Suspect in Gilgo Beach serial killings expected to plead guilty, sources say

Rex Heuermann, the man charged with seven of the Gilgo Beach murders that gripped Long Island, New York, is expected to plead guilty next month, according to a source

Rex Heuermann, the man charged with seven of the Gilgo Beach murders that gripped Long Island, New York, is expected to plead guilty next month, according to a source.

He’s expected to enter the guilty plea in the serial killings April 8, according to a source familiar with the matter. Court records show an appearance scheduled for that day.

Two sources close to the case also confirmed the expected plea to NBC New York's Greg Cergol. It was first reported by Newsday.

Heuermann, an architect who was married at the time with children, was arrested in July 2023, initially charged with three counts of first-degree murder. He now stands accused of killing seven women.

He was arrested as police were investigating the deaths of at least 10 people, most of them female sex workers, whose remains were found during searches in 2010 and 2011 along Long Island's Gilgo Beach. Police do not believe all those deaths are linked to the same person.