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Should DNA evidence be admissible in the trial of the Gilgo Beach serial killings suspect?

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Lawyers for Rex Heuermann want DNA tests conducted on hairs recovered from most of the seven victims in the Gilgo Beach killings to be excluded from the trial.

Genetic expert says nuclear DNA techniques used to analyze hairs are widely accepted in the scientific community.

No trial date has been set for the case, which spans decades of killings on Long Island .

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