Rex Heuermann to be sentenced in New York’s Gilgo Beach serial killings (opens original article in a new tab)

A Long Island architect, Rex Heuermann, is set to be sentenced for murdering eight women in New York's Gilgo Beach serial killings, with a potential life prison sentence. He admitted to strangling and dismembering victims, many of whom were sex workers. DNA evidence and other investigations led to his arrest in 2023, and he has agreed to cooperate with the FBI to help catch other serial killers.

• Rex Heuermann to be sentenced for murdering eight women in New York's Gilgo Beach serial killings
• Heuermann admitted to strangling and dismembering victims, many of whom were sex workers
• DNA evidence and other investigations led to Heuermann's arrest in 2023
• Heuermann agreed to cooperate with FBI to help catch other serial killers
• Heuermann has been in jail since 2023 and faces a life prison sentence