Gilgo Beach serial killer pleads guilty

In a dramatic shift in legal strategy, 62-year-old Rex Heuermann accepted responsibility for the notorious Gilgo Beach serial killings that began in the 1990s.

The plea deal includes a provision for Heuermann to be interviewed by FBI behavioral analysts, potentially assisting in the resolution of other unsolved homicides nationwide.

Families of the victims expressed a mixture of grief and relief in the Suffolk County courtroom as the architect detailed his heinous crimes.

Heuermann is expected to spend the remainder of his life in prison without the possibility of parole, ending one of the most high-profile serial murder investigations in American history.