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A VERY interesting question!
I'm a doubter that Asa was always away for every crime, and in fact believe a witnesses sworn statement comes very close to admitting that she "knew" but-didn't allow herself to fully process and accept- that Karen was being imprisoned.
It stands to reason that Asa "knew" at least on the same sub-level the same thing.
The didn't live with Rex in the intervening years, and wasn't financially intertwined. So when the arrest was made, it would be much easier for her to see what she saw without self-protecting filters.
I find it really strange that Asa stated explicitly that she'd blame herself if she were to believe Rex hired sex workers, when it appears that indeed she did know this. I mean, what if it happens that Rex is not sexually satisfied unless he is hurting someone. Does she think a dutiful wife has to keep such a husband satisfied? I think it shows the control Rex did have over her; he managed to strap himself to her such that she couldn't throw him under the bus without joining him. Seeing the evidence right in front of her face honestly means having to be a bad wife. No wonder she sees it with such distortion.
John Ray's staff who learned that neither Asa nor Rex was checked into hotels in Atlantic City on exactly the dates asserted by the prosecution. This seemed to annoy Tierney, but I agree that the prosecutor interpreted the date too literally from the information on the credit card statement. Yet, obviously there was some activity that does show some person being present at, for example, an AC liquor store and clothing stores. And we don't know other clues the prosecutors might know, such as where Rex's phone traveled around those dates. From the statements, we only know that an adult holding the Heuermann CC, likely Rex or Asa, was at a few retail places on a few dates. This was back in the time that the charges didn't go through in real time, but the transaction date, often before the posting date, was noted. Time stamps existed on register printouts if the register had its clock set, but rarely as a kept CC transaction record. It seems to me that we are not privy to a clear time line surrounding Maureen's disappearance. I do believe Asa and the kids were in AC sometime near that. Asa asserted in the Peacock piece that she could not be made to believe Rex picked up MBB, brought her to MP, killed her, then joined the family in AC. Now, as far as I know, the prosecutor did not claim Rex joined the family. In addition the prosecutor did not locate the scene of the murders; they only said it was possible at least one murder was committed in the house. Asa's statement included a lot of assumptions of the prosecution theory.
Why did she make so many assumptions? Why did she not address the unclear dates? Who took what mode of transport when, and where did each spend each night? IMO, she denied a scenario so specific it almost sounded to my ears that she was confirming something different happened with the logistics, not different in that there was no murder.
My theory is something as unsettling what happened with Karen Vergata happened that weekend, and she is not processing it or sharing it due to the power Rex had over her, which has been replaced with the power Macedonia and the promise of a million dollars had over her.
Remember, Karen Vergata happened first, while Asa was pregnant according to Macedonia, and abusers get away with escalating outrageous actions, they don't reel themselves in. The Atlantic City trip, with unclear dates and movement of people, occurred when Asa was about as dependent on Rex as possible.
Just as VH at first doubted the prosecution theory but believed it was possible, and later came to believe it is likely true, I predict Asa will evolve from where she is now to where VH started: agreeing it is possible.
All that to say, I'm not sure Asa had to be all that far out of town for Rex to be involved, and for her to not know it.
MOO
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