reporter: tonight, a significant development in the investigation into the gilgo beach serial killings that terrorized coastal communities on long island for decades. we were able to identify fire island jane doe as karen vergata. reporter: vergata, known as jane doe number seven, one of ten victims whose remains were discovered around gilgo beach. her remains were initially found on fire island back in 1996 and later linked by dna to a skull located near gilgo beach. in august of 2022, approximately six months after we formed this gilgo task force, a dna profile suitable for genealogical comparison was developed from the remains of karen vergata. reporter: the fbi using genetic genealogy to identify vergata before authorities were able to confirm with a cheek swab from a relative. vergata was 34 and living in manhattan when she vanished on valentine s day 27 years ago. no missing persons report was filed at the time. and like other gilgo beach victims, according to authoriti
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have made no link to rex heuermann, the suburban father and architect who has pleaded not guilty to killing three gilgo beach victims. reporter: authorities are now asking a judge to order heuermann to turn in a direct dna sample to see if it could help tie him to any other killings. in addition to karen over ga the, the remains of five other gilgo beach victims were found along these parts and their cases remain unsolved. now to developments in president trump s legal battles. today filing his plea, not guilty to the new charges in the classified documents case. and he s also asked for permission not to appear to his arraignment. but the former president is set to attend a campaign event in alabama tonight, insisting the prosecutions he s facing are political attacks. and tonight, the results of our latest poll and what the majority of americans think about the severity of the charges.
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divorce citing adulterous conduct. the next day she also filed for divorce. we have reached out to the attorneys in the divorce proceedings, but we have not heard back. the next court date in the bahamas is october 5th. cnn, atlanta. in the coming hours, the man charged with the murder of three of four gilgo beach victims will appear in new york court. it s more than a week after investigators searched his home for evidence linking him to the killing. he s always the prime suspect in the disappearance of a fourth victim. the attorney of the suspect s wife said she returned home to find the house tore apart. she had no idea her husband was a suspect. she is not a suspect. she has not been questioned by the police regarding this. it s been extremely overwhelming for her and the children trying to piece life back together for what it was 2
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