Dossier
Fire Island
Coverage of Fire Island in the Nexus archive.
- Rex Heuermann is sentenced to life in prison for New York’s Gilgo Beach serial killings
Rex Heuermann was sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing eight women in New York’s Gilgo Beach serial killings. He admitted to strangling and dismembering his victims, most of whom were sex workers, with their remains found near coastal areas including Gilgo Beach, Fire Island, and the Hamptons.
- A timeline of the investigation of the Gilgo Beach killings
Police discovered human remains near New York's Gilgo Beach in 2010, leading to an investigation that identified victims through DNA analysis and connected them to earlier remains on Long Island. Rex Heuermann was arrested and pleaded guilty to murdering seven women, admitting to an eighth killing.