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Heuermann Pleads Guilty to Eight Murders, Documentary Shows Basement Sleep

4/24/2026

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Story summary

Asa Ellerup, a documentary participant, sleeps in basement kill room of Massapequa Park home, shown in documentary.
Rex Heuermann, a killer, pleaded guilty to murdering eight women, will receive sentences at June 17 sentencing, and told Ellerup in August 2025 of killings, a confession eight months before plea.
Therapist Alison Winter described Heuermann’s grooming, basement killings and Gilgo Beach body-dump runs an outlet while the documentary was criticized for paying Ellerup’s family $1 million.

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Story summary

Asa Ellerup, a documentary participant, sleeps in basement kill room of Massapequa Park home, shown in documentary.
Rex Heuermann, a killer, pleaded guilty to murdering eight women, will receive sentences at June 17 sentencing, and told Ellerup in August 2025 of killings, a confession eight months before plea.
Therapist Alison Winter described Heuermann’s grooming, basement killings and Gilgo Beach body-dump runs an outlet while the documentary was criticized for paying Ellerup’s family $1 million.