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For over a decade, a shadow hung over Long Island.

The salt air of Gilgo Beach felt heavier, tainted by the knowledge that a predator had used its desolate dunes as a graveyard. For years, residents left

wondering if the demon among them would ever have a name. Well, this morning, that demon is expected

to finally stop fighting. Rex Huberman, the 62-year-old Massapequa architect, who has spent the last

three years stone-faced and defiant is heading back to a

riverhead courtroom. But this isn't just another hearing. Sources say we are about to witness

a stunning reversal. After years of not guilty pleas, Heurman is expected to admit to the unthinkable,

the murders of all seven women he was charged with, plus an eighth,

the currently unsolved but long-suspected murder of Karen Vergata. But this isn't a moment

of restorative justice for everyone. There will be no trial, no grueling cross-examinations.

Sources suggest, Heurman is taking this deal specifically to spare himself and his family from

the public airing of the gory details of his 17-year killing spree. The discovery of these women

was nothing short of a nightmare. In December of 2010, their bodies were recovered. They were

buried in a similar fashion, in a similar location, in a similar way. All the women were petite. They were buried in a similar fashion, in a similar location in a similar way. All the

women were petite. They all did the same thing for a living. They all advertised the same way.

Immediately there were similarities with regard to the crime scenes. All the women were bound at the

head, at the midsection, or at the chest, and later at the legs.

They were bound by burlap.

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