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Gilgo Beach judge sets deadline for defense challenges in Rex Heuermann case
Suffolk County judge requires defense to file motions including suppression and dismissal requests before trial in high-profile Gilgo Beach case.
- At a Riverhead pretrial conference Tuesday, Judge Mazzei ordered Rex Heuermann's defense to file all outstanding challenges by January 13, 2026 before trial later this year.
- Defense counsel submitted an omnibus motion that on Monday asked to dismiss one charge and obtain records about John Bittrolff and James Burke, plus inspect electronic accounts linked to Rex Heuermann.
- Coysh wrote that `This evidence, even if accepted as true, does not establish that Mr. Heuermann killed Sandra Costilla, nor that he acted with the intent to cause her death` and argued the grand jury was prejudiced after hearing from 47 witnesses in six other killings.
- The court set a deadline for the Suffolk County district attorney's office by Tuesday, with the trial scheduled shortly after Labor Day, making pretrial rulings crucial.
- The defense seeks records to introduce John Bittrolff and James Burke, former Suffolk Police Chief, as alternative suspects and challenges DNA from discarded items citing privacy and search-and-seizure claims.
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The Long Island judge in charge of the notorious Gilgo Beach serial murder case blew his stack on Tuesday – berating lawyers for accused killer Rex Heuermann for dragging their feet.
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Gilgo Beach judge sets deadline for defense challenges in Rex Heuermann case
Rex Heuermann was set to return to court in Riverhead Tuesday morning, where the judge set a deadline for his lawyers to file any outstanding defense challenges before the case heads to trial later this year.
·New York, United States
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Accused Gilgo Beach killer Rex Heuermann's defense filing sheds new light into first 24 hours in custody
The 178-page filing also contains a request to dismiss one of the charges in the indictment, and for prosecutors to turn over records regarding two men the defense may seek to introduce as alternate suspects at trial.
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