So that testing I've been watching for (from article), know it's already being discussed on this thread:
Rex Heuermann, the accused Gilgo Beach serial killer charged with killing seven women, was excluded from involvement in another, high-profile case this past week...
www.marymurphyofficial.com
Rex Heuermann, the accused Gilgo Beach serial killer charged with killing seven women, was excluded from involvement in another, high-profile case this past week....The Office of Medical Examiner in Suffolk County, New York compared Rex Heuermann’s DNA with genetic material found on—and near— the body of 20 year old homicide victim, Colleen McNamee. It was not a match.
Had Heuermann indeed matched, it would have been jmo an instantaneous and almost explosive victory for Bittrolff. But don't think the lack of an RH match shuts the door on the questions related to any of this-- at all. It was always assumed-- until relatively recently-- that Sandra Costilla, Colleen McNamee, and Rita Tangredi died at the hands of the same murderer(s). I still have all the same questions. And it's not a foregone conclusion in my mind that RH doesn't have some connection to this. Or Tanya and Tatiana, where Andrew Dykes has been charged with Tanya's murder. In cases where they've captured hairs that RH left with his victims, there are provable answers and strong cases. In others, it may not be as clear, or as provable.
And jmo, it's hugely important to remember-- what DNA evidence
have they ever been able to capture in terms of RH?
Hair. No sperm, no semen, not to my knowledge. It looks like the mitochondrial testing Bittrolff was requesting was denied, is that right? And it's unclear to me exactly what type of testing was done and on what, I'm just seeing DNA profile comparison for RH. Don't blame Bittolff's defense one bit for relentlessly pursuing that testing, & even if they test every hair at the scene with the most sophisticated techniques, and no RH match-- jmo, RH's not "cleared." It just means nothing can be proven in terms of RH. I'm not assuming RH left a hair on every one of his murder victims; I just know the state's going to charge him in the cases where he did because they can prove their cases.
Continuing to wonder about that gun club RH was so enamored with. But until something appears on the horizon to support this idea of a "missing link" providing some connection (not likely to produce itself even if it were to exist), am just going with what's known, which is that in terms of these Gilgo and Manorville cases, we've got three men connected/charged thus far: RH, Bittrolff, and Dykes. And thus far, Bittolff has been convicted.
Dismembering is not commonly used among murderers. Multiple locations for remains is also quite uncommon. But provided they're both guilty, RH and Dykes did both-- coincidentally choosing pretty much the exact same location as one of their multiple locations. And with one murderer's victims essentially filling the space created between
the other murderer's earlier victim and child. AND in the case of Bittrolff, there were similarities in terms of those cases that were so strong that the murders were all thought to be the work of the same killer.
There's more to this, somewhere, but it's jmo. If Bittrolff really is innocent, he's been one of the unluckiest people on the face of the earth, jmo, and saying it in complete earnestness.
