People like typologies. They simplify complex subjects and make them easier to discuss. Sometimes, a typology will seem to be the standard. Look up “types of serial killers,” and you’ll likely get the ...

Serial killers captivate the public’s attention. They create community turmoil as one murder unfolds into a series of murders. Infamous serial killers like “Son of Sam” David Berkowitz, “Boston ...

The accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann admitted on Wednesday he strangled eight women and discarded their remains on Long Island, New York, marking the culmination of a case that has ...

The man charged with killing seven women and scattering their remains throughout Long Island, New York, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, marking the end of a decades-long case that instilled fears of a ...

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The man accused of being a serial killer who targeted women on Long Island over the course of nearly two decades admitted to eight killings on April 8. New York architect Rex Heuermann, 62, was ...

NEW YORK -- Rex Heuermann admitted Wednesday to murdering eight women during a 17-year killing spree that terrorized Long Island and labeled him the Gilgo Beach serial killer. "Do you feel it's in ...

In the early 2000s in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, many women from various walks of life were found violently murdered. The first arrest came in 2003, when Derrick Todd Lee was taken into custody. He was ...

A New York architect charged with seven murders in Gilgo Beach on Long Island is expected to change his plea to guilty, US media reports. Rex Heuermann, 62, previously pleaded not guilty in the ...

Rex Heuermann, the former New York architect accused of killing seven women and discarding their remains in Long Island's Gilgo Beach, pled guilty to their murders and admitted to killing another ...

A decades-long saga came to an end in a Suffolk County courtroom on Wednesday, as a six-foot-four man dressed in a black suit and blue tie stood across from a judge and confessed to the gruesome ...