Suffolk County authorities say they couldn't get Rex Heuermann off Long Island fast enough, shipping him upstate to rot in prison the morning after he received the maximum possible punishment for the Gilgo Beach murders under New York law.The 62-year-old former New York City architect received three consecutive sentences of life without parole, to be followed by four terms of 25 to life, after District Attorney Ray Tierney says he built a "Dexter"-style kill room in his basement, where he killed seven of his eight known victims."The sentence is appropriate for his crimes, and obviously he got what he deserved," his ex-wife Asa Ellerup said through her attorney, Bob Macedonio.PSYCHED OUT: Accused assassin Luigi Mangione's defense team floated a psychiatric defense in court this week, then backtracked a day later.The former Ivy Leaguer would have had to concede that he did shoot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in the back to deploy an "extreme emotional disturbance" defense under New York law, experts say.
If successful, it would have dramatically reduced his potential sentence upon conviction at the state level — but could've put him at risk in his federal trial, slated for next year.FOX TRUE CRIME IS NOW ON FACEBOOKA photo obtained by Fox News Digital shows Luigi Mangione. (Obtained by Fox News Digital)BECKY'S BACK: The former court clerk whose misconduct helped overturn Alex Murdaugh's murder conviction is now asking a federal judge to toss his $600,000 lawsuit against her.Lawyers for Rebecca Hill argued in a filing Thursday that Murdaugh has no right to recover the money he spent defending himself during a 2023 trial over the murders of his wife and son.Former Colleton County Court Clerk Becky Hill closes her eyes with a coffee mug on a swing outside her South Carolina home on Saturday, May 23, 2026.
Hill is facing a civil lawsuit from disgraced attorney Alex Murdaugh, whose murder convictions in the deaths of his wife and son were reversed earlier this ...