By

Nia Prater,

Intelligencer staff writer, who covers New York politics

Alleged Gilgo serial killer Rex Heuermann appears in Judge Timothy Mazzei’s courtroom at Suffolk County Court for a status conference on February 25, 2025, in Riverhead, New York.

Rex Heuermann, the former Long Island architect who confessed this spring to being the Gilgo Beach killer, was sentenced to multiple life sentences in prison without the possibility of parole on Wednesday morning.