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Accused serial killer Rex Heuermann has returned to court for a procedural hearing in New York also attended by his estranged wife.
The 60-year-old father-of-two is charged with murdering four female sex workers whose bodies were found buried on a remote stretch of Gilgo Beach more than 10 years ago.
Heuermann turned up to Suffolk County Supreme Court in Riverhead Wednesday morning wearing a black suit, white shirt and navy blue tie.
He listened intently to the hearing, which centered around troves of potential evidence seized from various devices related to the case.
His ex-wife, Asa Ellerup, was also spotted pulling up in a black Mercedes outside the Long Island courthouse.
Heuermann, 60, has spent most of his days since his July 2023 arrest in a small windowless cell at the Riverhead Jail as he awaits trial. (Pictured: Heuermann in court Wednesday)
Accused serial killer Rex Heuermann is back in court Wednesday morning - and his estranged wife Asa Ellerup (pictured in the white and black jacket) has also turned up for the hearing
Pictured: Asa Ellerup in court on Wednesday ahead of Heuermann's latest hearing
It comes just weeks after she claimed her partner of 27 years is 'not capable' of murdering the four women. Heuermann has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Ellerup, who also shares two children with Heuermann, filed for divorce six days after he was charged with the first three murders.
But she still visits him in jail because she believes he 'deserves the benefit of the doubt' and attends his hearings with a documentary camera crew.
Ellerup reportedly signed a controversial seven-figure deal with NBC Universal, Texas Crew Productions and G-Unit to feature in a series about the case.
During Wednesday's hearing, attorneys
