Cops need MORE DNA from suspected Gilgo Seashore serial killer Rex Heuermann as he faces three homicide fees and is the prime suspect in a fourth

Lengthy Island authorities are requesting to gather extra DNA from suspected Gilgo Seashore serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann as they proceed to research whether or not he murdered a fourth sufferer. 

Heuermann, 59, was arrested final month in connection to the murders of Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman and Amber Lynn Costello, all of whom disappeared in 2009 and 2010. 

He’s additionally thought of the prime suspect within the homicide of Maureen Brainard-Barnes, who vanished in 2007. Police informed CNN the investigation ‘is predicted to be resolved quickly.’

However the district legal professional’s workplace is seemingly rising nervous that DNA from pizza crust and a napkin Heuermann threw out in a trash bin outdoors his Manhattan architectural agency will not be sufficient to convict him.

So as to make sure the Massapequa Park resident is thrown behind bars, Suffolk County Assistant District Lawyer has now filed paperwork asking for a swab of the within of the suspect’s cheek. 

Rex Heuermann (pictured Tuesday) was arrested final month within the murders of three girls whose our bodies have been discovered dumped in burlap sacks on Gilgo Seashore 

Suffolk County District Lawyer Ray Tierney’s workplace is now requesting Heuermann undergo a cheek swab. He’s pictured right here chatting with the press following Heuermann’s courtroom look on Tuesday

In January this yr, after watching Heuermann and his household since final March, the detectives within the case seized a pizza field he’d thrown within the trash outdoors his Manhattan workplace

In papers filed within the Suffolk County Legal Court docket on Tuesday, officers on the District Lawyer’s Workplace mentioned investigators need to evaluate DNA from Heuermann’s cheek with DNA recovered from the pizza crust and serviette he tossed out in January.

The DNA profile created from the pizza crust and serviette is a 99.96 p.c match with the DNA profile created from hair recovered from the ‘backside of the burlap’ bag used to move Waterman’s bare physique, based on the paperwork obtained by the New York Daily News.

With out the pattern, Assistant District Lawyer Michelle Haddad argued, forensic biologists would solely be capable of reference the pizza crust and serviette as being ‘purported for use/touched’ by Heuermann.

‘Ought to the defendant’s DNA from the [cheek swab] not match the DNA profile from the pizza crusts and serviette submitted for Rex Heuermann, the protection can be introduced with a possible trial protection.

‘Thus, there’s a clear indication that materials and related proof can be discovered and is essential for that.’ 

A cheek swab, she mentioned, ‘would supply additional related proof of the defendant’s identification because the perpetrator of those crimes.’

Haddad additionally requested {that a} Suffolk County Supreme Court docket Justice permit cops to {photograph} and video document the cheek swabbing course of.

Justice Timothy Mazzei has now ordered Heuermann’s lawyer to both argue in opposition to the prosecutor’s request by August 8, or present the swab by August 15.

Heuermann’s spouse, daughter and stepson have already supplied prosecutors with their DNA.

Samples collected from Heuermann’s now-estranged spouse, Asa Ellerup, collected from bottles inside a trash can outdoors the couple’s house was additionally beforehand linked by means of mitochondrial DNA testing to hairs discovered on or close to three of the slain victims.

However authorities deny that she is a suspect within the grotesque murders, as she and the kids have been out of the state on the time of the alleged killings.

Asa Ellerup, 59, is seen along with her daughter Victoria Heuermann, 26, and son Christopher, 33, on Wednesday, the day she filed for divorce from suspect Gilgo Seashore killer Rex Heuermann. The household has already submitted their DNA

The primary sufferer, Melissa Barthelemy, 24, was found by Suffolk County Police on December 11, 2010. The physique of Megan Waterman, 22, was discovered two days later

Maureen Brainard-Barnes was 25 years previous when she went lacking (left). Amber Lynn Costello was 27 years previous. Their our bodies have been discovered close to Barthelemy’s the identical day

As a substitute, police say Heuermann could have killed not less than one in every of his victims at his Massapequa Park house.

For greater than per week following his July 14 arrest, investigators had been conducting an exhaustive search of the home — which is situated simply miles from the place the our bodies have been found greater than a decade in the past.

A yellow excavator scooped grime within the yard, and drone footage confirmed a person working a bit of apparatus that can be utilized to scan for buried objects.

