Gilgo Beach suspect Rex Heuermann to face trial for 7 murders at same time
Accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann appeared in court for a hearing Tuesday.
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Accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann appeared in court for a hearing Tuesday.
Rex Heuermann appeared in court for a hearing Tuesday. He has pleaded not guilty to the murders of at least seven women over 30 years. CBS News New York's Jennifer McLogan reports.
The judge is expected to rule on outstanding motions and set a trial date.
Suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann was linked to his alleged victims using DNA testing known as whole genome sequencing, prosecutors say.
For the first time in state history, advanced DNA testing will be allowed as evidence in a trial. Prosecutors say the technology could be critical in the case of accused serial killer Rex Heuermann. CBS News New York's Carolyn Gusoff reports.
A judge in the Gilgo Beach murders case ruled Wednesday that cutting-edge advanced DNA testing can be used in Rex Heuermann's upcoming trial on Long Island. CBS News New York's Jennifer McLogan reports.
A Suffolk County judge is expected to decide if advanced DNA testing can be used in the Gilgo Beach murder case.
Accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann was back in a Long Island courtroom Thursday for another hearing about DNA evidence.
Another hearing will be held to determine if certain DNA evidence will be admissible during Rex Heuermann's trial.
Decades after the remains a woman and her child were found, they've now been identified. CBS News New York's Jennifer McLogan reports.
However, they say the deaths are unrelated to the serial killings. CBS News New York's Chris Wragge reports.
The founder of a lab that used new DNA technology to link hairs found on Gilgo Beach victims to accused serial killer Rex Heuermann testified in court Tuesday.
If nuclear DNA evidence is allowed in the trial of accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann, it would be a first for New York. A lab used the new technology to link hairs on several victims to Heuermann. CBS News New York's Carolyn Gusoff was in court Tuesday when the founder of that lab testified.
This is the latest in a series of what are called Frye hearings to determine whether certain DNA evidence will be admissible during trial.
Asa Ellerup has come under public scrutiny following her husband's arrest for three of the Gilgo Beach murders, but the daughters of notorious serial killers BTK and the Happy Face Killer have come to her defense.
The legal battle over whether a new type of DNA evidence against accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann will be thrown out continued on Wednesday.
CBS News New York's Carolyn Gusoff was in court on Wednesday in Riverhead, where the accused Gilgo Beach serial killer faced a judge.
The Gilgo Beach murder case is moving toward trial, but Rex Heuermann's attorneys are challenging something called nuclear DNA testing.
Hearings began on whether cutting-edge DNA evidence will be allowed in Rex Heuermann's trial. CBS News New York's Carolyn Gusoff reports.
The hearing is happening Friday on Long Island in the case of accused serial killer Rex Heuermann.
Suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann returned to court on Long Island, where a judge set a date for what's called a Frye hearing.
The focus of Wednesday's hearing was on DNA evidence in the case, and whether it could be used in trial. CBS News New York's Jennifer McLogan reports.
A form of DNA testing is the subject of debate in court for the Gilgo Beach murder case. The defense calls it magic while the prosecution say its science. It's a form of testing never used in the New York Court System before. Michael Marciano, Director Of Research for the Forensic and National Security Sciences Institute at Syracuse University explains how this form of testing works.
Suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann returned to court for a pre-trial hearing on DNA evidence on Long Island.
Rex Heuermann is accused in the murders of seven women. CBS News New York's Carolyn Gusoff has the story.
