Overview
- Heuermann, who had pleaded not guilty, is expected to change his plea at a Suffolk County Court hearing on April 8, with multiple outlets reporting the plan Thursday based on people familiar with the case.
- Suffolk District Attorney Ray Tierney said Friday he is taking a wait‑and‑see approach, and any plea must be entered in court and approved by the judge before it becomes final.
- The 62-year-old architect is charged with murdering seven women between 1993 and 2011, and a trial had been targeted for early September before these reports.
- Prosecutors cite DNA from a discarded pizza crust, cellphone data, and digital files described as a killing “blueprint,” after a judge allowed the DNA evidence and ordered one consolidated trial.
- The Associated Press reported that victims’ relatives and some of Heuermann’s family were told of the expected plea, and a guilty admission could be followed by a later sentencing that may include life without parole.