Rex Heuermann, the accused Gilgo Beach serial killer who has pleaded not guilty to murdering seven women over a 17-year span, is reportedly expected to change his plea to guilty next month.
Neither Suffolk County prosecutors nor attorneys for the 62-year-old architect from Massapequa Park man responded to requests for comment on the possible plea deal, which multiple media outlets reported based on unnamed sources. Judge Timothy Mazzei would have to approve a deal. Attorneys for the family of the victims and the suspect either did not respond to requests or declined to comment.
The news comes after Heuermann did not appear in court for his March 17 pre-trial conference due to unspecified medical reasons. He is due back in court on April 8. Mazzei previously said he wanted the case to go to trial “right after Labor Day.”
Heuermann has been held without bail at Suffolk County jail in Riverhead since his July 2023 arrest. He was charged with killing four women known as the Gilgo Four — Megan Waterman, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Amber Lynn Costello, Melissa Barthelemy — as well as Valerie Mack, Jessica Taylor, and Sandra Costilla between 1993 and 2010.
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