Families of Gilgo Beach victims move to change N.Y.'s Son of Sam law
The families of eight murdered women faced down Rex Heuermann and now want justice beyond the courtroom.
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The families of eight murdered women faced down Rex Heuermann and now want justice beyond the courtroom.
As Rex Heuermann's defense attorney, Michael Brown spent three years sitting beside him in court and speaking on his behalf.
Rex Heuermann was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the series of murders known as the Gilgo Beach serial killings.
Wednesday is sentencing day for Rex Heuermann, long the suspect in Gilgo Beach serial killer case that has loomed over Long Island for more than three decades.
A Brooklyn man who admitted murdering three elderly women was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison Wednesday.
Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann pleaded guilty to seven counts and admitted guilt in the death of an eighth woman.
Rex Heuermann was arrested in 2023. He admitted to killing eight women in the Gilgo Beach area of Long Island between 1993 and 2011.
Michael Brown, the attorney for Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann, spoke out after his client pleaded guilty to murdering seven women.
Rex Heuermann, the man accused of being the Gilgo Beach serial killer, is expected to plead guilty to multiple murders when he appears in a Riverhead court on Wednesday.
The trial in the case of accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann is finally in sight.
A Fair Lawn nursing student's murder went unsolved for 60 years. Now, police believe they've identified her killer. CBS News New York's Vanessa Murdock reports.
This is the latest in a series of what are called Frye hearings to determine whether certain DNA evidence will be admissible during trial.
Asa Ellerup has come under public scrutiny following her husband's arrest for three of the Gilgo Beach murders, but the daughters of notorious serial killers BTK and the Happy Face Killer have come to her defense.
Gilgo Beach murders suspect Rex Heuermann is due in court Tuesday for a pre-trial hearing on Long Island.
Heuermann was charged with killing Valerie Mack, a 24-year-old from New Jersey who had been working as an escort in the Philadelphia area, in 2000. CBS News New York's Carolyn Gusoff reports.
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Suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann will face a judge Wednesday in Suffolk County, Long Island.
The attorney who represents the families of several Gilgo Beach murder victims says he will present important new evidence that shows Rex Heuermann was not leading a double life.
Suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann is now charged with killing two more women, Sandra Costilla and Jessica Taylor, 10 years apart on Long Island. CBS New York's Carolyn Gusoff reports.
David Berkowitz terrorized New York City with a series of shootings that killed six people and wounded seven beginning in July 1976.
Heuermann was arrested last year and charged with murdering four women around Gilgo Beach on Long Island.
The sister and daughter of Maureen Brainard-Barnes spoke after Heuermann was charged with her killing. CBS New York's Jennifer McLogan reports.
New charges were filed Tuesday against accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann. Suffolk County DA Ray Tierney spoke about the charges in a news conference.
The Gilgo Beach murders suspect is due in court Tuesday on Long Island, where he is expected to be charged in a fourth murder.
Authorities say Jane Doe number seven, whose remains were found in 1996, was Karen Vergata. CBS New York's Jennifer McLogan has the new developments from Hauppauge.
