Rex Heuermann, accused in a string of Long Island deaths known as the Gilgo Beach killings, stands with his lawyer Michael Brown, at Suffolk County Court in Riverhead, N.Y. on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (James Carbone /Newsday via AP)

Rex Heuermann, accused in a string of Long Island deaths known as the Gilgo Beach killings, with his lawyer Michael Brown, at Suffolk County Court in Riverhead, N.Y. on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (James Carbone /Newsday via AP)

Rex Heuermann, accused in a string of Long Island deaths known as the Gilgo Beach killings, stands inside Judge Tim Mazzei's courtroom with his attorney Michael Brown at Suffolk County Court in Riverhead, N.Y., on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, where a status conference was held. (James Carbone /Newsday via AP)

Rex Heuermann, accused in a string of Long Island deaths known as the Gilgo Beach killings, enters Judge Tim Mazzei's courtroom with his attorney Michael Brown at Suffolk County Court in Riverhead, N.Y., on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, where a status conference was held. (James Carbone /Newsday via AP)

Rex Heuermann, right, accused in a string of Long Island deaths known as the Gilgo Beach killings, stands inside Judge Tim Mazzei's courtroom with his attorney Michael Brown at Suffolk County Court in Riverhead, N.Y., on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, where a status conference was held. (James Carbone /Newsday via AP)