The accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann admitted he strangled eight women and discarded their remains on Long Island, New York. CNN’s Jean Casarez reports.

Families of the victims murdered by Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann spoke Wednesday after Heuermann pleaded guilty to seven murders and admitted to an eighth.

Rex Heuermann appears in court to plead guilty to seven counts of murder and one additional uncharged killing stemming from the infamous Gilgo Beach murders in Long Island, New York.

Rex Heuermann pleaded guilty to murder charges of seven women and admitted to killing another in a series of crimes that for years have haunted Long Island.

A Long Island architect who led a secret life as a serial killer pleaded guilty on Wednesday tomurdering seven women and admitted he killed an eighth in a string of long-unsolved crimes known as the Gilgo Beach killings.

The accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann pleaded guilty Wednesday to the murders of eight women whose remains he discarded on Long Island, New York, over three decades.

Family members of victims cry in the courtroom as they listen to Rex Heuermann admit to the murders of eight women.

Moments after Rex Heuermann pleaded guilty to murdering seven women and admitted to killing an eighth in a Long Island courtroom, his ex-wife delivered a statement to the press. “My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families,