A judge has ordered suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann to turn in a DNA swab. PHOTO: CENTRAL ISLIP, NEW YORK - AUGUST 1: Rex A. Heuermann appears before Judge Timothy P. Mazzei in Suffolk County Court on August 1, 2023 in Central Islip, New York. (Pool/Getty Images)The judge said a comparison of Heuermann’s direct DNA sample with the mitochondrial sample from a hair recovered from one of the victims and the DNA found on the pizza crust outside Heuermann’s office “will yield probative material evidence, whether it is inculpatory or not.”A direct DNA sample could also be entered into statewide and nationwide databases. PHOTO: Crime laboratory officers search the home of Gilgo Beach murders suspect Rex Heuermann in Massapequa Park, New York, on July 18, 2023. Judge orders Gilgo Beach suspect Rex Heuermann to submit DNA sample originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News August 09, 2023 22:42 UTC