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Gilgo Beach Serial Killing suspicious Rex Heuermann appears in court

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The man, who was charged with a series of murders, who are known as the series murders of Gilgo Beach, appeared on Tuesday after his lawyer asked a judge to take DNA evidence and destroy the cases against him.

The 61 -year -old Rex Heuermann has not guilty the murder of seven women who were killed in the course of almost two decades in the 1990s. Many of their remains were found on the Gilgo beach in 2010 and 2011, and the authorities worked on identifying them.

In 2023, Heurmann was arrested and accused in connection with the death of Megan Waterman, 22; Melissa Barthelemy, 24; and Amber Costello, 27th in 2024 he became 25; Jessica Taylor, 20; And Sandra Costilla, 28th in December, Heuermann, a former New York architect, who lived in a bay for decades, from which many of the remains were found, due to murder’s second degree at the death of Valerie Mack, 24.

Judge Timothy P. Mazzei said that on Tuesday on Tuesday, Heuermann’s lawyers would have to submit additional documents until March 12 to raise their request to prevent the prosecutors from trying to try this Heuermann for all seven murders at the same time. According to the television station, Mazzei should set a date for a hearing on the admissibility of certain DNA evidence, but the defense team is still waiting for data from the California laboratory that carried out the analysis.

Technology to obtain DNA evidence

The lawyer of Heuermann, Michael J. Brown, argued at the end of the last month that the technology, with the DNA from Haaren with most crime scenes with Heuermann, was not yet considered permissible, according to the New York Times. The prosecutors expressed trust from innovative technology, which is known as a whole genome sequence, as permitted.

“For over 30 years, the courts of the New York state have continuously adapted to the progress in DNA technology,” said District Prosecutor Andrew Lee, according to ABC News. “The further development of forensic science and nuclear DNA analysis, which affects the sequence of the entire genome, has enabled the law enforcement authorities to link genetic profiles in harmony with the accused and/or individuals who lived with him, with six of the seven victims through hair that can be found at the scene and/or on the victims.”

The application for separate exams will fight

Brown also argued that the evidence in some of the murders is weaker than others, and Heurmann could not be properly condemned due to the “cumulative effect” of the prosecutors, who are trying to do so for all seven deaths at the same time.

Ray Terney, Prosecutor’s Prosecutor of Suffolk County, said his office would combat the application for separate legal proceedings, reported the New York Times.

In addition to the DNA evidence, the investigators have also found violent pornography Heuermann, which contained methods that matched the injuries to one of the victims, a document about a festival plate that Heuermann, according to the public prosecutor, according to the long -term investigations by law enforcement and magazines that had killed the activities in the areas of Gilgo Beach, in accordance with the sacrifices In accordance with the injuries.

Contribution: Thao Nguyen and Jeanine Santucci, USA Today

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