Rex Heuermann Faces Judgment Day: Chilling Courtroom Drama Unfolds
Rex Heuermann was sentence to 3 life terms Wednesday after pleading guilty to the Gilgo Beach killings, which began nearly 30 years ago.A new mugshot of the psycho killer was released the day before his sentencing. Heuermann, 62, admitted in court in April that he strangled eight sex workers to death and dumped their bodies in desolate stretches of Long Island between 1993 and 2010.The plea deal came with a guaranteed sentence of three life terms, which were handed down in a Riverhead courthouse.Follow live updates as convicted Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann is sentenced for the murders of at least 8 women:Life in prison not enough for Rex Heuermann, victim's family says
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Jorge Fitz-Gibbon The cousin of Rex Heuermann victim Jessica Taylor berated the hulking serial killer in a Riverhead courtroom Wednesday, moments before he was hit with three life sentences."A million years isn't enough," Jasmine Robinson told Heuermann. "Nothing will ever make this right."Taylor, the youngest Heuermann's eight victims at just 20, was strangled to death in July 2003, dismembered and dumped at Gilgo Beach and in Manorville. Heuermann pleaded guilty in April to the eight grisly murders. Suffolk County judge slams 'disgusting' Gilgo Beach serial killer
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Jorge Fitz-Gibbon Suffolk County Judge Timothy Mazzei slammed Rex Heuermann as a "disgusting, despicable" killer before hitting him with three life sentences on Wednesday."There are words I can say," Mazzei told the stone-faced killer. "The words I would say have no meaning.Rex Heuermann in court today."You are a disgusting, despicable and small man, and you are a coward," the judge said. Mazzei turned to court officers and added, "Get him out of here" as the audience cheered.Heuermann, 62, confessed to killing eight sex workers between 1993 and 2010, with the cases unsolved until he was arrested outside his Manhattan offices in 2023.'Take a spot in hell:' sister of Gilgo Beach victim tells Rex Heuermann
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Jorge Fitz-Gibbon Long Island serial killer Rex Heuermann is a "repulsive monster" who senselessly killed eight women in a horrific string of murders, the sister of one victim said in court Wednesday."I hope you take a spot in hell," Amanda Funderburg, the sister of Heuermann victim Melisa Barthelemy said in Suffolk County court Wednesday. "Because I will see you there."Barthelemy, 24, was killed in July 2009, with Heuermann wrapping her body in tape and burlap and dumping her remains on Gilgo Beach.She is one of eight women killed by the 62-year-old architect, who was sentenced to three live terms on Wednesday for the grisly crimes. Victims' kin slam serial killer Rex Heuermann at sentencing: 'You are a coward'
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Jorge Fitz-Gibbon The grieving families of Rex Heuermann's victims finally had their day in court -- berating the hulking serial killer before he was sentenced to three consecutive live terms."What you have done to our family is beyond what words can express," JoAnn Mack, the adoptive mother of victim Valerie Mack, told the stone-faced killer in Suffolk County court on Wednesday, NBC reported.Mack, 24, disappeared between September and November 2000, with her dismembered body later found along Gilgo Beach in 2011.Mack is one of eight sex workers strangled to death by Heuermann between 1993 and 2010. Sex workers protest outside Gilgo Beach sentencing
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Brandon Cruz About a dozen sex workers demonstrated outside Heuermann's sentencing in what they said was a sign of solidarity with the victims and their families.Delilah Saul, a sex worker and activist, was part of a crew holding signs that read “stop mythologizing men who kill sex workers,” “here for our sisters," and “sex workers are not a social ill, violent men are.”A woman waits for the sentencing of convicted Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann. REUTERSThe protest took place during the sentencing. REUTERSSaul bashed the media for covering Heruermann and “mythologizing” him by making the public interested in him.“There's nothing interesting about a misogynistic, violent man,” she said. “Sex workers are a dumping ground for gender based violence, and as long as the world hates sex workers, there is somewhere for hatred of women and violence."Saul and others advocated for the decriminalization of sex work.Long Island serial killer Rex Heuermann gets three life sentences
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Jorge Fitz-Gibbon Notorious Long Island serial killer Rex Heuermann was sentenced to three life sentences for the brutal murders of eight sex workers between 1993 and 2010.Rex Heuermann was sentenced to three life sentencesThe sentence is part of a plea deal for the 62-year-old architect, who admitted in April that he strangled his victims to death, all but one inside a "kill room" in the basement of his Masapequa Park home.Before sentencing the court heard from more than a dozen relatives of the victims.Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann learns his fate
