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From 1993 until 2010, an unseen killer terrorized women in the Gilgo Beach area of Long Island.
In 2023, authorities arrested Rex Heuermann after finding substantial evidence — from his car to DNA to electronic contact with multiple victims — linking him to some of the crimes.
He has been definitively linked to eight of the murder victims.
Now, he has been sentenced — and he’s never getting out.
There are real debates as to how many Gilgo Beach victims died by his hand
In November of 1993, Sandra Costilla went missing from New York. Her remains were found later that month.
She was, as far as investigators can tell, the first of many.
Off and on, often with years between the killings, women vanished or were found — in part or on whole — in the general vicinity of Gilgo Beach on Long Island.
It was not until July of 2023 that Heuermann was charged with seven of the murders.
These were not the only women who died horribly in this area. They were just the ones that investigators had successfully linked to Heuermann.
Heuermann was a Manhattan architectural consultant and a resident of Massapequa Park.
Investigators determined that, in addition to other evidence, these horrific killings had taken place when his wife and children were traveling out of state.
Multiple pieces of evidence led authorities to Heuermann, including DNA evidence from a discarded pizza crust and also hair fiber analysis.
In April of 2026, Heuermann pleaded guilty to the seven murders for which he had been charged.
He also admitted to another killing, that of Karen Vergata, though he had not been charged in her death.
Life without the possibility of parole
On Wednesday, June 17, TMZ reports that the court sentenced Heuermann to life in prison, without the possibility of parole.
The judge is said to have accurately referred to him as “a disgusting and despicable man” during the hearing.
In that same session, the judge also reportedly called Heuermann a “coward.”
Seventeen years of stalking and lethally strangling women, some of whom he’d had previous electronic contact with, is not the behavior of a courageous or righteous individual.
Heuermann also used his computer to search for things like child sex-abuse material (CSAM) and photos of the family members of his victims. If anything, the judge was being nice.
Our culture sometimes mythologizes serial killers, due in no small part to a long history of police dragging their heels or simply missing evidence.
Serial killers are not geniuses, or artists, or misunderstood victims. Most serial killers are at or below average intelligence.
Heuermann chose to end the lives of at least eight women. Serial killers have varying conscious motives and backgrounds, but the vast majority have a hatred of women at the core of what drives them to kill.
Someone who does things like this cannot be among us. He needs to be incarcerated for the public good.
Perhaps, in time, police can find evidence linking him to more victims. It won’t bring them back, but it may give more families a sense of closure.
Or, if they do not find more evidence, it may show investigators that there are more killers to be found.
Gilgo Beach Killer Rex Heuermann Sentenced to Life Without Parole After Confessing to 8 … was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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Back in May of 2025, Emilie Kiser’s 3-year-old son, Trigg, lost his life six days after he fell into her in-ground pool and drowned.
Now, more than a year after that heartbreaking loss, Kiser is opening up about one of the most difficult parts of her grief journey.
The social media influencer appeared on Jay Shetty’s “On Purpose” podcast this week, marking her first interview since Trigg’s passing 13 months ago.
During the emotional conversation, Kiser spoke candidly about her decision to forgive her husband, Brady Kiser, who was home with the couple’s children when the tragedy occurred.
According to Emilie, reaching that point required her to confront a painful realization.
“This could have just as easily been me in Brady’s position,” she said.
At the time of the incident, Emilie was not at home. Brady was caring for both Trigg and the couple’s newborn son, Teddy.
Kiser acknowledged that her empathy for her husband did not erase the reality of what happened.
Brady was taking care of our newborn child. When I left for dinner that night, he was de-thawing my breast milk, trying to get Teddy settled, a 5-week-old baby,” Emilie explained.
“That doesn’t excuse anything. It doesn’t excuse what happened. It doesn’t excuse any of the series of events after that,” she continued.
Still, she said recognizing the ways circumstances could have unfolded differently helped her develop compassion for her husband during an unimaginable period of grief.
“But taking that accountability, along with all the other things I know I could have changed, gave me so much true, deep, real, raw empathy for him of, this could have been me.”
Kiser admitted there was a time when she wondered if her marriage would survive the devastating loss.
She said that even if their roles had been reversed, she would have hoped for forgiveness because she knows neither parent intended for the tragedy to happen.
“That’s exactly how I feel for Brady,” she said. “I really just have so much empathy and love for him.”
The influencer also praised her husband for the way he has handled the family’s grief.
