Overview

• Netflix’s three-part series ‘Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer,’ directed by Liz Garbus, premiered on March 31, 2025, revisiting the decade-long case of the Gilgo Beach murders.
• Rex Heuermann, arrested in 2023 and charged with the murders of seven women, remains in custody and has pleaded not guilty as he awaits trial.
• The series explores systemic failures, including law enforcement corruption and societal stigma against sex workers, which delayed justice for years.
• Key breakthroughs in the case included DNA evidence from a discarded pizza crust and a deleted document on Heuermann’s hard drive detailing torture methods and evidence disposal.
• Families of victims express cautious optimism but emphasize the need for a guilty verdict to achieve closure, as public attention renews with the docu-series release.