Over the weekend, cops began digging up Rex Heuermann's backyard, and also enlisted the help of cadaver dogs.
“It’s not just a hidden room — it’s a serious vault,” a former coworker of Heuermann’s told the tabloid, recalling that he took time off work for the room’s installation. “It had a huge, heavy-duty safe door. He went and poured new concrete walls, massive amount of concrete to encase this room.”Authorities are excavating his backyard, and used a backhoe for at least three hours on Sunday. They’ve also brought cadaver dogs and radar tools to the property.
Heuermann’s wife, Asa Ellerup, also lived in the house. When police arrested Heuermann in Manhattan, they also arrived at his Massapequa Park home to execute a search warrant. “When we told the wife, she was shocked, she was embarrassed,” Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison local news last week. “But there was a point where we showed her certain pictures and she said, ‘OK, it is what it is.’”
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