“He is so strong,” she said, adding that she is “really proud of us” and the way they have navigated the loss together.
Our thoughts are with Emilie and Brady as they continue to navigate their healing journey together.
Emilie Kiser Opens Up About Forgiving Husband Following Drowning Death of Son was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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Accused murderer and confirmed folk hero Luigi Mangione appeared in court again this week.
His attorneys revealed that they intend to put forward an affirmative defense: Extreme Emotional Disturbance.
If successful, Luigi could potentially be convicted and get out in his early 30s.
But it’s possible that this is a gambit to put UnitedHealthCare on trial. If so, he might get out even sooner.
What is Extreme Emotional Disturbance?
On Wednesday, June 17, Luigi appeared in court alongside his attorneys.
There, his lawyers told the judge that he hopes to use an unusual but familiar defense at his trial: Extreme Emotional Disturbance.
Simply put, an EED defense is an affirmative defense, in which a defendant says that they committed an act during an altered state of consciousness.
This would mean that Luigi (allegedly) committed an act of voluntary manslaughter.
If the jury agrees with the defense’s case, this would mean a conviction — and a minimum sentence of five years. (The maximum sentence would be more like 25 years.)
Assuming that the judge permits this defense strategy, this would play out in court by effectively putting UnitedHealthCare on trial.
The core argument would be that the company’s egregious conduct prompted Luigi to have a psychological break.
In court, they would have to show that Luigi had a plausible yet extreme emotional reaction to denied healthcare claims alongside his lasting pain.
However, Luigi will also be facing murder charges in federal court — where the Extreme Emotional Disturbance defense is unavailable.
Nothing about his attorneys’ comments in court on Wednesday suggested what their planned defensive strategy would be in federal court.
What is the broader strategy here?
If successful, Extreme Emotional Disturbance arguments could get Luigi anywhere from 5 to 25 years behind bars. (That’s what First Degree Manslaughter will land you in New York.)
So why, some ask, would he try this defense first instead of simply saying that he’s been framed by a bloodthirsty police force under intense political pressure?
Is the prosecution’s case airtight in proving that he did the deed? That would be surprising, considering.
It is also possible that his team hopes that his affirmative defense will end, not with the jury siding with him, but with jury nullification.
Simply put, someone sitting there hearing how awful UnitedHealthCare is might just vote to acquit him, no matter what evidence is presented.
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At this point, we should acknowledge that Extreme Emotional Disturbance defense strategies do have a partially ugly history.
Yes, they can apply to sympathetic situations, such as someone who sees a loved one being attacked and then kills the attacker. But EED has also been used in “gay panic” and “trans panic” defenses, as well as in racist and other bigoted ways.
Those instances are problematic because the victims of those crimes were innocent, the only “emotional disturbance” being the perpetrator’s bigotry.
Luigi isn’t accused of killing an innocent person, however, but a for-profit healthcare CEO. That’s arguably as far from an innocent person as you can get.
Tens of millions of Americans view Luigi favorably. Finding jurors who haven’t already formed a strong opinion on this young man will be an unenviable task.
Luigi Mangione Pursing ‘Extreme Emotional Disturbance’ Defense: What Does It … was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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In just over two years as a band, DEK of Hearts have gone from being music-loving college friends who cut their teeth on the Broadway circuit to one of country music’s fastest-rising acts. Comprised of Dylan John, Emily Clapp, and Kollin Bailey, the group has quickly built a reputation for their soaring harmonies, genre-blending sound, and undeniable onstage chemistry.
The trio’s momentum has only continued to grow in recent months. After winning the State of Tennessee’s 2025 Tennessee Songwriters Week competition and captivating audiences as finalists on Season 28 of NBC’s The Voice, the group reached another major milestone when they made their Grand Ole Opry debut on May 29, 2026. Their performances of “Dear Ole Whiskey” and newest single “Crazy Lady” earned two standing ovations from the crowd before they later returned to the stage to join Carly Pearce in singing “Boondocks.”
With a name derived from the first letter of each member’s first name, DEK of Hearts are proving that they are just getting started. Fans can find the group bringing their growing catalog of music on the road throughout 2026 while serving as direct support for Carly Pearce, Brett Young, and Niko Moon.
Emily was on vocal rest during DEK of Hearts’ interview with Country Now, but her bandmates Dylan and Kollin opened up their early days as a trio, how their bond with Carly Pearce led them to fulfilling a huge dream, what that moment in the historic venue meant to them, new music and more.
