纽约吉尔戈海滩连环杀人案受害者痛苦的亲属对杀害他们亲人的凶手Rex Heuermann表达了几十年的愤怒，在法官要求警官将这位前建筑师带离法庭之前，他于周三被判刑。
“我甚至无法用语言表达我对你的刻骨仇恨，”受害者杰西卡·泰勒的表妹贾斯敏·罗宾逊说，她将于周三满43岁。“你让我如此厌恶。”
另一个堂兄，维奥莱特·斯韦格，记得泰勒是“凶猛、善良、富有同情心、美丽和聪明的。”
她对赫曼说，“你选择了小女人，因为你只不过是一个懦弱、恶心的懦夫。”
62岁的Heuermann在法庭上给出了自己的简短陈述，被判终身监禁。
今年4月，他承认杀害了7名女性:泰勒、梅丽莎·巴泰勒米、梅根·沃特曼、莫林·布雷纳德-巴恩斯、安柏·琳恩·科斯特洛、瓦莱丽·麦克和桑德拉·科斯蒂拉。他还承认杀害了第八名妇女凯伦·维格塔，尽管他并没有因她的死而被正式起诉。
布雷纳德-巴恩斯的姐姐米西·坎恩在宣读判决前的声明时泪流满面。
“你是一个懦夫，专门捕食脆弱、无辜的女性，”坎说。
麦克的父母艾德和乔安·麦克说，霍伊曼剥夺了他们女儿实现梦想的机会。
乔安·麦克说:“我想对休曼先生说，你对我们家庭所做的一切无法用语言来表达。”"即使正义得到伸张，也无法取代你从我们手中夺走的东西."
巴泰勒米的姐姐阿曼达·方德伯格回忆起谋杀发生后，赫曼打电话给她，说他让巴泰勒米的尸体腐烂，让她备受折磨。
方德伯格转身盯着法庭上的赫曼，告诉他，“我说话的时候你可以看着我——我们已经有大约17年没有说话了。”
她称他为“食人魔”和“令人厌恶的怪物”
霍伊曼在法庭上发表了自己的简短声明，称“我无话可说。”
“我要说的话没有任何意义，我要把它留在那里，”他轻轻地说。
旁听席上有人喊道:“大声点!”
当Heuermann不再说话时，持怀疑态度的法官蒂莫西·马泽伊问道，“你对你对这些可怜无辜的女人所做的有一点点抱歉吗?你对此有一点点抱歉吗?”
赫曼平静地回答，“是的，我是。”
“如果你是个男人的话，你就是个令人恶心和卑鄙的小人，”法官说。“你是个懦夫!”
在马泽伊宣布连续无期徒刑后，法官告诉法庭官员“把他带走!”
受害者家属爆发出热烈的掌声，高呼“食人魔，食人魔”，然后霍伊曼被铐上手铐，带出了法庭。
根据检察官的说法，今年4月，Heuermann同意连续服三个无期徒刑，然后连续服四个25年至无期徒刑。霍伊曼认罪协议的一部分还要求他接受美国联邦调查局行为分析小组的采访。
检察官称，在长达17年的时间里，这位纽约市建筑师以性工作者为目标，勒死她们，并将她们的尸体丢弃在长岛的吉尔戈海滩附近。吉尔戈海滩的案件多年来一直悬而未决，直到2023年赫曼被捕。
沃特曼的女儿莉莉安娜·沃特曼(Liliana Waterman)在庭后表示，在宣判时发表讲话是“我一生都在思考的一天”
“终于有机会为她说话，这给了我安慰，”她说。
萨福克县地方检察官雷·蒂尔尼在宣判后告诉记者，他“对此案的最大愿望”是让受害者的家人享受“美好的生活”
“他们支持他们所爱的人，做了一件了不起的工作。现在是时候让他们痊愈，继续前进，实现他们所有人的巨大潜力，因为他们绝对是非凡的人，”他说。
Gilgo Beach serial killer sentenced to life: Angry families speak out, judge orders Rex Heuermann removed
Anguished relatives of theGilgo Beach, New York, serial killing victimsaimed decades of anger at their loved ones' killer,Rex Heuermann, at his sentencing on Wednesday before the judge demanded officers remove the former architect from the courtroom.
"I can't even put into words the eviscerating hatred I have for you," said Jasmine Robinson, cousin of victim Jessica Taylor, who would have turned 43 on Wednesday."You fill me with so much repugnance."
Another cousin, Violet Swager, remembered Taylor as "fierce, kind, compassionate, beautiful and intelligent."
She said to Heuermann, "You chose small women because you’re nothing more than a weak, disgusting coward."
Heuermann, 62, who gave his own brief statement in court, was sentenced to consecutive life sentences in prison.
In April, he pleaded guilty to killing seven women:Taylor, Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Amber Lynn Costello, Valerie Mack and Sandra Costilla. He also admitted to killing an eighth woman, Karen Vergata, though he was not formally charged in her death.
Brainard-Barnes' sister Missy Cann broke down in tears as she read a statement prior to the imposition of the sentence.
"You are a coward who preyed on vulnerable, innocent women," Cann said.
Mack's parents, Ed and JoAnn Mack, said Heuermann robbed their daughter of the chance to achieve her dreams.
"I would like to say to Mr. Heuermann, what you have done to our family is beyond what words can express," JoAnn Mack said."Even though justice is done, it cannot replace what you have taken from us."
Barthelemy's sister, Amanda Funderberg, recalled how Heuermann tormented her after the murder by calling her and saying he was letting Barthelemy's body rot.
Funderberg turned to stare down Heuermann in the courtroom, telling him, "You can look at me while I'm talking -- it has been about 17 years since we've spoken."
She called him an "ogre" and a "repulsive monster."
Heuermann gave his own brief statement in court, saying, "There are no words I can say."
"The words I would say have no meaning and I’m going to leave it there," he said softly.
Someone in the gallery shouted, "Speak up!"
When Heuermann said nothing more, an incredulous Judge Timothy Mazzei asked, "Are you a little bit sorry for what you did [to] these poor, innocent women? Are you at least a little bit sorry for that?"
Heuermann responded quietly, "Yes I am."
"You're a disgusting and despicable small man, if you're a man at all," the judge said. "And you're a coward!”
After Mazzei pronounced the consecutive life sentences, the judge told the court officers to "get him outta here!"
The victims' families broke out into applause, shouting "ogre, ogre," before Heuermann was cuffed and led out of the courtroom.
In April, Heuermann agreed to serve three consecutive life sentences followed by four consecutive sentences of 25 years-to-life, according to prosecutors. Part of Heuermann's plea agreement also requires him to be interviewed by the FBI's behavioral analysis unit.
Prosecutors said the New York City architect targeted sex workers, strangled them and dumped their bodies near Long Island's Gilgo Beach over the course of 17 years. The Gilgo Beach cases went unsolved for years, until Heuermann's arrest in 2023.
Waterman's daughter, Liliana Waterman, said after court that speaking at sentencing was "a day that I'vebeen thinking of my whole life."
"The chance to finally speak up for her, it gives me comfort for her," she said.
Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney told reporters after sentencing that his "greatest wish for this case" is for the victims' families to enjoy "great lives."
"They stood by their loved ones and did a wonderful job. And now it's time for them to heal and to go on and realize the tremendous potential that they all have, 'cause they're absolutely extraordinary people," he said.
