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Judge allows advanced DNA evidence in Gilgo Beach serial killer trial
The judge's ruling marks a pioneering use of whole genome sequencing in New York criminal courts, aiding evidence analysis of highly degraded samples from multiple victims, prosecutors said.
- A New York judge allowed DNA evidence obtained through advanced techniques into the trial of the suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer.
- The 61-year-old Manhattan architect Rex Heuermann has been charged in the deaths of seven women, most of whom were sex workers.
- Experts say the decision marks a rare use of such advanced DNA analysis techniques as evidence in a New York court.
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Judge rules that critical DNA evidence will be allowed in Gilgo Beach serial killer case
A New York judge ruled Wednesday that prosecutors can present DNA evidence they say connects Rex Heuermann, the suspect accused of being the Gilgo Beach serial killer, to six of the seven women he is charged with murdering. Suffolk County Judge Tim Mazzei made his ruling that prosecutors can use DNA evidence generated by Astrea Forensics in their case against Rex Heuermann. Astrea Forensics uses new techniques to analyze old and highly degraded …
Gilgo Beach DNA ruling gives JonBenét Ramsey's dad new hope
(NewsNation) — The father of JonBenét Ramsey believes that using advanced DNA testing, like in the Gilgo Beach murder case, will solve the murder of his then-6-year-old daughter. John Ramsey told "Banfield" on Wednesday he is meeting with police in the coming days after a New York judge allowed the prosecution to use evidence gathered from old, highly degraded DNA through genome sequencing by California lab Astrea Forensics. "It's a huge advance…
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