"The alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer trial has a start date at long last. After years of pre-trial hearings and deliberations, the trial of suspected Long Island serial killer Rex Heuermann, 62, will begin right after Labor Day, come hell or high water, said Judge Timothy Mazzei in his Riverhead courtroom on Jan. 13. Labor Day, Sep. 7, will be a little over three years since Heuermann was first arrested in connection with the murders of Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman and Amber Costello."
"An indictment must be supported by reasonable cause to believe a person committed an offense, Coysh told reporters outside the Riverhead courtroom. The people's evidence that links Rex Heuermann to Sandra Costilla's crime is a single hair on a shirt, not on her body. In fact, there was two shirts that she had been wearing, and this hair is on the outer shirt That doesn't establish probable cause, simply a hair on her shirt."
"The deadline hasn't slowed down his defense team, including attorneys Michael Brown and Danielle Coysh, who continue to push back against the charges and evidence against Heuermann. On the day before the Jan. 13 hearing, which Mazzei had set as the deadline for any further challenges to the case, the defense team filed a 178-page motion that includes a request to dismiss the murder charge for Costilla."
Judge Timothy Mazzei set Rex Heuermann's trial to begin right after Labor Day, Sep. 7, roughly three years after his initial arrest. Heuermann, 62, faces seven murder charges and has pleaded not guilty to all counts. The defense filed a 178-page motion the day before the court deadline, including a request to dismiss the Costilla murder charge. Defense counsel argued the linkage to Costilla relies on a single hair found on an outer shirt and does not establish probable cause. Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said the prosecution will oppose the dismissal and is confident the charge will remain.
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