{"id":176787,"date":"2026-03-27T02:46:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T02:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/176787\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T02:46:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T02:46:21","slug":"suspected-gilgo-beach-killer-rex-heuermann-expected-to-plead-guilty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/176787\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspected Gilgo Beach killer Rex Heuermann expected to plead guilty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann is expected to plead guilty to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/06\/us-news\/womens-clothing-purses-found-buried-where-rex-heuermann-once-worked\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">viciously murdering seven sex workers<\/a> in a twisted case that has rocked Long Island for nearly two decades, according to sources.<\/p>\n<p>The hulking Massapequa Park architect\u2019s defense attorney Michael J. Brown and Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney are currently hashing out a plea deal that could see Heuermann, 62, cop to the savage killings at his April 8 appearance in Suffolk County Court, sources told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear what charges Heuermann would plead to or any specifics of the deal being hammered out.<\/p>\n<p>The hulking Massapequa Park architect\u2019s attorney and Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney are currently hashing out a plea deal, sources told The Post.  Newsday<\/p>\n<p>Relatives of the victims said they were informed a plea would happen next month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsday.com\/long-island\/crime\/gilgo-beach-killings\/gilgo-beach-serial-killings-rex-heuermann-guilty-plea-fyk5j5vs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">according to Newsday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Suffolk DA\u2019s Office and Brown did not immediately respond to The Post\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Heuermann is accused of killing seven sex workers and dumping their bodies along barren stretches of Long Island near Gilgo Beach between 1993 and 2010.<\/p>\n<p>The gruesome slayings remained unsolved until Suffolk County authorities reopened the cold cases, which led to Heuermann\u2019s arrest outside his Midtown Manhattan offices in July 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The married father of two was initially charged with three of the murders, but was later linked to seven\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/03\/us-news\/gilgo-beach-dna-evidence-in-against-rex-heuermann-ruled-admissible\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">through high-tech DNA matches<\/a>, according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p>The seven Long Island sex workers allegedly killed by Rex Heuermann.<br \/>\n Suffolk County Police Department<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/19\/us-news\/suffolk-da-ray-tierney-shoots-down-talk-of-plea-in-gilgo-beach-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Tierney has tied\u00a0<\/a>Heuermann to the killings of Valerie Mack, 24, Jessica Taylor, 20, Megan Waterman, 22, Melissa Barthelemy, 24, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, 25, Amber Lynn Costello, 27, and Sandra Costilla, 28.<\/p>\n<p>All of the victims peddled sex through online ads in the metro area before disappearing.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>All seven of Heuermann\u2019s victims peddled sex through online ads in the metro area. AP<\/p>\n<p>State and county\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/17\/us-news\/gilgo-beach-murders-tied-to-rex-heuermann-by-dna-software-that-needed-updates-due-to-glitches-expert-testifies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">investigators also searched Heuermann\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0disheveled Massapequa Park home twice, and allegedly uncovered computer files that further tied him to the murders.<\/p>\n<p>The accused serial killer has been locked up since his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Heuermann has pleaded not guilty to all charges, and his trial was expected to begin in September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann is expected to plead guilty to viciously murdering seven sex workers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":176788,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[33015,776,57,9,11,10,15339,19980,4721],"class_list":["post-176787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-gilgo-beach-murders","tag-long-island","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-serial-killers","tag-sex-workers","tag-trials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}