What Happens To Rex Heuermann's Family Now That He's Confessed?
About this episode
The episode explores the implications of Rex Heuermann's confession on his family, including a wrongful death lawsuit and the psychological impact of living with a convicted serial offender.
She sat in the last row. Her ex-husband stood at the front of a packed courtroom and admitted to killing eight women over seventeen years — while she shared a bed with him, raised their daughter with him, built what she thought was a life. Rex Heuermann's guilty plea is now the legal record. And Asa Ellerup, the woman who once called him her hero, walked out of that courtroom into a wrongful death lawsuit naming her and their daughter as defendants. This look back sits with the aftermath. The lawsuit, filed by the son of victim Valerie Mack, alleges the family profited from a documentary and showed disregard for the victims. Asa's attorney has called the claims reckless. Victoria Heuermann has publicly stated she believes her father most likely committed the killings — a conclusion she reached before the plea. Two people who shared a roof with this man, processing the same nightmare in opposite directions. Defense attorney and former prosecutor Eric Faddis breaks down the legal exposure — what the wrongful death theory requires, how a guilty plea changes the civil landscape, and what the family realistically faces. Retired FBI Behavioral Analysis Chief Robin Dreeke examines the…
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Guests: Eric Faddis, Robin Dreeke
Topics covered
- family aftermath
- legal implications
- wrongful death lawsuit
- behavioral analysis
- serial offender
- courtroom confession
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