Alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex A. Heuermann, right, appears at Suffolk CountyCourt in Riverhead on Wednesday, accompanied by his attorney, Michael J. Brown. Credit: Newsday/James Carbone

Alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex A. Heuermann, right, appears at Suffolk CountyCourt in Riverhead on Wednesday, accompanied by his attorney, Michael J. Brown. Credit: Newsday/James Carbone