Rex Heuermann to plead guilty in the Gilgo Beach killings, ending long search for a serial killer
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A family member of the victims cries as she listens Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney during a news conference after Rex Heuermann, accused in Long Island's infamous Gilgo Beach serial killings, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, at Suffolk County Police Academy Gymnasium in Brentwood, New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)Asa Ellerup, left, wife, of Rex Heuermann and Ellerup's attorney, Robert Macedonio, right arrive outside court as Rex Heuermann, accused in Long Island's infamous Gilgo Beach serial killings, is expected to plead guilty, Wednesday, April 8, 2026, at Suffolk County Court in Riverhead, N.Y. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)Elizabeth Baczkiel, mother of victim Jessica Taylor, speaks during a news conference after Rex Heuermann, accused in Long Island's Gilgo Beach serial killings, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, at Suffolk County Police Academy Gymnasium in Brentwood, N.Y. At center right is attorney Gloria Allred. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)Rex A. Heuermann, pleads guilty to murdering seven women and admitted he killed an eighth in a string of long-unsolved crimes known as the Gilgo Beach killings, at a court hearing in Suffolk County Court in Riverhead, N.Y., Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (James Carbone/Newsday via AP, Pool)Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney speaks during a news conference after Rex Heuermann, accused in Long Island's Gilgo Beach serial killings, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, at Suffolk County Police Academy Gymnasium in Brentwood, N.Y. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
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A family member of the victims cries as she listens Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney during a news conference after Rex Heuermann, accused in Long Island's infamous Gilgo Beach serial killings, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, at Suffolk County Police Academy Gymnasium in Brentwood, New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
