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Serial Killer

Senior serial killer convicted again

  • May 13
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Inside the Gilgo Beach murder investigation

  • Apr 16
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Rex Heuermann admits to killing 8 women in Gilgo Beach serial case

  • Apr 9

Families of victims say Gilgo killer's guilty plea brings closure

  • Apr 8

Gilgo Beach suspect expected to admit to an 8th murder

  • Apr 8

Death of Utah teen in 1974 linked to serial killer Ted Bundy: sheriff

  • Apr 2

Gilgo suspect had contact with 60 prostitutes before arrest, docs say

  • Mar 4

Serial killer confesses in 1965 murder of 18-year-old Alys Eberhardt

  • Jan 6

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Gilgo Beach Serial Killer Rex Heuermann sentenced to life in prison

  • Jun 17
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Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann sentenced to life in prison

  • Jun 17
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Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann sentenced to life in prison

  • Jun 17
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Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann to be sentenced

  • Jun 17
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Gilgo Beach: Lawyers for accused serial killer contest DNA evidence in court

  • Jan 29, 2025
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Lawyers for accused Gilgo Beach serial killer contest DNA evidence

  • Jan 29, 2025
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Lawyers for accused Gilgo Beach serial killer to contest DNA evidence

  • Jan 29, 2025
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Accused Gilgo Beach serial killer charged with 7th murder

  • Dec 17, 2024

Latest Stories

True Crime NYC: An Eyewitness News series

True Crime NYC brings you never-before-seen interviews and videos to reveal what it took to crack these cases.

  • Oct 18, 2025
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Gilgo Beach serial killer case a key test in use of advanced DNA techniques in criminal trials

A state judge is weighing whether to allow the DNA evidence generated through Astrea Forensics' whole genome sequencing into the criminal trial of Rex Heuermann

  • Sep 2, 2025
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'Doomsday mom' Lori Daybell receives life in prison for 2 Arizona murder conspiracy convictions

Lori Vallow Daybell has been sentenced to life in prison on two murder conspiracy convictions in Arizona.

  • Jul 25, 2025

Accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann's Jeep listed on eBay; proceeds to go to ex-wife

The Vietnam-era Jeep was owned by accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann, and all proceeds will go to his ex-wife, her attorney confirmed.

  • Jul 1, 2025

Gilgo Beach murder suspect Rex Heuermann in court for DNA evidence hearing

Heuermann's defense has argued that the new DNA methodology has never been tested in New York courts.

  • Apr 2, 2025