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What to know as Gilgo Beach serial killer pleads guilty to 7 murders, admits 8th killing

Rex Heuermann pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing seven women between 1993 and 2011 and admitted he killed an eighth in what came to be known as the Gilgo Beach serial killings. CBS News' Tom Hanson has more.

Published April 8, 2026, 6:04 PM
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What to know as Gilgo Beach serial killer pleads guilty to 7 murders, admits 8th killing

Rex Heuermann pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing seven women between 1993 and 2011 and admitted he killed an eighth in what came to be known as the Gilgo Beach serial killings. CBS News' Tom Hanson has more.

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