(NewsNation) – Police served a search warrant Monday at the home of Rex Heuermann, the suspect in the deaths of four women whose bodies were found along Gilgo Beach, NewsNation has confirmed.
No family members were present and Heuermann’s ex-wife, Asa Ellerup, confirmed that the house had been searched. It’s unclear what prompted police to search the home or what specific information they were looking for.
The medical examiner arrived at the house later that morning and NewsNation’s Laura Ingle saw very large bags of evidence being carried out of the house.
Last month, authorities conducted a multi-day search in the woods of Manorville, New York, but it is unclear whether this second search is related.
Riverhead, NY: Accused Gilgo Beach Killer Rex Heuermann appears before Judge Timothy P. Mazzei at Suffolk County Court in Riverhead, New York on August 1, 2023. (Photo by James Carbone/Newsday RM via Getty Pictures)
Asa Ellerup enters court before a conference on the case of her husband, Rex Heuermann. (NewsNation)
Backyard police investigators in Gilgo Beach murders suspect Rex Heuermann in Massapequa Park. (Credit: WPIX)
A crime lab agent removes a box of items as law enforcement searches the home of Rex Heuermann, Saturday, July 15, 2023, in Massapequa Park, N.Y. Heuermann, a Long Island architect, was charged Friday the 14th July murder in deaths. of three of the 11 victims of a series of long-unsolved murders known as the Gilgo Beach murders. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon)
Authorities remove a picture frame as they search the home of suspect Rex Heuermann, Tuesday, July 18, 2023, in Massapequa Park, New York. Police on Tuesday transported more boxes of potential evidence out of the Long Island home of Heuermann, who has been charged with murder. at least three women and leaving their remains along a beach highway. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Authorities search the home of suspect Rex Heuermann, Tuesday, July 18, 2023, in Massapequa Park, NY. Detectives investigating the long-unsolved murders, known as the Gilgo Beach murders, have continued their searches, including recently a storage facility in the Long Island community. Amityville this weekend. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Authorities remove evidence as they search the home of suspect Rex Heuermann, Tuesday, July 18, 2023, in Massapequa Park, New York. Police on Tuesday carried more boxes of potential evidence out of the Long Island home of Heuermann, who was accused of killing at least three women in the long-unsolved slayings known as the Gilgo Beach murders. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Another view of the Heuermann house. (Asa Ellerup via Robert Macedonio)
Photos of the interior of the Heuermann house. (Asa Ellerup via Robert Macedonio)
Objects from the Heuermann house. (Asa Ellerup via Robert Macedonio)
Authorities continue to work at the home of suspect Rex Heuermann in Massapequa Park, NY, Monday, July 24, 2023. Heuermann was charged with murdering at least three women in the long-unsolved murders known as the Gilgo murders Beach. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
This combination of undated images provided by the Suffolk County Police Department shows Melissa Barthelemy, top left, Amber Costello, top right, Megan Waterman, bottom left, and Maureen Brainard-Barnes. Authorities on Long Island are vowing to continue their investigation into a series of killings known as the Gilgo Beach murders, after charging an architect in the deaths of three of the 11 victims. Rex Heuermann, 59, is accused of murdering Barthelemy, Costello and Waterman more than a decade ago. He is also considered the prime suspect in Brainard-Barnes’ death. (Suffolk County Police Department via AP)
Heuermann is currently awaiting trial and facing murder charges in the deaths of four women known as the Gilgo Four, all of whose bodies were found along Gilgo Beach on Long Island, New York.
Investigators previously searched Heuermann’s home after he was arrested and charged in the deaths of Amber Lynn Costello, Megan Waterman and Melissa Barthelemy. He was later charged with the death of Maureen Brainard-Barnes.
All four women were sex workers and their bodies, along with several others, were found along Gilgo Beach in 2010 and 2011. At this time, Heuermann has not been linked to any other deaths.
During the first search of Heuermann’s home in the summer of 2023, police found what they described as a “huge list” of items, including more than 200 weapons. They also searched the backyard of the home, and Heuermann’s family said investigators left the house in the chaos.
Ellerup filed for divorce after Heuermann’s arrest. His DNA was part of the evidence used to ultimately arrest Heuermann, with police using family DNA to help identify a suspect.
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