Rex Heuermann Pleads Guilty to Seven Gilgo Beach–Linked Murders and Admits Killing an Eighth Victim
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Rex Heuermann, 62, pleaded guilty Wednesday in Suffolk County to murdering seven women in the decades‑long Gilgo Beach investigation, publicly admitted to killing an eighth, and faces life in prison without parole. Prosecutors said remains were tied to sites along Ocean Parkway and nearby areas — including Melissa Barthelemy, Amber Lynn Costello, Maureen Brainard‑Barnes, Megan Waterman, Jessica Taylor and Valerie Mack at Gilgo Beach, Sandra Costilla in the Hamptons, and remains linked to Karen Vergata — and investigators used evidence such as DNA from a discarded pizza crust and vehicle registration records to identify Heuermann; family members attended the packed courtroom and the district attorney scheduled a news conference.