Fox News True Crime Newsletter: Gilgo sentencing, a warning from 'Happy Face,' Mangione psychs himself out

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Gilgo Serial Killer Rex Heuermann enters inside a courtroom for sentencing at Suffolk County Court in Riverhead, NY on Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (James Carbone/Newsday via Pool) 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 Macedoni