Rex Heuermann - The Gilgo Beach Serial Killer: A Conversation with Josh Ritter

About this episode

Candice DeLong discusses the guilty plea of Rex Heuermann, the Gilgo Beach Serial Killer, and the investigative breakthroughs leading to his arrest.

Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong examines the stunning guilty plea of Rex Heuermann, the Long Island architect known as the Gilgo Beach Serial Killer. For more than fifteen years, the murders of at least eight women dumped along a desolate stretch of Ocean Parkway went unsolved — one of the most haunting cold cases in American history. Candice walks through the investigative breakthroughs that finally brought Heuermann to justice, then is joined by legal analyst Josh Ritter to break down the terms of his plea agreement, including an unprecedented requirement to cooperate with the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit. Audible subscribers can listen to all episodes of Killer Psyche ad-free right now. Join Audible today by downloading the Audible app. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Candice DeLong

Guest: Josh Ritter

Topics covered

• Gilgo Beach Serial Killer
• criminal profiling
• FBI investigations
• cold cases
• legal analysis

Keywords

• Rex Heuermann
• Gilgo Beach
• Candice DeLong
• FBI
• cold case
• Josh Ritter
• criminal profiler
• plea agreement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FBI

Places: Long Island, Gilgo Beach, Ocean Parkway

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