arrest. The woman filed for divorce less than a week after the arrest of Hoyermann, to whom she had been married for 27 years. The police believe that Asa Ellerup most likely did not know about her husband’s dark double life.
“If you ask me, I don’t think the relatives knew about this double life that Mr. Hoyerman led,” Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison said.
But the authorities have not yet completely ruled out any option and continue to collect information “to find out if the family knew about what Mr. Hoyerman was doing.”
Hoyerman, 59, was arrested last week and charged with the murders of three of the Gilgo Four, a group of four women whose remains were found in Gilgo Beach, Long Island, in 2010. He is the prime suspect in the disappearance and murder of the fourth woman, but no charges have yet been filed.
On Wednesday, July 19, less than a week after her husband’s arrest, Ellerup filed for divorce, her lawyer Robert Macedonio said. He made no further comments on this matter. The woman was shocked by the news of what her husband was accused of, police said. Asa Ellerup unwittingly played a key role in her husband’s arrest: her DNA, among other evidence, helped link Heuermann to these crimes.
On the subject: Serial killers, mafiosi and maniacs: 7 well-known prisons in the state of New York, where the most brutal criminals are sitting
Not very sociable
Heuermann and Ellerup married in April 1996 and lived in Heuermann’s childhood home in suburban Long Island for the entire 27 years of their marriage. The couple’s daughter and Hoyermann’s stepson lived with them. Although the family lived in the same place for a long time and Hoyerman’s life was connected with the same community, the neighbors knew little about her.
Neighbors called the house “creepy” and the family “aloof.”
“They are very reserved, quiet,” neighbor Frankie Musto said. “But we never saw anything suspicious.”
In 2018, Hoyerman said that he had already been married before. That marriage, he said, lasted three years, and they had no children.
The wife helped the arrest, although she herself did not know it
It turned out that the accused’s wife’s hair was found on all three victims. But until recently, this did not play a special role in the investigation, since DNA tests did not reveal this connection. Technological progress over these 13 years helped to achieve results in the identification of the owner of the hair, after which she was associated with Hoyermann, and already his DNA test showed that he committed the murders.
Prosecutors suspect the wife’s hair got on the suspect’s clothes and he inadvertently brought it to the crime scenes. Court documents claim that the same DNA was found on 11 vials that were in a wastebasket near Hoyerman’s home. Authorities have been monitoring Hoyerman and his family for many months after police identified him as a suspect in early 2022. And all this time, the police collected DNA samples from the things that the family threw away.
Although Ellerup’s hair was found on the victims, the woman herself and their daughter were traveling at the time of the murders. Hoyerman is believed to have been at home alone at the time of the murders.
On the subject: Doctors create a DNA database of New Yorkers: why is it needed
“This is very important as it brings the charges down to one suspect,” said criminal defense lawyer Joey Jackson. “If the suspect’s wife was out of town, then her hair might well have been found at the crime scene if the suspect was in town.”
Suffolk County law enforcement officials say DNA testing has confirmed that male hair found on a bag containing the remains of one of the victims is Hoyerman’s.
“Shock, embarrassment, disgust”
When authorities told Ellerup and her daughter about the crimes Hoyermann was accused of, police commissioner Harrison said both were “shocked and outraged and ashamed.”
“But time will tell,” he said. “As always, there are still many questions to ask family and friends.”
After Hoyerman’s arrest, he was taken into custody without bail. He pleaded not guilty through his lawyer. The next hearing in this case is scheduled for August 1.
According to information provided by the Suffolk County Sheriff, Hoyerman has not had any visitors since he was arrested. The sheriff added that he was allowed two calls a day, but it was not clear if he contacted anyone.
You can learn more about how we managed to track down the killer in our article “New York caught a serial killer thanks to a pizza crust: he turned out to be an exemplary family man“.
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