Overview
- Rex Heuermann pleaded guilty Wednesday in Suffolk County court to seven murders and admitted killing Karen Vergata, whose remains were found in 1996 and 2011.
- Sentencing is set for June 17, with a life-without-parole term expected under the plea.
- Investigators said a multiagency team tied him to the victims using hair DNA, cell-site and burner-phone data, computer searches, and DNA recovered from a thrown-out pizza crust.
- The killings stretch from 1993 to 2010 and include the 'Gilgo Four,' whose bound remains were discovered near Gilgo Beach in December 2010.
- On Monday, Valerie Mack’s son filed a wrongful death suit that also names Heuermann’s ex-wife and daughter, whose attorney said they had no knowledge or involvement.