Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann sentenced to life in prison without parole

Victims' families spoke in court as Heuermann was imprisoned for killing spree that spanned decades

Rex Heuermann, the Manhattan architect who methodically planned and carried out the murders of eight women over at least 17 years on Long Island, was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison without parole.

The sentence, the maximum the New York law allows, was handed down by Judge Timothy Mazzei after a morning of grueling victim's family impact statements on the effect Heuermann's murder spree had on the children and relatives of his victims.