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The Guardian - US
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Edwin Rios

Gilgo Beach suspect appears in court as prosecutors home in on DNA evidence

The courtroom in Suffolk county on Wednesday, with Heuermann second from the right.
The courtroom in Suffolk county on Wednesday, with Rex Heuermann second from the right. Photograph: James Carbone/AP

The man accused of killing three women as part of a notorious serial-killing case in New York spoke briefly in a court hearing as prosecutors presented DNA evidence they argued demonstrated the man’s connection to the killings.

The hearing came months after police arrested architect Rex Heuermann in Manhattan, nearly 40 miles from his home in Massapequa Park on Long Island. Heuermann has been charged over the killings of three women in the so-called Gilgo Beach case, a case that has captivated Suffolk county residents, police and the nation for more than a decade.

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