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New York police arrested Long Island Gilgo Beach serial murder suspect Rex Heuermann with the help of DNA on a pizza box, officials wrote in a bail application.

The course for the cell site evidence. you know, the women were out in a tough environment for a long period of time so there was not a lot of forensic evidence. the hairs that we got in 2010, im sorry, 2011, you, you couldnt use traditional dna analysis. so the dna technology improved where you could now go, you couldnt use what is known as traditional nuclear dna testing but you could do mitochondrial testing. as i got into your late teens and into the early 20s now. the technology caught up t...

Case but for taking the case. this is closure for the families. whats interesting is you have essentially cold cases where technology then caught up to the investigation or the investigation caught up to technology and they were able to use not just genetic and dna testing, but the review of the searches then becomes the key point. who else is going to be googling whats happening with the investigation 100 times, right? who else is going to be -- how can the prosecutors monitor burner phones exc...

Miles. four women were found in gilgo known as the gilgo beach murders. it was cracked open thanks to burner phones, pizza crust, and dna testing. >> im standing here with my law enforcement partners and the gilgo tack force to announce the indictment of rex heuermann. >> reporter: the women were found bound up. >> when i joined in 2022, i made gilgo a priority. >> reporter: it traumatized and captivated long island city for more than a decade. now the suspect as unthinkable as the murders thems...

Women, all found along a strip of long islands water over several months. >> it started wi the gilgo four. four women found in the bushes along a quarter mile stretch. each were found bound with camouflage burlap over a two-day period and the killings really baffled authorities for years. but miguel marquez explain, the case was broken open because of phones and pizza crusts and dna testing. >> ive standing here with my partners, to announce the indictment of the defendant rex andrew heuermann. ...

Would do when theres a cold case. you need a fresh set of eyes to look at all the evidence after it was previously gathered. to see what might have been missed and then string it together with new evidence. whether it be direct evidence or circumstantial evidence so you can tie a suspect to what you have gathered during the investigation, and ray did that. >> this has been going on for so long. this investigation of this cold case lasted such a long time. did you ever think it would get solved? ...

2022. and from that point on, our partners and my office, we use the grand jury to continue to investigate, and executed over 300 subpoenas, search warrants pertaining to this individual, to find out more information. one of the things that we did, we followed him because we wanted to get a sample of his dna. which we were able to do. we also got dna samples from his family.and we went back and got mitochondrial dna tested. and with regard to you know, and you know, there is an aspect of new yor...

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Theyve had demonstrations for more than a year some report its still happening, these people were put in a dangerous situation that there folks in washington the ask is it the perfect crime were there people that no longer work the court was this leaker among the court to leave every july and why werent outside agencies brought in. the chief justice maintained all along a thorough internal investigation. they had forward dhs secretary michael, behind to look at the investigation that theyve done...

Secret service is reviewing visitor logs and checking security footage. they say the probe will wrap up early next week. >> mike: james comer calling for more details while blasting the discovery as a "shameful moment for the white house." lets get right to mark meredith live at the white house. what do we know about the location where the cocaine was found? >> mike and jacqui, good afternoon to you. drugs were found in the lower level entrance of the west wing, an area officials have been sayin...