Inside the decades-long hunt for a Long Island serial killer (opens original article in a new tab)

A Long Island serial killer, Rex Heuermann, confessed to seven murders and an eighth, while the case of Shannan Gilbert remains unresolved with her death ruled an accident. Another suspect was arrested for additional murders, leaving one victim unidentified.

• Rex Heuermann pleaded guilty to seven murders and admitted to an eighth in the Long Island serial killer case.
• Shannan Gilbert's remains were found in 2011, but police ruled her death an accident, not a murder.
• A second man was arrested in 2025 for the murder of Tanya Jackson and her child, leaving one set of remains unidentified.