How did you initially meet and decide to form a trio?
KOLLIN: We all met at Trevecca Nazarene University here in town. It’s so funny. We all came at different times. Dylan came as a freshman. Emily transferred to the sophomore and I transferred as a junior, but we were all the same year. And so our senior year we traveled on…The school had two traveling worship teams. So Emily and I traveled together on a team and then Dylan traveled with Emily’s now husband. And so we traveled kind of the South and did camps and played at churches. And then for our degrees, we had to have a senior recital. And so for my senior recital, I did a country concert with Rhonda Vincent and then I just asked them since they were my friends to sing backup. And we sang “What If I Never Get Over You” by Lady A and people were like, “Hey, there’s something there when all three of you are singing, you should chase it.” That was May of 2023. We didn’t form the trio or really talk about it for a couple months and then we formed and debuted as Dek of Hearts on April 24th of 2024. So we’ve been doing this for a little over two years.
At what point did you guys decide we’re going to take this to the next level and audition for The Voice?
DYLAN: Like Kollin was saying, after the trio started, we really did a lot of workshopping at the bars and stuff in Nashville. So as we continued to build a good set and build our chemistry together at…we loved to do movie nights together and Emily and I love to cook so we’ll go back and forth. But we were doing a movie night and we saw that you had a day or two left to audition for The Voice. So we sat down and did “Heads Carolina.” And honestly, we didn’t think much of it other than like, “Hey, this might be a good next step.” Not that this was ever the dream, but I mean it sure was beating like, Oh, the three, four hour stuff is great, but unless you’re really cut out for that and you want to do that, we wanted something more out of what we were doing, not just to stay, but how can we continue to grow and get better? So it was just a cool next step.
Whose idea was it to name your group DEK of Hearts?
KOLLIN: So we actually debuted as Good Hope Road for one show, which was the street my grandparents’ first house was on and they were living on love. And then as we got together, it was like, that’s only special to me, not for Dylan and Emily as well. And so somebody came to one of our bar gigs and they threw out Deco and then Art Deco and they’re like, “Something’s there.” And then we were like, “Dek.” And then Heart Street is the street that we would load in on and leave on at our school when we were on the worship teams. And so that made a whole lot more sense and was a little bit more fitting to all three of us.
What were you hoping to accomplish when you really started to gain traction as a trio?
KOLLIN: Looking back, we were so naive and had no clue what we were doing. We really thought we were making money once we got out of the tips only bars to the guarantee bars. And ignorance was bliss because if we would’ve known what we know now, we probably wouldn’t have kept going and been so encouraged while we were doing it. But I mean, obviously our dream when we started would be like, “Man, we would love to play the Grand Ole Opry.” And that was my biggest dream since I was a little boy. As we formed the trio, that was our biggest dream. It’s so funny with us just making our Grand Ole Opry debut, and they just asked us to come a second time. So that’s so exciting.
How have your dreams evolved since those early days?
KOLLIN: Now it’s like, okay, now what? We just went to CMA Fest and we’re like, Nissan Stadium would be awesome and we want to be nominated for a CMA and ACM award and all of the things. And it’s so interesting, as a group navigating the country scene, it’s actually so much different than solo artists. So that’s been fun to workshop and look at other artists. Obviously our hero is Lady A, they paved the way for trios like us. And so yeah, that’s been interesting. Our goals have definitely changed, especially with us reaching our biggest dream so quick. Now it’s like, “Hey, we can’t stop here. We got to keep going.”
What’s been the most challenging part about working and growing as a trio?
DYLAN: So we had always told ourselves right off the bat when we started, if it starts to affect the friendship, then we don’t want to keep doing music together because I was like, the friendship and the relationship is a lot more important than the music thing. It’s cool that we get to do it together, but also just staying rooted in our faith and making sure that we’re supporting each other, looking out for each other and encouraging each other. Don’t get me wrong, it’s really cool when we all moved to Nashville. We all wanted to do music, but it looked really different. And so I think just constantly when you have rough days or you’re upset or you’re just like, “I’m just tired. I’m tired of traveling. I want to be home.” It can start affecting people. I think just constantly coming back to remembering like, “Hey, let’s look back and see how the Lord has been blessing what we’re doing and being thankful.” And it kind of reunites and puts you back on the same vision. But yeah, it’s just been awesome. We’ve been together for a little over two years and to see how the Lord has fast tracked a lot of what we’ve been doing, just bumping us into the right people, us trying to grow those relationships, like meeting the bar managers, meeting agents, just everyone. You just never know who you’re going to run into again. So we’re just trying to make it work and be good to people along the way.
