AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTThe decision on Wednesday brought an end an infamous case that took investigators more than a decade to solve.Listen · 5:29 min Rex Heuermann gave only a hushed statement before he was sentenced to life in prison for killing eight women.Credit...Pool photo by James CarboneJune 17, 2026Updated 4:01 p.m.
ETRex Heuermann, 62, the serial killer on Long Island who admitted in April to murdering eight women in the so-called Gilgo Beach killings, was sentenced on Wednesday to life in prison, bringing an end to a case that took investigators more than a decade to solve.State Supreme Court Justice Timothy P.
Mazzei’s voice cracked with rage as he sentenced him to multiple terms of life in prison without the possibility of parole, under the conditions of the plea deal Mr. Heuermann agreed to in April.Mr. Heuermann stood briefly and in a hushed voice said he was responsible for his crimes, but added that “my words have no meaning,” in a courtroom packed with relatives of Mr.
Heuermann’s victims.With that, he sat back down.“Get him out of here,” the judge said. Court officers handcuffed Mr. Heuermann and led him out as onlookers cheered and jeered.The judge delivered the sentence after an hour of impassioned statements from the loved ones of Mr.
Heuermann’s victims.These victims were young women that Mr. Heuermann admitted to hiring as escorts before he strangled them, leaving most of their bodies along Ocean Parkway, at or near Gilgo Beach on the South Shore of Long Island, more than a decade ago.Corey Kilgannon is a Times reporter who writes about crime and criminal justice in and around New York City, as well as breaking news and other feature stories.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT
