India, June 9 -- The wife of Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann has described him as her "hero" and claimed that seeing him behind bars made her fall in love with him all over again, according to a New York Post report. Asa Ellerup, 61, spoke during an interview for an upcoming docu-series, insisting that her "wonderful" husband is innocent and that police have arrested the wrong man.

Heuermann is accused of killing and mutilating seven sex workers on Long Island over the past three decades.

"I know what bad men are capable of doing. I've seen it, and I've heard it from other men. Not my husband. You have the wrong man. I want him to come back home to me. He's a family man, period," she said.

The 60-year-old former Manhatt...