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How Did Cell Tower Data And DNA Build The Rex Heuermann Case Against Two Victims?
The evidentiary architecture connecting Rex Heuermann to the murders of Maureen Brainard-Barnes and Melissa Barthelemy rests on two pillars: digital communications data and DNA. This look back examines how prosecutors constructed those connections and what they reveal about the methodology investigators spent more than a decade trying to identify.In Maureen's case, prosecutors alleged Heuermann used prepaid phones to make contact, that cell-tower records placed those phones in Massapequa Park — his home area — and that he accessed her voicemail after her disappearance. DNA recovered from a…
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