Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann told his ex-wife he killed 7 of the victims in their shared home, documentary says
NBC News • • general
Key Points:
- Rex Heuermann admitted to killing eight women whose remains were found along Long Island's Gilgo Beach, including seven victims he was charged with and an eighth, Karen Vergata, as part of a plea deal.
- Heuermann confessed to meeting, strangling, and dumping the bodies of all eight women across various locations, including Gilgo Beach, Manorville, and Southampton.
- His former wife, Asa Ellerup, revealed Heuermann told her he killed seven of the victims in their Massapequa Park home, with most murders occurring in his downstairs room.
- Heuermann agreed to cooperate with the FBI but will not disclose details of how the crimes were committed; he faces multiple life sentences without parole, with sentencing scheduled for June 17.
- The discovery of the remains followed a search for Shannan Gilbert in 2010, though Heuermann is not charged in her death; the victims were primarily sex workers who disappeared between 1993 and 2010.
