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Rex Heuermann to Accept Deal, Plead to Eight Murders: Sources | Crime Alert 04.08.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alard hourly update, breaking crime news. Now I'm Sidney Sumner.
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  Speaker 1: For over a decade, a shadow hung over Long Island.
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  Speaker 1: The salt air of Gilgo Beach felt heavier, tainted by
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  Speaker 1: the knowledge that a predator had used its desolate doones
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  Speaker 1: as a graveyard. For years, residents left wondering if the
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  Speaker 1: demon among them would ever have a name. Well, this morning,
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  Speaker 1: that demon is expected to finally stop fighting. Rex Hwerman,
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  Speaker 1: the sixty two year old Massapequa architect who has spent
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  Speaker 1: the last three years stone faced and defiant, is heading
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  Speaker 1: back to a Riverhead court room. But this isn't just
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  Speaker 1: another hearing, sources say, we are about to witness a
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  Speaker 1: stunning reversal. After years of not guilty, please, Huerman is
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  Speaker 1: expected to admit to the unthinkable, the murders of all
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  Speaker 1: seven women he was charged with, plus an eighth the
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  Speaker 1: currently unsolved but long suspected murder of Karen Virgata. But
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  Speaker 1: this isn't a moment of restorative justice for everyone. There
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  Speaker 1: will be no trial, no uling, cross examinations. Sources suggest
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  Speaker 1: Huerman is taking this deal specifically to spare himself and
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  Speaker 1: his family from the public airing of the gory details
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  Speaker 1: of his seventeen year killing spree. The discovery of these
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  Speaker 1: women was nothing short of a nightmare.
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  Speaker 2: In December of twenty ten, their bodies were recovered. They
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  Speaker 2: were buried in a similar fashion, a similar location, in
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  Speaker 2: a similar way. All the women were petite. They all
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  Speaker 2: did the same thing for a living. They all advertised
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  Speaker 2: the same way immediately. There were similarities with regard to
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  Speaker 2: the crime scenes. All the women were bound at the head,
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  Speaker 2: at the midsection, or at the chest, and later at
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  Speaker 2: the legs. They were bound by burlap. The burlap it
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  Speaker 2: was camouflage burlap used for duck blinds of hunting. Obviously,
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  Speaker 2: it was used to hide purposely hide the bodies.
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  Speaker 1: The breakthrough that brought us to this moment didn't come
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  Speaker 1: from a high tech satellite. It came from a green
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  Speaker 1: Chevy Avalanche and a discard pizza crust. Investigators linked Humerman's
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  Speaker 1: unique truck to the victims through witness statements and cell
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  Speaker 1: tower pings in his own neighborhood. DNA found on his
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  Speaker 1: trash matched hares recovered from a victim's body. Investigators turn
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  Speaker 1: up scores of digital evidence after searching Huerman's house. Obsessive
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  Speaker 1: online searches for sexual violence and the Gilgo murders, and
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  Speaker 1: a chilling planning document on how to kill and avoid detection.
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  Speaker 3: The Task Force believes that this is a planning document
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  Speaker 3: and it was utilized by Uromin to methadically blueprint and
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  Speaker 3: plan out his.
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  Speaker 2: Skills with excruciating detail.
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  Speaker 3: We alleged that this document evinces the defendant's attent in
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  Speaker 3: committing the charge crimes, that his intent was specifically to
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  Speaker 3: locate these victims, to hunt them down and to bring them,
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  Speaker 3: to bring them under his control, and to kill.
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  Speaker 1: Them as humormans, to trade his twenty three hours a
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  Speaker 1: day's solitary confinement for a permanent life behind bars. The
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  Speaker 1: storm hasn't settled for his family. His ex wife, asa Elliup,
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  Speaker 1: and their daughter are currently staring down a wrongful death lawsuit.
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  Speaker 1: The claim that in a house as small as theirs,
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  Speaker 1: barely three hundred and forty three square feet, it was
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  Speaker 1: impossible not to know what was happening in the basement.
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  Speaker 1: Their attorney, Robert Macedonio, isn't staying quiet. He held a
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  Speaker 1: press conference Tuesday afternoon, standing beside a silent Ellirup to
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  Speaker 1: blast the lawsuit as reckless.
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  Speaker 4: It is deeply troubling in the wake of such tragedy
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  Speaker 4: that anyone would choose to advance claims that have no
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  Speaker 4: factual basis, only to serve to further harm individuals who
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  Speaker 4: themselves are dealing with profound personal human trauma. My clients
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  Speaker 4: are trying to process the reality that someone they trusted,
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  Speaker 4: a husband, a father, is accused of committing unthinkable acts.
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  Speaker 4: They are victims in this situation as well, not perpetrators.
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  Speaker 4: They have absolutely no involvement in the actions of Rex human.
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  Speaker 4: There is no evidence that implicates them in any way none.
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  Speaker 1: Today, the Long Island serial killer loses his mystery and
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  Speaker 1: becomes just another inmate. But for the families of the victims,
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  Speaker 1: the end of the legal battle doesn't mean the end
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  Speaker 1: of the questions. If the trial dies, the full truth
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  Speaker 1: of what happened in that Massapequa basement might just stay
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  Speaker 1: buried with it. More crime and justice news after this
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  Speaker 1: A major update in the hip hop world coming out
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  Speaker 1: of Florida following a violent incident involving two of the
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  Speaker 1: industry's biggest names. Rapper Lil TJ was arrested Monday night
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  Speaker 1: in connection with the shooting that left Migo's member Offset hospitalized.
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  Speaker 1: The Seminole Police Department confirmed that the incident took place
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  Speaker 1: around seven pm at the valet area of the Seminole
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  Speaker 1: Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Offset, whose
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  Speaker 1: real name is Kiari Kendril Cephas, was shot during the
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  Speaker 1: altercation and transported to a local hostel. Fortunately, his representatives
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  Speaker 1: say his injuries are non life threatening and he is
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  Speaker 1: currently in stable condition. Wil TJ or t o Jaden Merritt,
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  Speaker 1: was taken into custody at the scene. While social media
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  Speaker 1: was quickly flooded with rumors of his direct involvement in
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  Speaker 1: the gunfire, the current charges tell a slightly different story.
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  Speaker 1: As of Tuesday morning, the twenty four year old was
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  Speaker 1: booked into the Broward County Jail on a misdemeanor charge
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  Speaker 1: of disorderly conduct. Records show he is also facing a
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  Speaker 1: traffic violation with a combined bond set at three thousand dollars.
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  Speaker 1: His attorney, Don Florio, has been quick to push back
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  Speaker 1: against the narrative that her client pulled the trigger. In
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  Speaker 1: a statement posted to Instagram, Florio denied that TJ was
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  Speaker 1: involved in the shooting or that he had been shot himself,
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  Speaker 1: calling the accusations baseless rumors. According to police spokesperson Gary Bitner,
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  Speaker 1: the violence appears to have stemmed from a fight in
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  Speaker 1: the Valet area. While a second person was detained alongside
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  Speaker 1: Little TJ. They have not yet been charged and the
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  Speaker 1: investigation remains active as authority search for others who may
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  Speaker 1: have been involved. This shooting brings a somber reminder of
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  Speaker 1: the tragedy that has followed the Migos, coming just over
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  Speaker 1: three years after member Takeoff was fatally shot in Houston.
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