Rex Heuermann pleads guilty to killing eight women in the Gilgo Beach serial killings, admitting to strangling the victims and cooperating with the FBI. Sentencing is set for June 17.
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Rex Heuermann, the prime suspect in the Gilgo Beach murders, appeared in court Wednesday for a pre-trial conference. Heuermann is being held without bail and the trial is scheduled to begin in April 2021. Analysis of a buccal swab taken from Heuermann matches the DNA found on a pizza box allegedly discarded by Heuermann, and the District Attorney said the case could grow to include other bodies found over the years.
After a decade-long investigation, Suffolk County police have arrested Rex Heuermann in connection with the unsolved Gilgo Beach serial killer case. Heuermann, a married New York architect, was charged with three counts of first-degree murder and had a cache of more than 200 guns in a vault inside his home. The case had remained unsolved since the discovery of four bodies in 2010, and investigators are now trying to determine if the weapons are legally registered. Heuermann's arrest may finally bring the case to a close.
Rex Heuermann, a 59-year-old Manhattan architect, was arrested and charged with three counts of first-degree and three counts of second-degree murder in connection to the Gilgo Beach murders, which have been unsolved for more than a decade. Lynn Barthelemy, mother of one of the victims, expressed her hope that Heuermann "suffer[s] at the hands of other inmates" in prison. The Suffolk County Police Department is continuing to investigate the case and is asking anyone with information to contact them.
Authorities have taken Rex Heuermann, 59, of Massapequa Park, into custody as a suspect in the long-unsolved murders of at least 10 women on Gilgo Beach in Long Island, New York. Billy Baldwin, the younger sibling of actor Alec Baldwin, went to high school with Heuermann. Heuermann is facing charges of second-degree murder and could face life in prison if found guilty. The investigation into the Gilgo Beach murders is ongoing.