Rex Heuermann's Family Heard Every Detail and Still Went Home

About this episode

The episode explores the emotional aftermath of Rex Heuermann's confessions as experienced by his family and the families of his victims.

Asa Ellerup sat across from the man she was married to for decades and heard him say he killed eight women — most of them inside their home. She asked about dismemberment. He told her yes. She walked out of that jailhouse, told a camera crew she still believes he loved her, and moved back into the house where it happened. Into the room where it happened. This week's review brings together the most powerful Gilgo Beach conversations — the ones that went beyond the courtroom and into the wreckage left behind. Victoria Heuermann visited her father and asked the questions nobody else could. Did you think about me while you were doing this? No. Did you see them as people? No. Victoria said she forgives him — not because the answers were acceptable, but because carrying the rage would destroy her. She's the daughter of a man who described a four-day kill cycle with clinical precision and told a therapist he cannot connect the person he is to the person in the evidence. She didn't choose this. None of the families did. The families of the eight women Heuermann confessed to killing sat in that Suffolk County courtroom and listened to him describe how he met, strangled, and disposed of…

People in this episode

Guest: Victoria Heuermann

Topics covered

• family dynamics
• true crime
• psychological impact
• courtroom experiences
• forgiveness
• victim's families

Keywords

• Rex Heuermann
• Gilgo Beach
• Asa Ellerup
• Victoria Heuermann
• forgiveness
• courtroom
• victims
• psychotherapy
• dismemberment

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Suffolk County

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