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Rex Heuermann is set to stand trial in September for seven killings he allegedly committed between 1993 and 2010. Newsday Suffolk County courts reporter Grant Parpan explains.

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Alleged serial killer Rex Heuermann inside court at Suffolk County in Riverhead for continued frye hearings on Wednesday, June. 18, 2025.
01:15
Accused Gilgo killer contacted sex workers hundreds of times, DA says
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01:32
Gilgo Beach killings: Alleged 'Peaches' killer back in court
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02:05
New court filing sheds light into Rex Heuermann's first 24 hours in custody
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02:02
Former state trooper pleads not guilty to murder of Gilgo Beach victim 'Peaches'
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04:37
15 years after first human remains found, Gilgo Beach killings still haunt LI
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Man charged with murder in death of long-unidentified Gilgo Beach victim known as 'Peaches'
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Alleged Gilgo serial killer Rex Heuermann appears in courtroom at Suffolk County Court in Riverhead with his attorney Michael J. Brown on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025.
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Gilgo Beach killings: All seven murder cases will be tried together, judge rules
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Accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex A. Heuermann appears in Judge Tim Mazzei’s courtroom at Suffolk County Court in Riverhead on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025.
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Gilgo Beach killings: DNA evidence to be allowed in murder trial
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Heuermann's attorney wants to block prosecutors from using DNA evidence at trial
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11:05
The Backstory with Ken Buffa: Who is Rex Heuermann?
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A 1972 jeep belonging to alleged Gilgo Serial killer Rex Heuermann, seen in an undisclosed location in Suffolk County on Tuesday, June. 17, 2025.
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Personal items of alleged serial killer Rex Heuermann go on sale
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DNA evidence hearing in Gilgo Beach serial killer case
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01:58
"The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets" trailer
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Asa Ellerup, 59, right, wife of alleged serial killer Rex A. Heuermann, is joined with her daughter Victoria Heuermann, as they sit in the office of their attorney Robert Macedonio in Central Islip on Monday, July 31, 2023.
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Suspected Gilgo Beach killer's daughter says father 'most likely' committed killings in new documentary
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Memorial benches named in honor of the Gilgo Beach victims. The benches are located between Cedar Beach Marina and Gilgo Beach along Ocean Parkway Coastal Greenway. June 2, 2025
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Gilgo Beach killings: Victims memorialized on park benches near where remains were found  
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Part of vault removed from Rex Heuermann's home as family gets ready to move
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Nassau officials on Wednesday revealed the identity of Gilgo Beach homicide victim Jane Doe No. 3 and her toddler daughter.
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Police ID victim 'Peaches' and toddler in connection with 1997 homicide investigation
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Rex Heuermann's ex wife wants to know how her hair ended up on victims' bodies
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Heuermann back in court for pre-trial hearing on DNA evidence 
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02:19
Hearing date set for DNA evidence in alleged Gilgo killer case
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Latest on hearing date for DNA in Gilgo case 
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Nuclear DNA evidence in Gilgo killings case should be admissible at trial: DA
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Alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann appears in court in Suffolk County Court in Riverhead on Feb. 6.
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Alleged serial killer Rex Heuermann asks judge to try cases separately
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Rex Heuermann's attorneys want to exclude DNA testing of hairs found at crime scene
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Accused Gilgo killer Rex Heuermann kept news articles as 'souvenirs,' according to court papers
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Alleged Gilgo killer Rex A. Heuermann, with his lawyer Michael Brown, during a court hearing where he was indicted for the alleged killing of Valerie Mack, inside Supreme Court Justice Timothy Mazzei’s courtroom at Suffolk County Court in Riverhead on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024.
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Alleged Gilgo killer Rex Heuermann charged with 7th murder
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Rex Heuermann's family moving out of their Massapequa Park home
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Gilgo Beach killings: Suspect Rex Heuermann back in court
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The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office released these new renderings of an unidentified victim whose remains were found on Ocean Parkway in 2011. 
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New sketches of Gilgo Beach victim released
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Convicted murderer seeks DNA comparison of alleged Gilgo killer 
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01:46
Accused Gilgo killer mapped out enhancing sadistic pleasures, investigators say
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02:03
Gilgo killings suspect should be tried separately in 6 slay cases, defense argues
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Suspected Gilgo Beach killer's family filming documentary on first anniversary of his arrest
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Newsday documentary on the 1-year anniversary of an arrest in the Gilgo Beach killings.
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Unearthing a suspect: The Gilgo Beach killings
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01:34
'Credible' reports from sex workers given to Gilgo Beach task force
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Rex Heuermann's family denies claims they participated in alleged crimes
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Alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann appears in a photograph at the Peconic River Sportsman’s Club in 2006.
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Gilgo suspect Rex Heuermann visited LI gun club a day before homicide victim disappeared 
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Suffolk District Attorney Ray Tierney speaks to reporter Macy Egeland in Newsday’s Studio 2. MelvilleJune 7, 2024
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Only on NewsdayTV: Suffolk DA on the future of the Gilgo investigation
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Alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex A. Heuermann appears at the Suffolk County Court in Riverhead in April.
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Chilling details of new murder charges against Rex Heuermann
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Law enforcement agents doing an extensive crime search at the alleged Gilgo killer Rex Heuermann's house in Massapequa Park on Tuesday May 21, 2024.
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Day 2: Searching Rex Heuermann's LI home
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