Heuermann Sentenced to Life for Gilgo Beach Murders
After decades of waiting for justice, relatives of women murdered by New York’s Gilgo Beach serial killer expressed their anguish before the perpetrator was sentenced to life in prison. Rex Heuermann, an architect living a secret life of violence, admitted his responsibility for the crimes. The sentencing concluded an extensive investigation that solved one of New York’s most perplexing mysteries, as the skeletal remains of young women, often overlooked, were discovered along a coastal parkway. Heuermann, who pleaded guilty to murdering seven women and admitted to an eighth, will serve his sentence without the possibility of parole.
John Q. Hosedrinker