{"id":5874,"date":"2026-06-17T17:10:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T17:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/notorious-serial-killer-who-murdered-eight-women-jailed-for-life\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T17:10:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T17:10:26","slug":"notorious-serial-killer-who-murdered-eight-women-jailed-for-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/notorious-serial-killer-who-murdered-eight-women-jailed-for-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Notorious serial killer who murdered eight women jailed for life"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_e73334\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann, 62, has been jailed for life after murdering eight women between 1993 and 2010<\/h2>\n<div class=\"Byline_byline-container__K_Owl\" data-testid=\"byline\"><span class=\"Byline_byline-content-wrapper__Imque\" data-testid=\"byline-content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"Byline_author-badge-date-wrapper__Q7jj1\">\n<p><span class=\"\" data-testid=\"byline-publishedDate\"><\/span><span class=\"ArticleTimestamp_updated-date__7qD4Q ArticleTimestamp_updated-date-with-published__iFKpF\" data-testid=\"byline-updatedDate\">Updated <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"36986444\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A formal photograph of an individual, depicting a man with short, curly hair and a serious expression. The individual is dressed in a black collared shirt, and the background is plain and gray.\" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article36986444.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_Rex-Heuermann-23213527740124.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article36986444.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/0_Rex-Heuermann-23213527740124.jpg 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article36986444.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/0_Rex-Heuermann-23213527740124.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article36986444.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_Rex-Heuermann-23213527740124.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Rex Heuermann, 62, has been sentenced to life without parole\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Rex Heuermann, 62, has been sentenced to life without parole<cite aria-label=\"Image: AP\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: AP)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">An architect who murdered eight women in a string of long-unsolved crimes known as the Gilgo Beach killings has been jailed for life without parole.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Rex HeuermannLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/us-news\/gilgo-beach-murders-full-timeline-30471320\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Rex Heuermann<\/a>, 62, murdered his victims between 1993 and 2010, with most of their remains found in marshland along the south coast of Long Island, New York, notably at Gilgo Beach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">On Wednesday, Heuermann appeared in court in Riverhead, New York, after <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/us-news\/gilgo-beach-serial-killings-suspect-36986264\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">pleading guilty in April<\/a> to the murders of seven women: Megan Waterman, 22, Melissa Barthelemy, 24, Amber Lynn Costello, 27, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, 25, Valerie Mack, 24, Jessica Taylor, 20, and Sandra Costilla, 28.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In April, he also admitted killing an eighth victim, Karen Vergata, who disappeared in 1996 when she was 34 years old. Heuermann had not been charged with her <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/murder\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">murder<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37311198\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37311198\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.74\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37311198.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/1_victims.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37311198.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/1_victims.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37311198.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/1_victims.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37311198.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/1_victims.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Top row, left to right: Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, Amber Lynn Costello, and Maureen Brainard-Barnes. Bottom row, left to right: Jessica Taylor, Sandra Costilla, Valerie Mack and Karen Vergata.\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Top row, left to right: Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, Amber Lynn Costello, and Maureen Brainard-Barnes. Bottom row, left to right: Jessica Taylor, Sandra Costilla, Valerie Mack and Karen Vergata.<cite aria-label=\"Image: Suffolk County Police\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Suffolk County Police)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The investigation into the Gilgo Beach killings began in 2010 after police discovered four sets of human remains along the beach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Investigators used DNA analysis and other evidence to identify the victims, most of whom were sex workers. The remains of Ms Barthelemy, Ms Brainard-Barnes, Ms Costello and Ms Waterman &#8211; known as the Gilgo Four &#8211; were found at the beach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The remains of Ms Taylor and Ms Mack were found along Ocean Parkway, several miles west of Gilgo Beach, while those of Ms Costilla were discovered more than 60 miles away in the Hamptons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The eighth woman, Ms Vergata, was identified in 2023. Her remains were first found on Fire Island, more than 20 miles west of Gilgo Beach, in 1996, with further remains discovered near Gilgo Beach in 2011.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-36986443\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"36986443\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.09\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Alleged Gilgo killer Rex A. Heuermann, with his lawyer Michael Brown, appears during a court hearing where he was indicted for the alleged killing of Valerie Mack, inside Supreme Court Justice Timothy Mazzei's courtroom at Suffolk County Court on December\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article36986443.