June 17 (UPI) -- Rex Heuermann, who pleaded guilty in April to the murders of seven women in Long Island, N.Y., and admitted to one more, was given multiple life sentences without the possibility of parole Wednesday.

In 2010, police searching for a missing woman began finding human remains in the scrub along a barrier island parkway near New York’s Gilgo Beach.

A Long Island architect who lived a secret life as the Gilgo Beach serial killer has been sentenced to to life in prison without parole.

Rex Heuermann, a Long Island architect who lived a secret life as the Gilgo Beach serial killer, has been sentenced to to life in prison without parole.

Rex Heuermann, the Long Island architect who spent nearly two decades murdering women and leading a double life in his family's suburban home, was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison without th

Long Island architect Rex Heuermann, who lived a secret life as the Gilgo Beach serial killer, has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.