Rex Heuermann, accused of the Gilgo Beach serial killer, sells remote retirement home in South Carolina to relatives – for 1

Rex Heuermann, accused of serial killing, has sold the remote property in South Carolina, where he wanted to retire one day, to relatives – for one dollar.

A year after deeding the title to his dilapidated Long Island home to his estranged wife, Asa Ellerup, he sold her his southern retreat, 1031 Rippling Brooke Dr. in the town of Chester, on July 25.

Ellerup, who filed for divorce shortly after Heuermann's arrest in 2023, sold the 5.34-acre property to Heuermann's brother Craig on Aug. 30 for the same price.

The property is located about an hour south of Charlotte, NC

The accused Gilgo Beach serial killer purchased the rural outpost in 2021 for $154,351.

Last summer, Chester County sheriffs searched the house and property for evidence after obtaining a search warrant. They found a Chevrolet Avalanche, which first linked Heuermann to the murders.

The 60-year-old Heuermann wanted to spend his retirement in the white, 130 square meter, single-story house, which is surrounded by forests.

Craig Heuermann, 58, owns several properties in the same neighborhood.

“[Craig] “He told me when I moved here that his brother owned the property across the street and that his brother was going to retire here and then everyone would move away,” a neighbor previously told The Post.

The neighbor said the architect planned to buy up “everyone” in the neighborhood shortly after moving back to Chester.

The younger Heuermann brother was “on coke” when he killed a New York police captain in a drunken crash on the Southern State Parkway in Long Island in 1988, the Post previously reported. He pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence and was sentenced to three years in prison. He was paroled in time for his brother's wedding in 1990.

Real estate attorney Sergey Mekhtiyev said Heuermann may have parted with the South Carolina property as part of his ongoing divorce.

“Even if he had been left with the house, he would still be responsible for the mortgage, which he could no longer afford,” said Mekhtiyev. “He probably gave the house away because the bank would have foreclosed on it at some point anyway.”

The mortgage on the property is now the responsibility of his brother. South Carolina land records do not indicate how much of the mortgage is still outstanding.

Rex Heuermann is charged with the murder of Megan Waterman, Melissa Barthelemy, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Amber Lynn Costello, Jessica Taylor and Sandra Costilla.

He was arrested outside his Midtown office in 2023 and linked to the crimes through DNA evidence found in a discarded pizza box and even his daughter's energy drink can.