Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect’s lawyer opposes request for DNA swab

Attorney says allegations against Rex Heuermann not meeting standards that would compel him to provide DNA sample

A lawyer for the suspected serial killer Rex Heuermann is opposing a request for a DNA swab, arguing in court papers prosecutors failed to meet probable cause standards to compel the 59-year-old Manhattan architect to do so.

As reported by the Long Island newspaper Newsday, the attorney, Danielle Coysh, said allegations against Heuermann could be read as rising to the level of a reasonable suspicion", but not as meeting standards that would compel her client to provide a DNA sample.