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Judge Urges Gilgo Beach Trial Amid Ongoing Delays

1/14/2026

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Long Island Judge Tim Mazzei demanded the Gilgo Beach trial start after Labor Day, citing ongoing delays.
Rex Heuermann, the defendant, is charged with killing seven sex workers between 1993 and 2010, and the case has progressed slowly through the courts.
Defense motions challenge evidence, including DNA linked to Heuermann.
Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney backed the judge's urgency and said DNA evidence would be used at trial.

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Long Island Judge Tim Mazzei demanded the Gilgo Beach trial start after Labor Day, citing ongoing delays.
Rex Heuermann, the defendant, is charged with killing seven sex workers between 1993 and 2010, and the case has progressed slowly through the courts.
Defense motions challenge evidence, including DNA linked to Heuermann.
Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney backed the judge's urgency and said DNA evidence would be used at trial.