Unique DailyMail.com images additionally confirmed investigators taking a look at a tray of objects recovered from the yard dig.

Some consultants had speculated they might be human stays, whereas others warned they might be from animals or one thing else solely. 

DailyMail.com also previously spotted one investigator carrying a word itemizing a number of the proof discovered inside, together with a rope stored in a vault, and handcuff keys in a shelf beneath a piece bench.

For greater than per week following his July 14 arrest, investigators had been conducting an exhaustive search of the home

A ‘main excavation’ befell at Heuermann’s Massapequa Park house. Pictured are State Police investigators gathering proof on the scene

A forensic photographer is seen bending over the tray of objects excavated from the again yard of Heuermann’s home. Prosecutors say ‘nothing of word’ was found within the again yard

Gilbert’s physique was present in a marsh close by one yr after the invention of the our bodies of Melissa Barthelemy, 24; Megan Waterman, 22; Maureen Brainard-Barnes, 25; and Amber Lynn Costello, 27

Following the intensive search, Ellerup, 59, and her kids have been allowed to return to the raveled house.

‘She got here house to finish destruction of her household residence the place she lived and raised the kids,’ her legal professional Robert Macedonio mentioned. ‘All the things in the home was turned the other way up. Dresser drawers have been emptied out. 

‘The toilet tub, which was a vinyl tub, was truly minimize open. The flooring have been ripped up.

‘The couches and the mattresses have been eliminated, and simply piles and piles of particles that have been left within the residence the place you barely had strolling house to get into the home.

‘They have not even had the chance to undergo all of the gadgets the best way it has been left, in order that they’re taking the time to try this as we converse. 

‘And every day it is bringing increasingly emotion as a result of they’re discovering gadgets and never discovering gadgets, and it is bringing about feelings from them and recollections of residing in the home and what it was like previous to all this occurring,’ he mentioned. 

Ellerup broke her silence outdoors the household house final week. She talked in regards to the trauma of what she had ‘seen’, and about making an attempt to maneuver on. Her attorneys say her house has been torn aside by forensics groups

 Christopher (left) and Victoria (proper) reportedly  ‘cry themselves to sleep’ since their father’s arrest as cops pull aside their Lengthy Island house 

 Ellerup additionally informed DailyMail.com that she would not ‘need to stroll down the road’ and hears what those that reside close by say about their house.

‘The neighbors need the home gone,’ she mentioned on Wednesday. ‘They need it bulldozed.’

‘Look I don’t need to stroll down the road. I heard what folks mentioned about us. I heard it,’ Ellerup mentioned as she started to cry.

‘I heard the opposite folks on the neighborhood. They need the home bulldozed. Do you perceive? Please I can’t speak anymore.’

Ellerup filed for divorce to ‘protect herself’ from any future lawsuits and has spoken along with her husband in jail, her legal professional revealed Monday. 

She mentioned that some neighbors had been charitable, as a Gofundme began by Melissa Moore, the daughter of the Happy Face Serial Killer Keith Hunter Jesperson, which has raised over $20,000. 

She was requested level clean about whether or not or not she deserved the cash by one reporter. 

‘I don’t know what to say to that, if folks don’t need to fund me. What’s she going to say, I don’t deserve this? I’m alone.’

She famous that individuals have additionally given them all the pieces from pizza to pots and pans, however mentioned she would not ‘have room for lots of stuff’ when requested what she wanted. 

Ellerup mentioned that each she and her canine are crying and that she will be able to inform even her canine is harassed.

‘I discovered a radio to attempt to distract my thoughts,’ she mentioned, discussing what she was doing along with her days. ‘I discovered a hat this morning and a pair of sun shades.’ 

She doesn’t have entry to the web and would not at the moment have a tv. 

Heuermann  appeared raveled as he stood earlier than the choose in Riverhead, Lengthy Island Tuesday

In the meantime, Heuermann appeared raveled as he stood earlier than the choose in Riverhead, Lengthy Island Tuesday. 

The courtroom was full of media and the households of a number of the girls he’s accused of killing. 

He was dressed well in a black blazer, blue shirt and cream khakis, and regarded down at his arms for a lot of the listening to. 

The choose banned the discharge of 4, two terabyte hard-drives of proof which have been handed to attorneys and investigators, however which won’t turn into public. 

Heuermann will return to courtroom in September.