Gilgo Beach LISK Serial Killer, Rex Heuermann, charged with 7 murders, July 2023 #15

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Alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex A. Heuermann's next court appearance has been pushed back one week to Feb. 25, a court spokesperson has announced

https://twitter.com/x/status/1887267578516779089

 

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[Mrs.A]

This new episode of Unraveled says remarkably little about LISK, but quotes Mary Murphy.

 

[dotr]

Feb 24 2025 rbbm

Accused Gilgo Killer Set To Appear In Court Again Tuesday

Rex Heuermann currently stands charged with the murder of seven women, between 1992 and 2010, the DA says.

patch.com

''LONG ISLAND, NY — Accused Gilgo Beach killer Rex Heuermann is set to appear in court Tuesday.
According to Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney's offic, Heuermann's next court appearance was rescheduled from Tuesday, February 18 to Tuesday, February 25.

On February 18, 2025, the matter was scheduled to allow for final submission of reply papers by both parties on all pending motions, and for the court to potentially schedule a hearing date, the DA said.''

 

[Izzylizzy]

Thanks for the video, I missed this interview with Tierney and like Gizele a lot.
He certainly gives credence to her work.
Curious if Tierney/prosecutors will use any of this info/data when they argue the defense's motion for inadmissible evidence?

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[Ruminations]

From Long Island Press this morning:
"Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney welcomed the defense’s motions, but clarified that they will still seek one trial for all seven murders and expects that the nuclear DNA will be allowed at trial."

That makes sense. Personally, I understand the state wanting to keep all the trials together -- what a financial burden this must be for Suffolk County. On the other hand, and looking at this practically, the first 3 will be the easiest to get convictions since The State has the cell phone records, so I can see trying those together. I'm wondering if the defense wanting to separate the trials also serves the purpose of thinking that if separated, and he's given 3 life sentences, that not all the cases will go to trial?

Is that a possibility? Thinking if he's convicted of only the first three, The State might not take the others to trial? I wonder if then he'd start talking.

OR he might continue to protest his innocence as Bittrolff has . . .
By Michael MalaszczykPosted on January 29, 2025

Suspect Gilgo Beach Killer Rex Heuermann May Seek Five Separate Trials for Murder Charges

Suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann is seeking as many as five separate trials for the seven murders he is charged with.

www.longislandpress.com

My thought is that while keeping the trials together will be a bigger challenge for jurors, it will also increase the ease of conviction for each murder.

For example, the defense wants to paint mitochondrial DNA as experimental or unproven. If it were just one victim's murder being tried, it could seem possible that this was pseudo-science.

But when there is a mitochondrial DNA link to more victims than can be counted on one hand, it begins to be harder for a juror to think that it is a coincidental apparent connection. It will not seem like prosecutorial fantasy that it is science that such DNA was found on so many victims.

MOO

 

[iamshadow21]

My thought is that while keeping the trials together will be a bigger challenge for jurors, it will also increase the ease of conviction for each murder.

For example, the defense wants to paint mitochondrial DNA as experimental or unproven. If it were just one victim's murder being tried, it could seem possible that this was pseudo-science.

But when there is a mitochondrial DNA link to more victims than can be counted on one hand, it begins to be harder for a juror to think that it is a coincidental apparent connection, and prosecutorial fantasy that it is science that such DNA was found on so many victims.

MOO

They have nuclear DNA on all the charged victims. That's why the defense wanted it thrown out. It's a lot harder to explain away a nuclear DNA match to RH or people he lived with on all the victims than it is to try and explain away mitochondrial matches that still look awful but can only be narrowed to groups of people with certain ancestry.

And the nuclear DNA from rootless hair has been used for seven or eight years now, it's not that new. Mitochondrial has been used for way longer. Trying to get the DNA thrown out is the only option for this defense, but IMO, it isn't going to happen.

MOO

 

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