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Rex Heuermann has been accused of murdering seven women, whose remains were found beginning in the 1990s

His lawyers were hoping to have the cases severed and have separate trials for the killings

Heuermann is accused of killing Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, Amber Costello, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Jessica Taylor, Valerie Mack and Sandra Costilla

Alleged Long Island Serial Killer Rex Heuermann will face all seven murder charges in a single trial, a Suffolk County judge ruled Tuesday, Sept. 23.

The ruling comes as a blow to Heuermann’s attorneys, who filed a motion seeking to sever the cases into separate trials. The attorneys argued that there was no “unique and consistent modus operandi common to all seven murders,” according to court documents.

Judge Timothy Ma

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