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Latest on alleged serial killer Rex Heuermanmn
FOX 5 NY's Jessica Formoso has the latest.
LONG ISLAND - Rex Heuermann is expected to plead guilty on Wednesday to the Gilgo Beach killings, sources tell FOX 5 NY's Jodi Goldberg.
What we know:
Back in December 2024, Heuermann was charged with a 7th murder in the death of Valerie Mack. The partial skeletal remains of Mack were found in a wooded area in Manorville, Long Island, back in 2000.
Alleged Gilgo serial killer Rex Heuermann appears in Judge Timothy Mazzei's courtroom at Suffolk County Court for a status conference on February 25, 2025 in Riverhead, New York. The 61-year-old has pleaded not guilty to murder charges in the deaths …
Heuermann is also charged with killing six other women whose remains were found on Long Island. He had pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
The backstory:
The Gilgo Beach murders – the deaths of 11 people whose remains were found in 2010 and 2011 – have long stumped investigators.
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Suspect charged in Gilgo Beach murders
Rex Heuermann, an architect and a married father of two from Massapequa Park has been charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of three women whose bodies were found on Gilgo Beach on Long Island.
Most of the victims were young women who had been sex workers. Several of the bodies were found near the remote town of Gilgo Beach on the southern shore of Long Island.
Determining who killed them, and why, has vexed a slew of seasoned homicide detectives through several changes in police leadership.