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Suspected serial killer Rex Heuermann is led into the courtroom in shackles and handcuffs on April 15
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Asa Ellerup and Victoria Heuermann - dressed head to toe in a vibrant, multicolored outfit - looked on from the fourth row of the courtroom at the hearing
16 April 2025
The DNA expert at the center of the Gilgo Beach serial killer case has helped solve several notorious murders - and cracked a mystery in the infamous Zodiac killer case.
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''Brown pushed that something being accepted by the scientific community might not be the same as being accepted in a criminal court.
At that point, the judge scolded Brown, saying: ‘Isn’t that my decision to make?’
Judge Mazzei went on to make it clear that whether or not it is accepted in his courtroom in New York will be his decision.
Heuermann’s legal team is seeking to sow doubts in the DNA technology used in the case - branding it ‘magic’ that has never been used before in a criminal case in New York.
He is asking the judge to throw out the DNA evidence allegedly tying Heuermann to the murders.
Prosecutors are fighting back, arguing the method is well-regarded in the scientific community.''