Rex Heuermann received a life sentence without parole for the Gilgo Beach murders, concluding a decades-long case that haunted Long Island. He confessed to killing eight women, many of them sex workers, and dismembering some bodies. The sentencing followed a complex investigation that utilized DNA and cellphone data to link Heuermann to the crimes.
Rex Heuermann pleaded guilty to seven Gilgo Beach serial killings and admitted to an eighth homicide, the 1996 murder of Karen Vergata. DNA from a discarded pizza crust linked him to the crimes. He faces life in prison and will cooperate with the FBI on other serial killer cases.
Architect Rex Heuermann, accused of being the Gilgo Beach serial killer, will be sentenced Wednesday after admitting to murdering eight women. He faces life in prison, with victims' families expected to speak.
A timeline details the Gilgo Beach murders investigation, starting with the discovery of skeletal remains in 2010 and spanning years of DNA analysis and clue-gathering that led to the arrest of Rex Heuermann for the murders of seven women, with an admission of an eighth.
Rex Heuermann, a Long Island architect, is being sentenced for the murders of eight women. He admitted to strangling victims, many of whom were sex workers, and dismembering some bodies. The investigation solved one of New York's most perplexing mysteries.
