Gilgo Beach Serial Killer Case Moves to Trial as Investigation Concludes

Rex Heuermann faces seven murder charges, with hearings on DNA evidence and trial structure set for later this month.

Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney announced the investigation into the Gilgo Beach murders is complete, transitioning the case to pretrial and trial phases.
Rex Heuermann, 61, is charged with the murders of seven women, whose remains were found on Long Island between 1993 and 2011.
A pretrial hearing on March 28 will determine the admissibility of DNA evidence linking Heuermann to six of the victims, which his defense claims is scientifically unreliable.
Heuermann's defense team has requested separate trials for the seven murder charges, arguing that combining them could unfairly influence the jury.
Prosecutors argue that physical evidence, victimology, and Heuermann's planning documents connect the cases, supporting a single trial.