Accused Oregon killer indicted in connection with death of sixth woman

Jesse Calhoun, 41, has been indicted by a grand jury on a charge of first-degree manslaughter in connection with the death of Elizabeth Gibson. Gibson, 32, was last seen in Portland in 2022 and is believed to have been killed around November 18, 2022, though her body has not been found. Calhoun is already accused of killing five other women between 2022 and 2023 and has pleaded not guilty to those charges. Prosecutors intend to try Calhoun for all the murders in a single trial. The Multnomah County District Attorney's office announced the indictment, stating Calhoun acted "unlawfully and recklessly under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life."

In April 2026, Rex Heuermann pleaded guilty in Suffolk County Court, Riverhead, NY, to the murders of seven women and admitted to killing an eighth in connection to the long-unsolved Gilgo Beach killings. The plea agreement comes after years of investigation into the string of murders. Family members of the victims attended a news conference in Brentwood, NY, following the guilty plea. Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney addressed the media and the victims' families. The case has garnered significant attention due to the number of victims and the length of time it remained unsolved.

Rex Heuermann, the suspect in the Gilgo Beach serial killings, pleaded guilty in a Riverhead, New York court to the murders of seven women, dating back to 1993. Heuermann also admitted to an eighth murder, that of Karen Vergata, which was previously not included in the indictment. He admitted to strangling victims, contacting them with burner phones, luring them with money, wrapping their bodies in burlap sacks, and dumping them near Gilgo Beach. The victims, mostly sex workers, were found in marshland along Long Island's south coast. Heuermann's identification was aided by discarded pizza crust DNA, an SUV, and cellphone records. He will be sentenced at a later date.

Rex Heuermann, a 62-year-old architect from Long Island, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to the murders of seven women, admitting to an eighth killing, in connection with the long-unsolved Gilgo Beach killings. Heuermann entered the pleas in a courtroom filled with reporters, police, and relatives of the victims. He pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree murder and four counts of intentional murder. He also admitted to killing Karen Vergata in 1996, though he was not charged in her death. Heuermann will be sentenced to life in prison without parole, bringing closure to a case that has troubled investigators and families for years.