Overview

• A Nassau County grand jury indicted Bilodeau on second-degree murder and on murder during the commission or attempted commission of first-degree rape.
• Investigators said surveillance in 2024 led them to collect a smoothie cup and straw in Suffolk County, producing DNA they matched to a 1984 vaginal swab from Fusco.
• Bilodeau pleaded not guilty at his arraignment, was ordered held without bail, and is scheduled to return to court on Nov. 21, 2025.
• Prosecutors said he denied knowing Fusco and allegedly told investigators, “people got away with murder back then,” when confronted about the DNA link.
• The development comes after three men convicted in the 1980s were exonerated by DNA evidence in 2003, with two later receiving multimillion-dollar awards for wrongful imprisonment.