Suffolk DA to address media after Heuermann enters plea
After alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex A. Heuermann appears Wednesday morning in Suffolk County Court in Riverhead, where he's expected to admit to killing eight women, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney will address the news media.
Tierney's office has scheduled a news conference at the Suffolk County Police Academy in Brentwood for 2 p.m. Wednesday, after Heuermann appears in court.
Tierney will be joined at the news conference by Suffolk County Police Commissioner Kevin Catalina, Suffolk Sheriff Errol D. Toulon Jr. and representatives of the Gilgo Beach Homicide Investigation Task Force, state Police, the FBI and relatives of the homicide victims.
The families of Heuermann's alleged victims were told by Suffolk police to expect Heuermann to change his plea to guilty during Wednesday's court appearance, family members exclusively told Newsday two weeks ago.
Heuermann has denied any involvement in the seven charged killings dating back to 1992. He was arrested on July 13, 2023.
Nicole Fuller is Newsday's senior criminal justice reporter. She began working at Newsday in 2012 and previously covered local government.
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