Rex Heuermann, the Long Island serial killer who fatally strangled eight women, is due to be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole today.

The New York architect who admitted to brutally murdering eight women arrived in court for sentencing and to hear statements from the victims' families.

In April, Heuermann confirmed in court that he had strangled and bound them each in the same manner before scattering their remains along Long Island's remote beaches.