"My distrust of Spota and Burke makes me wonder . . ."
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"Spota credited the “miracle of DNA evidence” for catching and convicting Bittrolff.
Less than six months after the conviction, Spota was arrested for obstructing an investigation into the chief of the Suffolk County Police Department, who was accused of beating a prisoner. Both men were eventually convicted and sentenced to prison.
As with the Gilgo Beach investigation, the case against Bittrolff was dogged by allegations of mistakes and misconduct by police and prosecutors. During the trial, the Suffolk County police admitted to accidentally destroying the wood chips found on one of the women’s bodies and, separately, wood chips discovered in a car used by a police sergeant who was a potential suspect.
Police were also accused of prematurely destroying the sergeant’s investigative file. In their appeal, defense attorneys said prosecutors did not turn over another internal file containing allegations by the wife of a separate officer that her husband killed one of the women. Prosecutors maintain they did turn over that document; a judge has yet to rule.'
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New charges for alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer cast scrutiny on another man's murder conviction
New charges brought against the man accused of a string of killings on New York's Long Island are raising questions about another man’s murder conviction.apnews.com
It also doesn't make sense with what we know about to JB case. 3 woman found , all beaten and posed within the same manner with the same article of clothing missing and the same wood chips found at all 3 scenes. JB was charged and convicted of 2 and suspected in the 3rd because all 3 scenes were exactly the same according to suffolk county police at the time. Fast forward 10 yrs, you have a man with over whelming evidence against him in 5 other murders and 1 from the JB case.I always wondered what the source of Bittrolff's DNA was, so thank you to whomever posted the article that stated it was seminal.
So...let's assume, for the sake of argument , that John Bittrolff isn't responsible for the murders of Tangredi and McNamee, and that he did merely engage their services. The simplest break down of that would be that he just happened to have intercourse with 2 different victims, on 2 different occasions, who also just happened to have had their services engaged by Rex Heuermann. And this was in the early 90's...way before the internet took off. I suppose it's not impossible that, back in the day, RH and JB both trolled the same areas known for prostitution, but it seems a stretch that they both just happened to choose the exact same victims on 2 different occasions.
JMO
What I struggle with now is,
3 victims in late1993 to early 1994
2 killers with the exact same MO leaving the exact same scene, operating within miles of each other. Just doesn't make sense and highly improbable.