Gilgo Beach Killer Rex Heuermann Sentenced to Life in Prison Without Parole

The Gilgo Beach serial killer, Rex Heuermann, will be spending the rest of his life behind bars.

The judge sentenced Heuermann to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Wednesday, calling him a "disgusting and despicable man," according to multiple reports.

The judge addressed Heuermann directly during sentencing, telling him straight up ... "You're a coward." According to PEOPLE, he then ordered the killer be removed from court, saying ... "Get him out of here."

Heuermann confessed earlier this year to fatally strangling 8 women. Some of the victims' families reportedly applauded, cheered, and chanted "ogre" as he was led out of court.

In his confession, Heuermann said he strangled and dismembered some of his victims and dumped most of their bodies on Long Island's Gilgo Beach.

He was arrested in 2023 ... and the murders stretched over a 17-year period. He was charged with first-degree murder for killing Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman and Amber Costello, as well as the second-degree murders of Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Jessica Taylor, Sandra Costilla and Valerie Mack.

Heuermann also confessed to killing Karen Vergata in 1996. He was never charged in her death, but copped to the crime as part of his plea deal.