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Rex Heuermann's Sentencing: What to Expect on June 17 in the Gilgo Beach Case

Rex Heuermann pleaded guilty to the Gilgo Beach murders and is sentenced June 17, 2026. What happens at sentencing, the eight women at the center, and why the case matters.

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Rex Heuermann's Sentencing

The Case Files37 titles

Nº 01Case Files

The Taylor Parker Case

Nº 02Explainers

Can Someone Be Convicted of Murder Without a Body?

Nº 03Explainers

Does Criminal Profiling Actually Work? What the Science Says

Nº 04Explainers

How Are Missing People Actually Found? The Science of the Search

Nº 05Explainers

Finding the Remains

Nº 06Explainers

How Investigators Weigh Evidence

Nº 07Explainers

Meet A.I. AL

Nº 08Explainers

Mistrial vs. Hung Jury

Nº 09Explainers

Reading the Crime Scene

Nº 10Case Files

The Casey Goodson Jr. Case

Nº 11Case Files

The Maya Millete Case

Nº 12Explainers

The Warning Signs That Are Real

Nº 13Explainers

Why Do Some Murders Go Unsolved? Linkage Blindness and the Victims We Overlook

Nº 14Case Files

True Crime Case Tracker — 2026

Nº 15Case Files

The Kouri Richins Case

Nº 16Case Files

The Trail

Nº 17Case Files

The Idaho Student Murders

Nº 18Case Files

No Accident

Nº 19Case Files

The Gilgo Beach Murders

Nº 20Case Files

Two Names That Come First

Nº 21Case Files

The Murdaugh Murders

Nº 22Case Files

Diddy's Verdict, Explained

Nº 23Case Files

The Menendez Brothers Case

Nº 24Case Files

Karen Read Was Acquitted of Killing John O'Keefe. His Family Is Still Waiting for Answers.

Nº 25Case Files

The BTK Killer

Nº 26Case Files

The Lindsay Clancy Case

Nº 27Case Files

The Gabby Petito Case

Nº 28Case Files

The Delphi Murders

Nº 29Case Files

The Murder of Rachel Morin

Nº 30Case Files

The Lori Vallow Daybell Case

Nº 31Explainers

What Is Coercive Control? The Signs, Examples, and What to Do

Nº 32Case Files

The Golden State Killer

Nº 33Case Files

The Laci Peterson Case

Nº 34Explainers

Why Do Innocent People Confess to Crimes They Didn't Commit?

Nº 35Explainers

First-Degree, Second-Degree, Manslaughter

Nº 36Explainers

What Is Investigative Genetic Genealogy, and How Does It Solve Cold Cases?

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