How did you react when Carly Pearce invited you to make your Grand Ole Opry debut?
DYLAN: So being on the road with Carly that last night in Canada, she’s like, “Hey, come sit down and let’s just talk.” It was really sweet of her to take the time to do that and kind of tell us more of her story. It just felt super casual and comfortable. But along that conversation, she had mentioned, “Oh, have you guys played the Opry?” We told her, “No, it’s our biggest dream.” And she just kind of looked at her bass player and was like, “Okay, okay.” And then so it was just a couple days later and they’re like, “Hey, we want you guys to come in for the WSM interview.” And Kollin had done this stuff before with his former boss, Rhonda Vincent and Kollin’s like, “It’s never that long. We’re not going to go into it thinking what it’s going to be, but something might happen.” So walking in there and then having her come in the room and surprise us, it was really cool that she just followed through with her word and she really believes in us.
She could say something and not do anything, but her actions were definitely speaking for that. But yeah, that night was just such a rush. It was great to have all of our families there to support us and be backstage and look at the history and just something really cool to experience, especially someone who didn’t grow up listening to the Opry. You’re just amazed to see how many different kinds of acts now with different people like Sabrina Carpenter and Steven Curtis Chapman. There’s just so much history in there. It’s really cool.
Kollin, since you had previously worked as a backstage tour guide at the Opry, what did that moment mean to you?
KOLLIN: I had seen a lot of Opry shows. I worked for a Bluegrass artist named Rhonda Vincent and I went into it like, “Kollin, manage your expectations because you’ve seen a lot of debuts and there are so many different things that can happen on your debut night.” I mean, something that we were just so honored and surprised by was the two standing ovations that we got. When I had dreamed about it, I never got to that point in the dream. We’re at the end of the song people stand up sometimes. And so I mean, what a surreal night it was. My family, we all talk about it and it’s like, seriously guys, Carly was the MVP that night. She tee’d it up so well to us, shared her platform with us. It was so sweet to us. I mean, it surpassed all of our expectations and I cannot think of a better night that we’ve ever had.
You performed your newest single, “Crazy Lady” while in the circle. Tell me a bit more about this song and the inspiration behind the story.
DYLAN: We’ve done a lot of cinematic stuff and Emily’s husband is really good and gifted with that. And so it’s a lot of fun to be able to try different things and see what the audience likes. But yeah, that song, it’s not anything that we’ve been through. Kollin and I haven’t really ever dated a “Crazy Lady,” not planning on it, but I just think it’s a fun song. We’ve done it all. We love “Dear Ole Whiskey” and we’ve done things that it’s super important to highlight and things that people go through, but also be like, “Hey, you can cry with us, but you can also have fun with us at our shows.”
Is there anything you can tease in terms of new music?
KOLLIN: We’re super excited to be back at the Opry…It’s July 7th, which is so funny because that is, to the day, a year from our blind audition to now, which crazy. And Opry had no idea that was the date because that’s not necessarily public knowledge. I know that we will be teasing a new song there. It probably won’t be our next release. It’ll probably be the second release, but we have a single coming out in mid to late July and then we’ll be releasing more music every six to eight weeks and we’re super excited.
Since you are currently performing across the U.S as direct support for Carly Pearce, Brett Young, and Niko Moon, what has been one of your favorite moments in the live shows lately?
DYLAN: I mean, I think those collaborations are cool. I don’t know if it’ll ever get better than those moments with Carly. I’m not expecting that to happen a lot, but I also love too, we’re doing a lot more full-band stuff now and we have a great band and it’s nice to be able to rely on them and bring them into what we’re doing. But I do love like sometimes during the set, it’ll be just the three of us. I love those moments just because that’s where it started.
KOLLIN: I also love the storytelling aspect. If you come to a show, people are always like, “Man, you guys have the stories not just to tee up the songs, but getting to hear…” We talk about the good, the bad, the ugly. We want people to laugh and we want people to know that we’ve been through things and we want to give people hope. And so I love how versatile our stories can be and showing…I know we’re only like 25 years old, but we’ve lived quite a bit of life in 25 years. And so it’s been so fun to be able to share the stories of our lives and relate to people in really hard situations. So I love that. And of course, when we’re up there on stage, we’re sweating and we’re giving everything we’ve got. We love that so much. So yes, I am so excited about our live shows.
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