This is a true crime in real time update from True Crime Today and the Hidden Killers podcast.

It was a quiet street in Massapequa Park, the kind of place where nothing truly unusual ever seemed to happen.

But that was before the arrest, before the world turned its eyes to Rex Hewer men.

His house, unremarkable from the outside, would soon be at the

center of one of the most chilling serial murder investigations in New York's recent history.

And now, months after his arrest, the authorities have begun returning items seized from his home,

items that, according to prosecutors, hold no value to the case.

For Huberman's estranged wife, Asa Ellorup, it's a small relief in the midst of a nightmare that's far from over.

The family is thankful and relieved that they're starting to get some of their personal property back, said her attorney, Bob Macedonio.

A small consolation, perhaps, in a case that has shattered

the lives of so many and left a trail of unanswered questions in its wake. But to truly

understand this moment, we have to go back, back to a stretch of Long Island known as Gilgo Beach,

where more than a decade ago, the remains of several

women were discovered. The horrors unearthed there would eventually lead to the arrest of Rex

Heuerman, a man now accused of being the serial killer responsible for at least six brutal murders.

And while investigators meticulously combed through his massive Pequah Park home and storage units for evidence,

the public watched in horror as the details of the Gilgo Beach killings began to surface.

In the summer of 2023, police descended on Hewer Men's Home.

It was a scene no one in the quiet community could have

expected. Law enforcement officers carried out box after box, item after item, in what would later

be revealed as a massive inventory of potential evidence. More than 200 weapons were seized,

along with personal belongings, documents, and anything that might link

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