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Updated · NBC News · Apr 21Gilgo Beach Killer Admitted to Murders at Family Home, Ex-Wife Reveals
51 articles · Updated · NBC News · Apr 21
- Convicted Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann confessed to his ex-wife that he killed seven of eight victims in their Massapequa Park home.
- Heuermann admitted to murdering eight women between 1993 and 2010, mostly strangling them and disposing of their bodies on Long Island.
- Heuermann is set to receive multiple life sentences on June 17, bringing closure to a case that haunted Long Island for decades.
Could there be more unidentified victims connected to Rex Heuermann that investigators have yet to discover? How did advances in forensic technology, like DNA from pizza crust and burner phones, finally bring Heuermann to justice? What new revelations or perspectives does the documentary 'The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets' offer that have not been covered in the news? What psychological factors or life experiences contributed to Heuermann's ability to lead a double life as a respected architect and serial killer? In what ways might the FBI’s behavioral analysis unit use insights from Heuermann’s cooperation to prevent future serial killings? How did Asa Ellerup and her children remain unaware of the crimes committed in their own home for so many years?