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Follow every step of the investigation into the Gilgo Beach serial killings, from its first moments to the latest developments and expert analysis.

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

Sunday, September 20

Only in NewsdaySearch for DNA link to 'Asian Doe' shows progress in Flushing, Tierney says

Investigators collected DNA samples from people in a Chinese American community in Flushing, Queens.

MORE ON THIS TOPICSuffolk DA going to Chinatown in push to ID 'Asian Doe'Gilgo Beach investigators renewing efforts to ID remains of Asian victim found in 2011

Gilgo Beach serial killer disciplined for having synthetic drug, source says

Only in NewsdaySuspect in killing of 'Gilgo Beach victim No. 3' asks judge to drop murder charge

Only in NewsdayNew tool available to clear LI unsolved homicides using 3D printing technology

Newsday InvestigatesA look at cold homicide cases from the 1990s: Could the Gilgo Beach serial killer be tied to any of them?

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Only in NewsdayNew tool available to clear LI unsolved homicides using 3D printing technology

First in NewsdayMasked people bang on Gilgo Beach killer's door, prompting police response

Gilgo judge targeted for forced retirement by criminal justice reform group

Newsday InvestigatesLI woman served as Gilgo Beach serial killer's therapist. She had no license to practice.

Only in NewsdayGilgo Beach killer moved to Clinton Correctional Facility, official says

Only in NewsdayGilgo Beach investigators renewing efforts to ID remains of Asian victim found in 2011

Only in NewsdayFor Gilgo serial killer's lawyer, the case became biggest challenge of his career

Gilgo Beach serial killer moved upstate for prison processing

Gilgo Beach serial killer sentenced to life in prison for 8 killings that shocked Long Island

Only in NewsdaySuffolk sheriff worried about getting Gilgo serial killer to court to face victims' families

Only in Newsday'It's been 17 years since we last spoke,' Gilgo Beach victim's sister tells serial killer, who once taunted her

Latest updates: Rex Heuermann sentenced to life without parole

Latest UpdatesBrown says Peacock documentary 'doesn't sit well' with him Heuermann's attorney says he doesn't know if his client is sorry Other victims?

Only in NewsdayGilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann will be sentenced today

Only in NewsdayRelatives of LI serial killer seek to dismiss wrongful death lawsuit by victim's son

Only in NewsdayGilgo Beach victims' families words at serial killer's sentencing will be 'real and raw,' DA says

Only in NewsdayEx-wife of Gilgo Beach serial killer won't attend sentencing, her attorney says

Rex Heuermann corresponds with Happy Face Killer from jail

Only in NewsdayLI judge orders DNA samples in Theresa Fusco's murder case

Only in NewsdayHow an expert in human remains got pulled into the Gilgo Beach serial killer case

Only in NewsdayHer disappearance on LI led to a serial killer manhunt. 16 years later, questions persist about how she died.

Former Suffolk top cop details Gilgo serial killer probe in new book

Only in NewsdayJudge orders new DNA test for suspect in 'Peaches' case

Only in NewsdayHow Gilgo Beach task force built case against Rex Heuermann

Rex Heuermann's 4-day killing ritual detailed in documentary

Gilgo Beach serial killer told ex-wife he killed 7 of 8 victims at their LI home

Only in NewsdayHeuermann admits 8 killings, but key questions remain

'I think he was done': DA describes how plea was reached with Gilgo Beach serial killer

Rex Heuermann admits to strangling 8 women, dumping their bodies near Gilgo Beach

'Nobody really wants to talk about it:' Quiet returns to Gilgo serial killer's home, victims' burial ground

How the Gilgo serial killer case unfolded

Only in NewsdayWho is the LI judge presiding over the Gilgo Beach killings case?

Ex-wife of accused Gilgo serial killer has 'not been involved' in decision to plead guilty

First in NewsdayAlleged Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann expected to plead guilty to 8th homicide, source says

Breaking NewsDA to hold news conference Wednesday after anticipated guilty plea from alleged serial killer Rex Heuermann

First in NewsdaySon of Gilgo Beach victim sues accused serial killer Rex Heuermann, family over mother's death

Only in NewsdayWhy would Rex Heuermann plead guilty to Gilgo Beach killings? Experts point to strategies.

Video reports

'We treat each of these cases individually'

A Newsday review turned up half a dozen instances of unidentified remains found on LI in the early '90s — a period when the admitted serial killer began committing murders. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn hosts a discussion with Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney and Newsday criminal justice reporter Anthony DeStefano.

MORE ON THIS TOPICA look at cold homicide cases from the 1990s: Could the Gilgo Beach serial killer be tied to any of them?

'A million years isn't enough'

'Psychotherapy is really an umbrella term'

'They have plenty of time to get him if they want to'

'We had a very strong case'

'I do think he saw the writing on the wall'

GILGO BEACH KILLINGS

'Psychotherapy is really an umbrella term'

04:33

'They have plenty of time to get him if they want to'

26:14

'We had a very strong case'

24:41

'I do think he saw the writing on the wall'

03:49

'They never leave you'

01:11

'Beyond what words can express'

02:04

'Get him out of here'

03:09

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