Overview
- The series finale that streamed Thursday shows Asa Ellerup walking into the Massapequa Park basement where she says Rex Heuermann told her he murdered and dismembered victims, and she says she has been sleeping there.
- The episode reveals Heuermann privately confessed to his ex-wife and their daughter in separate sessions with a therapist before his courtroom admission, with both women pressing him on motive and victims.
- Heuermann pleaded guilty on April 8 to seven murders and admitted an eighth, and he is expected to receive life without parole at a June 17 sentencing.
- A therapist in the documentary describes a four-day, checklist-driven ritual that included preparing the basement, committing the killing, cleaning the scene, and keeping time on body disposal runs.
- Investigators had tied the former architect to the Long Island cases using modern forensics, including DNA from a discarded pizza crust, as well as digital and location evidence tied to remains found near Gilgo Beach and along Ocean Parkway.