Rex Heuermann, a 62-year-old former architect from Massapequa Park, Long Island, pleaded guilty on April 8 to seven murders and admitted to an eighth in the infamous Gilgo Beach serial killings. He confessed to strangling the victims between 1993 and 2010 and dumping their remains along Long Island beaches and roads. He was arrested in July 2023 in Manhattan. Key evidence included DNA from a discarded pizza crust, burner phones, a green pickup truck, and a large weapons cache in his basement. He will receive multiple life sentences without parole at his June 2026 sentencing.
Who is Rex Heuermann? Architect turned Gilgo Beach serial killer who confessed to 8 murders
