Rex Heuermann to plead guilty in the Gilgo Beach killings, ending long search for a serial killer

A Long Island architect accused in a string of long-unsolved slayings known as the Gilgo Beach killings is expected to plead guilty, closing a case that bedeviled investigators, agonized victims’ relatives and tantalized a true-crime obsessed public for years

April 8, 2026Updated: April 8, 2026

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and PHILIP MARCELO