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But it was always a very controlled manner. it was always with a controlled purpose. again, he did that because we knew we were playing before an audience of one person. and so, i like to thank rodney for his partnership. most important, i want to thank rodney for his integrity. i think in the past, the reason why these various investigations fell short, was because there was a lot of outside influence, led people had nothing to do with the investigation. nothing to do with the investigation or any of the agencies that were actually handling the investigation. they still asserted pressure on those investigations. that did not happen without task force. our task force was won by the members and we did what we thought was in the best, the best investigative steps and best interest of the investigation so i want to thank rodney for that. and his whole team. ....
For these murders would be looking at us. so we were very careful how we handled the investigation. we maintained the integrity of the investigation. most importantly of all we maintained the secrecy of that investigation. i think that s paid dividends as we ve seen today. now, i you know, i think that, you know, when we had the task force, the first thing we did, got together with suffolk county police commissioner rodney harrison. we formed the task force. our first meeting was february 1st of 2022. and what we did, what all of the agencies here, we made the commitment we were going to take our talented most talented investigators. so in the district attorney s office, we took adas, myself ....
The investigation. so i want to thank rodney for that. and his whole team. i know that we have suffolk county homicide here, kevin beyer. we ve got inspector rowan. and i know that they ve been around, and i know that they re here, and i know that they stand in the shoes of their past investigators, and i want to congratulate them and want to thank them for their partnership. i also want to thank sheriff errol tulan. everything i said about rodney i could say about errol. errol is an unbelievable partner. he was an unbelievable partner in this case during the pendenciy of the case we learned that the defendant was using alternate identities and these alternate instruments to continue to patronize sex workers which, of course, made us very nervous. but with the help of the sheriff ....
The burlap, then there was one caught in between the tape. and that was recovered. amber costello also had a hair, a significant hair that was recovered during the time, during the time of the recovery. but again, the crime scene because it was out there for so long and because it was exposed to the elements, those hairs were degraded. so you couldn t use traditional dna analysis on it. you would you would have to wait and use mitochondrial dna. and back in 2010 the technology wasn t there for mitochondrial dna. so the investigation proceeded, but also technology proceeded, as well. and then in january in february of 2022 we formed the task force. we began working collectively, and then a mere six weeks later, on march 14th, 2022, rex ....
Seeing you, man. form nypdpolice commissioner . for providing resources and assisting in the investigation that brought us here today. so, one of my first acts was to survey the scene. when i first got assigned as the police commissioner, me and kevin briar went over to gilgo beach. i want to thank him. when i first met kevin, he broke the whole case down and where we stood. he knew the case like the back of his hand. he worked tirelessly in this case. he was in charge of overseeing the task force since its creation and you did a phenomenal job. thank you. there is something that i learned from a former nypd police commissioner. james o neill. which is, in order to fight crime, or to solve ....