Gilgo Beach serial killer's ex-wife relives slayings every night, sleeping in 'kill room'

The former wife of Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann still lives in the same house where he murdered seven women — and even sleeps in the “kill room,” constantly reliving the victims’ horrific final moments, she told the makers of a Peacock documentary series

The former wife of Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann still lives in the same house where he murdered seven women — and even sleeps in the “kill room,” constantly reliving the victims’ horrific final moments, she told the makers of a Peacock documentary series.

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In the final episode of “The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets” — which airs Thursday — Asa Ellerup revealed she’s redone their Long Island basement where she said he told her he methodically murdered and dismembered victims before dumping their remains along a nearby beach.

The documentary's makers showed Ellerup walking down the Massapequa Park basement's stairs as words on the screen inform viewers that she had been sleeping there for about a month prior to Heuermann pleading guilty to the murders April 8.