Rex Heuermann to Plead Guilty in Gilgo Beach Case

Rex Heuermann, a 62-year-old architect from Massapequa Park, New York, is expected to plead guilty on April 8 to charges of murdering seven women in the long-unsolved Gilgo Beach killings, which spanned nearly two decades on Long Island.

The anticipated plea, reported by sources familiar with the case, comes more than two years after Heuermann's arrest in July 2023 outside his Manhattan office. He had maintained his innocence through multiple court appearances and was set to face trial in September. Prosecutors and defense attorneys have been negotiating the agreement, though details remain confidential. Both sides have declined to comment, and the deal could still collapse if Heuermann changes his mind or if a judge rejects it. If accepted, the plea would likely result in a sentence of life in prison without parole for the first-degree murder charges.

The victims, all young women involved in sex work, disappeared between 1993 and 2010. Their remains were discovered primarily along the remote Ocean Parkway near Gilgo Beach in Suffolk County, with some found in wooded areas farther east. The killings came to light in December 2010, when police searching for missing escort Shannan...