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Brandon Cruz It’s judgment day for Long Island serial killer Rex Heuermann.Heuermann, 62, is due to be sentenced today to three life sentences for the grisly murders of eight sex workers between 1993 and 2010 – but will first hear from more than a dozen relatives of his victims in Suffolk County court.The confessed killer pleaded guilty to the slayings in April, admitting that he strangled the women, including an eighth victim that had not been previously linked to him.The Post will update as those statements are read in court.Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann’s ghoulish killer pen pal revealed
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Jorge Fitz-Gibbon They’re birds of a feather.Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann has found a sympathetic ear while he awaits a life sentence behind bars at a Long Island lockup — the notorious Happy Face Killer.Rex Heuermann was pen pals with the notorious Happy Face Killer. ASSOCIATED PRESSKeith Jesperson, a truck driver who got the moniker for signing taunting letters to cops and media outlets with a smiley face, was arrested in 1995 and confessed to killing eight women between 1990 and 1995 in California, Washington, Oregon, Florida, Nebraska and Wyoming.That makes the ghoul an ideal but pal for Heuermann, a Massapequa Park architect who pleaded guilty in April to brutally killing eight sex workers between 1993 and 2010 and dumping them in remote areas.READ MOREGilgo Beach serial killer revealed first murder ‘just happened,’ but fueled unending bloodlust: doc
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Jorge Fitz-Gibbon Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann choked his first victim to death inside his Dodge Ram pickup truck in November 1993 — a grisly murder that he later claimed wasn’t planned and “just happened.”That changed over the next 17 years, as the Massapequa Park dad developed a meticulous, four-day killing system to torture and strangle seven other sex workers in his basement “kill room” while his family was away, according to the final chapter of “The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets.”Heuermann killed his first victim in 1993. James Carbone / NewsdayTitled “The Confession,” the latest installment of the Peacock series in partnership with The Post reveals chilling new details of the serial killer’s decades-long reign of terror through jailhouse confessions to his family and a psychotherapist prior to his shocking guilty plea in a Suffolk County courtroom.“He said that his demons got to him,” his daughter, Victoria Heuermann, told the producers. “When he was in a certain opportunity or there was a certain catalyst in front of him, that would start to create these dark urges. There was a sickness.READ MORERex Heuermann’s family stuck in house of horrors and ‘completely unemployable’: lawyer
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Jorge Fitz-Gibbon The family of Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann is shunned, gawked at and forced to remain in the Massapequa Park home where the evil father brutally killed seven women, their lawyer told The Post.Despite a hefty payout for their part in Peacock’s four-part documentary series, “The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets,” the killer’s kin can’t sell their house because of IRS liens and would be hard-pressed to even find a job, attorney Robert Macedonio said.Asa Ellerup, ex-wife of Rex Heuermann, and Victoria Heuermann, his daughter, at Suffolk County Court on Wednesday, April 8, 2026. James Keivom for NY Post“If anything, it’s cost them money,” he said. “They’re unemployable at this point. Who’s hiring them? They are financially distraught because nobody’s hiring them, there’s no income.”Their ties to Heuermann also affect their day-to-day lives, Macedonio added.READ MOREGilgo Beach killer Rex Heuermann defiantly delivers soulless stare in new mug shot — right before sentencing
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Jorge Fitz-Gibbon Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann defiantly delivers a killer stare in a new mug shot released Tuesday — one day before he’s set to get shipped off to prison for life.Heuermann, 62, admitted in court in April that he strangled eight sex workers to death and dumped their bodies in desolate stretches of Long Island between 1993 and 2010.Suffolk County Sheriff's OfficeThe plea deal came with a guaranteed sentence of three life terms, which is expected to be handed down in a Riverhead courthouse Wednesday.The new mug shows the hulking architect with a chilling, defiant stare — a sharp contrast to the sinister smirk he flashed in court when he pleaded guilty.READ MORE