After years of declaring his innocence, a former New York architect admitted in court that he's the infamous Gilgo Beach serial killer, pleading guilty to killing seven women between 1993 and 2011.

The accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann admitted on Wednesday he strangled eight women and discarded their remains on Long Island, New York, over three decades.

Rex Heuermann previously pleaded not guilty in the killings of seven women on New York's Long Island, with an eighth victim expected to be added today.

Son of Valerie Mack files wrongful death suit against accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann and family members over alleged torture and murder.

The wrongful death lawsuit by Benjamin Torres, sole heir to Gilgo Beach victim Valerie Mack, was filed this week in Suffolk County, N.Y.

Asa Ellerup, Rex Heuermann's ex-wife, spoke after Heuermann pleaded guilty to seven murders in the Gilgo Beach case.

Attorney for Asa Ellerup, the ex-wife of accused Gilgo killer Rex Heuermann, spoke in response to the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Gilgo Beach victim, Valerie Mack. NewsdayTV's Doug Geed reports.

Alleged Gilgo serial killer Rex Heuermann, cener, appears for a hearing in front of Judge Tim Mazzei alongside his attorney Michael J. Brown, left, at Suffolk County Court on Jan. 13, 2026, in Riverhead,