As RadarOnline.com reported, Heuermann, who appeared in court recently in tan pants, a white shirt, and a jacket, is facing murder charges for the deaths of three women found dumped along Gilgo Beach in December 2010: Waterman, 22, Melissa Barthelemy, 24, and Amber Lynn Costello, 27.
He is also a prime suspect in the death of a fourth woman, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, 25. All of the victims were former sex workers, and they are collectively known as the “Gilgo Four.”
During the proceedings, Heuermann spoke briefly, informing Suffolk County Supreme Court Justice Timothy Mazzei that he had been reviewing evidence submitted by prosecutors for “2 or 3 hours” at a time from behind bars.
Outside the courtroom, Heuermann’s defense attorney, Michael Brown, downplayed the significance of the alleged DNA match from his client’s swab, claiming that “there is nobody on the face of the earth that is credible [enough] to say that hair is my client’s hair.”