The suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer’s wife now says her husband is “not capable of the crimes he is accused of,” according to a statement from her attorney.
The wife, who is not suspected of any crimes and will not be named because The Daily Wire is not naming her husband, filed for divorce just days after her husband was arrested for multiple murders committed more than a decade ago. Now, however, she says she is giving him “the benefit of the doubt,” ABC News reported.
“I will listen to all of the evidence and withhold judgment until the end of trial,” the wife said in a statement on Wednesday released through her attorney, Bob Macedonio. “I have given him the benefit of the doubt, as we all deserve.”
Macedonio reportedly said the wife visits the suspect weekly.
In her statement, she also provided “heartfelt sympathies” to the victims and their families.
“Nobody deserves to die in that manner,” she added.
The suspect has pleaded not guilty to the murders of Megan Waterman, Melissa Barthelemy, and Amber Costello, who were found on a beach along the south shore of Long Island, New York, back in 2010. In January, the suspect was charged with the murder of a fourth woman, Maureen Brainard-Barnes.
The suspect was arrested on July 13 for the murder of the three women. Six days after his arrest, his wife filed for divorce. She and other family members reportedly will receive $1 million for participating in a documentary series with Peacock. The project will follow the family’s lives as they cope with the upcoming trial and how it has uprooted their lives.
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Police investigating the Gilgo Beach serial killings are operating on the theory that the suspect committed the murders in his own home, a source told CNN.
The theory is based on the repeated claim that the suspect’s family was out of town during the murders, suggesting he may have lured the victims to his home, a source involved in the investigation told the outlet.
Authorities are operating under this theory, the source said, as they continue to search the suspect’s home for trace evidence of the victims. Killing them at his own home would have allowed him to control the environment while having easy access to the materials found along with the victims at Gilgo Beach, such as tape and burlap bags.
Four bodies were found within days of each other. The body of Barthelemy was found on December 11, 2010, during a police training exercise with a K9, according to a bail application obtained by the Daily Beast. Two days later, police searched the area and discovered the three other bodies.
If convicted, the suspect faces multiple life sentences without the possibility of parole.