Rex Heuermann admitted Wednesday to murdering eight women during a 
17-year killing spree that terrorized Long Island and labeled him the 
Gilgo Beach serial killer.

Several of the victims' relatives sobbed quietly and were seen wiping 
tears as Heuermann admitted to the rash of killings beginning in 1993 
and concluding in 2010.

The killings went unsolved for two decades until the Suffolk County 
district attorney's office, New York State Police and the FBI first 
identified Heuermann as a suspect in 2022.




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