New York’s Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann sentenced to life in prison

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Rex Heuermann, the serial killer responsible for the Gilgo Beach murders in New York, has been sentenced to life in prison after decades of investigation. He admitted responsibility for the killings of eight women, bringing closure to their families.

After decades waiting for justice, relatives of women murdered by New York’s Gilgo Beach serial killer laid into him on Wednesday before he was sentenced to life in prison. He told them: “I am responsible” for the crimes. “The words I would say would have no meaning,” added Rex Heuermann, the Long Island architect who lived a secret life of violence for years before admitting he killed eight women. The sentencing capped an extraordinary investigation that solved one of New York’s most perplexing...