Suspect Rex Heuermann’s estranged wife’s cheek swab matches DNA found on victims: report
By Social Links for Alyssa Guzman
Published Nov. 30, 2023, 2:00 p.m. ET
A cheek swab taken from murder suspect Rex Heuermann’s estranged wife matches the DNA found on one of his alleged victims, sources claim.
A sample of Asa Ellerup’s DNA was taken on July 13 — the day her husband was arrested and charged with killing three women near Gilgo Beach on Long Island, New York.
Her DNA has been confirmed as matching hairs found on the burlap that victims were wrapped in, a law enforcement source told ABC.
Ellerup’s lawyer, Robert Macedonio, told The Post Thursday that her DNA being found on the scene is “nothing new” and that it was more than likely from a “hair transfer inside the house.”
Ellerup has not been accused of any involvement in the alleged murders of Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman and Amber Lynn Costello, and was out of the country when each of the murders is believed to have taken place.
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