rex heuermann, the man charged with the murder of three gilgo beach victims appeared in a new york state court on tuesday. prosecutors handed over evidence that they have been collecting days after finishing a search of the suspect s home. but for now the judge is keeping it under lock and key. jean casarez reports. reporter: rex heuermann facing a suffolk county courtroom in handcuffs and a gray suit jacket. his first court appearance since his arrest. the prosecution handed over a large amount of discovery to heuermann s lawyers including photographs, reports and other evidence. you are talking about 13 years worth of investigation. reporter: the d.a. also saying that he does not believe any of the evidence handed over tuesday was taken from the 12 day search of his massapequa park house. it is a massive amount of
of evidence that the prosecution has. that evidence is supposed to be turned over to the defense by september 27th, we are told, and that is when the next hearing will be in this case. in terms of rex heuermann s demeanor, he was wearing a black jacket, a blue shirt, as well as khaki pants. a black suit jacket. he was staring straight ahead, no emotion whatsoever from what our producer tells us. he said nothing, we were expecting he would not say anything in this type of hearing and the hearing came to an end. so, at this point we have what appears to be obviously the attorneys walking out to our cameras, array of media out here ready to hear what the suffolk county district attorney has to say following this, about a 5 to 10-minute commentary sandra: he is speaking now, thank you.
they re not running for president. renato mariotti, i imagine we ll have more questions going forward. the gilgo beach serial killing suspect appeared in court and rex heuermann is pleading not guilty to the murders of three women and police believe that heuermann may have committed the killings inside of his family s home when his wife and his two children were out of town. and after an intensive search of the property, his wife s attorney shared some photos of the aftermath. cnn s jean casarez is joining us live from outside that courthouse where, jean, the d.a. as well as the attorney, the court appointed attorney for rex heuermann has just they both have spoken. what has happened there? reporter: well, let me tell you what happened in the courtroom, because first of all, the defendant was in the courtroom. he was there, and he was wearing khaki pants, a gray suit jacket,