Rex Hireman, the Gilgo Beach serial killer, confessed to his ex-wife Asa Ellorup that he murdered seven out of his eight victims right in the basement of their Massapequa Park home. This bombshell comes from an upcoming Peacock documentary. He already pleaded guilty in court this month to strangling all eight women. Ellorup says he looked super nervous when he spilled it, admitting to the killings before his plea.
He told her she wasn't home during those acts, and all but one happened in his downstairs room. Locals are reeling, with one neighbor saying it flips the script. The house isn't just where the killer lived, it's where he did the deeds. Ellorup's lawyer notes she's come to terms with it, but has nowhere else to go, so she's still living there.
Experts like former FBI profiler Mary Ellen O'Toole figure Ellorup's wrestling with tough questions now. Meanwhile, the FBI's behavioral analysis unit plans to grill Hireman under his plea deal, tracing his life from boyhood to arrest to decode what? Drives a guy like him. They'll take it slow with his pathological liar type, building a full picture.
This case keeps unfolding, showing how deep the shadows run in everyday spots. Local news, powered by AI. This is New York News Today.