Rex Heuermann to be sentenced in New York’s Gilgo Beach serial killings

(17 Jun 2026) Clients note: This item contains on-screen graphics, including AP branding. RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Riverhead, New York – 17 June 2026 1. Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney arriving and walking toward courtroom 2. Rex Heuermann’s defense attorney Michael J. Brown walking past, making his way down the hall STORYLINE: Sentencing for a Long Island architect who lived a secret life as the Gilgo Beach serial killer in the deaths of eight women is expected Wednesday. Rex Heuermann faces life in prison without the possibility of parole when he goes before a judge in Riverhead, New York. Family members of his victims are also expected to address the court. Heuermann admitted in April that he strangled the women, many of them sex workers, and dismembered some of their bodies before dumping them on a desolate parkway not far from Long Island’s Gilgo Beach. Police began to suspect a possible serial killer in 2010 after discovering the remains of multiple victims along a remote beach parkway. The sentencing caps an extraordinary investigation that solved one of New York's most perplexing mysteries — one that began as a series of seemingly unconnected, and largely unmarked disappearances of young women, but became the focus of true-crime documentaries, books and podcasts after police began discovering the victims' skeletal remains in the sandy scrub along a coastal parkway. Heuermann, who has remained largely silent through multiple court appearances since his 2023 arrest, will also have a chance to speak Wednesday, but it’s not immediately clear if he will. His lawyers didn’t respond to messages seeking comment. AP video shot by Joseph B. Frederick =========================================================== Clients are reminded to adhere to all listed restrictions and to check the terms of their licence agreements. For further assistance, please contact the AP Archive on: Tel +44(0)2074827482 Email: [email protected]. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...