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Gilgo-Beach-Murders-Suspect-Rex-Heuermann-Charged-In-Killing-Of-Seventh-Woman.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article36986443.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_Gilgo-Beach-Murders-Suspect-Rex-Heuermann-Charged-In-Killing-Of-Seventh-Woman.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article36986443.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Gilgo-Beach-Murders-Suspect-Rex-Heuermann-Charged-In-Killing-Of-Seventh-Woman.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article36986443.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Gilgo-Beach-Murders-Suspect-Rex-Heuermann-Charged-In-Killing-Of-Seventh-Woman.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Rex Heuermann (right) and his lawyer Michael Brown at Suffolk County Court in December 2024\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Rex Heuermann (right) and his lawyer Michael Brown at Suffolk County Court in December 2024<cite aria-label=\"Image: Getty Images\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Getty Images)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"HeadingThree_heading-three__PBHLs  __className_a1cfe0\">&#8216;A million years isn&#8217;t enough&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Speaking before sentencing, Jasmine Robinson, Ms Taylor&#8217;s cousin, told the killer: &#8220;You fill me with so much repugnance, I can&#8217;t stand it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;A million years isn&#8217;t enough,&#8221; Ms Robinson said. &#8220;Nothing will ever make this right.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Amanda Funderburg, Ms Barthelemy&#8217;s sister, urged Heuermann to look at her as she spoke. &#8220;I hope you suffer,&#8221; she said, recalling a taunting phone call she received from the killer days after her sister disappeared when Funderburg was 15 years old.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">JoAnn Mack, the mother of Valerie Mack, said: &#8220;Justice has been done, but it can\u2019t replace what has been taken.&#8221; She told Heuermann that her daughter &#8220;had dreams, and you took them all away from her&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Liliana Waterman was three years old when her mother, Megan Waterman, vanished. She said she did not fully understand what had happened until she was about nine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;In an instant, my <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">world<\/a> was shattered,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Was she in pain? Was she scared?&#8221;<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37311129\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37311129\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.78\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37311129.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Gilgo-Beach-Killer-Suspect-Rex-Heuermann-To-Reportedly-Plead-Guilty-To-Murders.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37311129.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_Gilgo-Beach-Killer-Suspect-Rex-Heuermann-To-Reportedly-Plead-Guilty-To-Murders.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37311129.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Gilgo-Beach-Killer-Suspect-Rex-Heuermann-To-Reportedly-Plead-Guilty-To-Murders.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37311129.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Gilgo-Beach-Killer-Suspect-Rex-Heuermann-To-Reportedly-Plead-Guilty-To-Murders.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"An aerial view of an empty stretch of Gilgo Beach on Long Island\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">An aerial view of an empty stretch of Gilgo Beach on Long Island<cite aria-label=\"Image: Getty Images\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Getty Images)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"HeadingThree_heading-three__PBHLs  __className_a1cfe0\">How DNA from p<!-- -->izza crusts linked<!-- -->Heuermann to the murders<\/h3>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Heuermann has been in custody since he was arrested outside his Manhattan office in July 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In 2022, six weeks after a new police commissioner formed the Gilgo Beach task force, detectives identified Heuermann as a suspect by using a vehicle registration database to link him to a pickup truck that a witness reported seeing when one of the victims disappeared in 2010.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The Long Island architect lived for decades in Massapequa Park, about a 25-minute drive across a causeway spanning South Oyster Bay to Gilgo Beach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Following the breakthrough, a grand jury authorised more than 300 subpoenas and search warrants, allowing the task force to examine Heuermann\u2019s life in detail. Mobile phone data showed he had been in contact with some victims shortly before they disappeared, investigators said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Detectives also retested DNA found with the bodies and trawled through Heuermann\u2019s internet search history, which revealed an interest in violent torture pornography, as well as the Gilgo Beach killings and the investigation into them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">To obtain Heuermann\u2019s DNA, a surveillance team followed him in Manhattan, where he worked, and watched as he threw a box of partially eaten pizza crusts into a rubbish bin. Investigators retrieved the box and sent it to a crime lab, which matched DNA from the crusts to a male hair found on burlap used to restrain one of the victims.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">After Heuermann\u2019s arrest in 2023, detectives spent more than 12 days searching his backyard and home, where they found a basement vault containing 279 weapons. On his computer, investigators found what they described as a &#8220;blueprint&#8221; for the killings, including a series of checklists with reminders to limit noise, clean the bodies and destroy evidence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Last year, a judge rejected Heuermann\u2019s bid to exclude DNA evidence obtained using advanced techniques, which prosecutors said proved he was the killer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/us-news\/notorious-serial-killer-who-murdered-37310854\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann, 62, has been jailed for life after murdering eight<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0_Rex-Heuermann-23213527740124.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}