After nearly three years of maintaining his innocence, Rex Heuermann has admitted he is the Gilgo Beach serial killer — confessing to strangling eight women whose bodies he dumped along a Long Island highway over a span of 17 years. The guilty plea reshapes a case that Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney called one of the most significant criminal investigations in the region’s history.
Heuermann, 62, a former architect, changed his plea on April 8, 2026, inside a Riverhead courtroom while his ex-wife and daughter watched from the gallery.
Everything to know about the case, below.
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