Rex Heuermann, the man accused in the Gilgo Beach serial killings near New York, has been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to multiple murders. NEW YORK: The so-called Gilgo Beach serial killer, accused of strangling and dismembering women and scattering their remains around a coastal community near New York, was sentenced Wednesday (Jun 17) to life in prison. Rex Heuermann, 62, in April pleaded guilty to seven murders, plus an eighth that he had not yet been charged with, in a