Suspect in Gilgo Beach serial killings expected to plead guilty, sources say
NBC News • • nation
Key Points:
- Rex Heuermann, charged with seven of the Gilgo Beach murders on Long Island, is expected to plead guilty on April 8, according to multiple sources and court records.
- Heuermann, an architect and family man, was arrested in July 2023 and initially charged with three murders, but now faces charges for seven women’s deaths dating from 1993 to 2010.
- The victims, mostly female sex workers, were found along Gilgo Beach and surrounding areas, with some cases dating back decades and previously considered cold.
- Investigators built their case using cellphone data, DNA evidence from a discarded pizza crust, and a witness tip linking Heuermann’s vehicle to one victim’s disappearance.
- Heuermann had maintained his innocence and pleaded not guilty initially, with a trial scheduled for September before the expected guilty plea.
