Rex Heuermann to Plead Guilty to 8 Gilgo Beach Murders

Rex Heuermann, the New York architect accused of being the Gilgo Beach serial killer, is expected to plead guilty on Wednesday to the murders of eight women whose remains were found along Long Island's coast over nearly two decades. The hearing is set for Suffolk County Supreme Court, where Heuermann, 62, will provide a detailed account of the killings as part of a plea agreement, according to law enforcement sources.

Heuermann was arrested in July 2023 outside his Manhattan office and initially charged with three murders linked to the infamous Gilgo Four: Melissa Barthelemy, 24; Megan Waterman, 22; and Amber Lynn Costello, 27, all killed in 2009 and 2010. Prosecutors later connected him through DNA evidence and digital records to four additional victims: Maureen Brainard-Barnes, 25, in 2007; Jessica Taylor, 20, in 2007; Valerie Mack, 24, in 2000; and Sandra Costilla, 28, in 1993. In a significant development, sources say Heuermann will also admit to killing Karen Vergata, 34, a sex worker who disappeared in 1996 after making a final call to her family on Valentine's Day. Vergata's partial remains were discovered on Fire Island and near Gilgo Beach; she had been unidentified as...