Gilgo serial killer sentenced

By Sabrina Garone

Published June 17, 2026 at 4:30 PM EDT

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Accused Gilgo Beach killer Rex A. Heuermann appears before Judge Timothy P. Mazzei in Suffolk County Court on Tuesday, August 1, 2023.

The Gilgo Beach serial killer has been sentenced to life in prison. New York city will celebrate the Knicks tomorrow with a ticker tap parade. Plus, with older power plants shutting down in New York, advocates say there’s not enough new power to fill the gap.

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Sabrina is host and producer of WSHU’s daily podcast After All Things. She also produces the climate podcast Higher Ground and other long-form news and music programs at the station. Sabrina spent two years as a WSHU fellow, working as a reporter and assisting with production of The Full Story.

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