Rex Heuermann pleaded guilty in court to killing eight women, whose bodies were found discarded on Long Island between 1993 and 2010. He is expected to receive life in prison without parole when sentenced on June 17.

The case stretched over decades. The victims — most of whom were sex workers — were found along a stretch of Gilgo Beach beginning in 2010, but the killings began much earlier. Heuermann, a Long Island architect, lived an outwardly normal life throughout. He was arrested in 2023 after DNA evidence and cell phone data placed him at scenes connected to the murders.