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Gilgo Beach serial killings suspect Rex Heuermann pleads guilty to 7 murders and admits to killing another
He will be sentenced to life in prison without parole after admitting to strangling and dismembering the victims, prosecutors said.
- On Wednesday, Rex Heuermann, a 62-year-old Long Island architect, pleaded guilty to murdering seven women and admitted killing an eighth, Karen Vergata, in Suffolk County Court, bringing finality to the years-long Gilgo Beach investigation.
- A multiagency task force formed in 2022 identified Heuermann using vehicle registration records; investigators obtained his DNA from a discarded pizza crust that matched hair found on a victim, providing the critical forensic link.
- Investigators uncovered a "blueprint" for the killings on Heuermann's computer with checklists for destroying evidence. He strangled the women over a 17-year span and buried their remains in remote locations across Long Island.
- Prosecutors recommended consecutive life sentences without parole on the first-degree counts and four 25-year-to-life terms on second-degree counts. Sentencing is scheduled for June 17, 2026.
- The guilty plea ends a case that bedeviled investigators for more than a decade, offering long-awaited relief to victims' families and the Long Island community after years of uncertainty surrounding the Gilgo Beach murders.
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Long Island architect pleads guilty to murdering 7 women and admits he killed another
A Long Island architect who led a secret life as a serial killer pleaded guilty on Wednesday to murdering seven women and admitted he killed an eighth.
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