The man suspected of killing at least seven women and dumping many of their remains on a remote stretch of parkway near Long Island’s Gilgo Beach in a decade-long investigation that captivated the globe changed his plea to guilty Wednesday — and admitted to yet another killing in which he has never been charged.
Rex Heuermann, 62, had been charged in the killings of seven women, many of them sex workers, over a period of 17 years, dating back to 1993. Previously, he pleaded not guilty. Copping to the eighth, the 1996 killing of Karen Vergata, of Manhattan, is part of his plea deal, which comes with life without parole, prosecutors said.
Watch the full courtroom video below.
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