Rex Heuermann pleads guilty to seven Gilgo Beach murders, admits to eighth killing

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:27:03 +0000
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by Marcus Sterling -

Rex Heuermann pleads guilty in Gilgo Beach killings

Riverhead, New York — Rex Heuermann pleaded guilty on April 8, 2026 to murders connected to the Gilgo Beach case, admitting to seven murders and to killing an eighth woman.

The plea was entered in Riverhead and, according to accounts of the court filings, covers three counts of first-degree murder and four counts of intentional murder. Heuermann separately admitted responsibility for the killing of an additional woman, bringing the total admissions to eight.

Prosecutors and court documents described the guilty plea as bringing finality to a long-running investigation into the Gilgo Beach killings. The case had spanned many years and attracted sustained attention as investigators sought to determine who was responsible for the deaths of multiple women whose remains were recovered near Gilgo Beach and at other locations on Long Island.

Heuermann, a Long Island architect and resident of Massapequa Park, was arrested in July 2023 and previously charged in connection with multiple deaths linked to the broader Gilgo Beach investigations. “Heuermann’s guilty pleas — to three counts of first-degree murder and four of intentional murder — bring finality to a case that bedeviled investigators, tormented victims’ relatives and tantalized a true-crime obsessed public for years,” the Associated Press reported.