Just over a month after Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann was sentenced for the murders of eight women between 1993 and 2010, two masked people were reportedly seen pounding on the door of his Massapequa Park home.
The pair, dressed in black masks, T-shirts and shorts, fled from the porch of Heuermann’s New York residence on Tuesday, police and the family’s attorney told Newsday.
Robert Macedonio, who represents the family, told the outlet that Heuermann’s ex-wife, Asa Ellerup, and her two children, Victoria and Christopher, were inside the home when the two individuals began banging on the door.
Footage from the family’s camera shows two masked individuals on the porch of Rex Heuermann’s Massapequa Park home Tuesday night before they ran away. (Credit: Robert Macedonio)
In the video, the two masked men can be seen on Heuermann’s porch before taking off as the family dog barked.
Macedonio said a police report was filed, adding that Ellerup believes the incident was an attempted break-in.
A Nassau police spokesman confirmed the incident occurred around 8 p.m. Tuesday, but said it did not meet the department’s criteria for an attempted break-in because no one tried to enter the home.
Macedonio said the family continues to face constant harassment.
Asa Ellerup, estranged wife of accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann, walks to speak to the media after he pleaded guilty to killing seven women between 1993 and 2011 and admitted he killed an eighth, outside Suffolk County Court in Riverhead, N.Y., April 8, 2026. (Reuters/Shannon Stapleton)
“This is the constant harassment that she faces on a daily basis, with people driving by, saying stuff as they walk by,” Macedonio said of Ellerup. “They leave stuff on the door or throw stuff. They make comments when they drive by; pointing, taking pictures on a regular basis.”
Accused Long Island serial killer Rex A. Heuermann appears with his attorney, Michael Brown, during a hearing in Suffolk County Court in Riverhead, N.Y., July 17, 2025. (James Carbone/Pool via Reuters)
Heuermann was sentenced in June to three consecutive life sentences without parole followed by four consecutive sentences of 25 years to life after admitting to murdering eight women.
At the hearing, Heuermann spoke before he was sentenced.
“I’m responsible,” he said. “The words I would say have no meaning.”


