Serial killer who murdered eight women in Long Island town imprisoned for life
James Carbone/Pool via REUTERSGilgo Beach killer Rex Heuermann is escorted away after being sentenced by Judge Timothy Mazzei."You are a disgusting and despicable, small man, if you're a man at all. And you're a coward," said Judge Timothy Mazzei as he handed down the maximum sentence in a Riverhead, Long Island courtroom. He wanted to spare his family the ordeal of going to trial," said Brown.The hearing started with fiery statements from victims' family members.
- ▪James Carbone/Pool via REUTERSGilgo Beach killer Rex Heuermann is escorted away after being sentenced by Judge Timothy Mazzei."You are a disgusting and despicable, small man, if you're a man at all.
- ▪And you're a coward," said Judge Timothy Mazzei as he handed down the maximum sentence in a Riverhead, Long Island courtroom.
- ▪He wanted to spare his family the ordeal of going to trial," said Brown.The hearing started with fiery statements from victims' family members.
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'Get him out of here': Judge sends Gilgo Beach killer to prison for rest of lifeJust nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleSakshi VenkatramanLong IslandJames Carbone/Pool via REUTERSGilgo Beach killer Rex Heuermann stands and speaks in court June 17 at his sentencing on Long Island in New York.Rex Heuermann, known as the Gilgo Beach serial killer, who admitted to brutally murdering eight women, received the maximum sentence on Wednesday. He will serve three life sentences for first-degree murder, plus 25 years to life on four second-degree murder charges, all running consecutively.The sentencing followed a series of angry, poignant statements on Wednesday, as victims' family members described how the brutal losses created "lifelong devastation" for them.In April, Heuermann confirmed that…
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