Convicted Long Island killer John Bittrolff calls on DA to review case after Rex Heuermann charged in eerily similar killing

A Long Island man convicted of two killings in the early 1990s is seeking a review of his case after alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann was charged in an “eerily similar” homicide during the same period, according to a report.John Bittrolff, who was convicted in the 1993 murder of Rita Tangredi and the 1994 killing of Colleen McNamee, is now pushing for exoneration after Heuermann was indicted in the 1993 killing of Sandra Costilla — a murder he was long suspected of committing.

Bittrolff’s attorney Lisa Marcoccia called the crime scenes of the three murders “eerily similar,” and asked the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office to perform DNA testing on hairs found at the Tangredi and McNamee crime scenes, letters obtained by Newsday revealed.She also asked that the office release forensic evidence from the Costilla crime scene.“All three women — Sandra, Rita and Colleen — were all killed within the same time frame … all three women were found in a wooded area, their legs were spread apart, their hands were above their head, they were each missing one shoe,” Marcoccia told Newsday.

“Colleen and Sandra both had their shirts pulled up over their faces, and the DA’s [office] has also claimed that there were wood chips on all three bodies … any logical person [would believe] one person was responsible for all three murders.”District Attorney Ray Tierney, who was not in office when Bittrolff was charged and convicted, denied Marcoccia’s requests.“I’ve looked at those cases,” Tierney told the outlet.“If I thought there was a problem with them, I would do something.”Before Bittrolff’s 2014 arrest, Suffolk County investigators had long publicly said they believed the person responsible for the deaths of Tangredi and McNamee was responsible for the killing of Costilla.

Marcoccia, who previously filed two unsuccessful motions to overturn Bittrolff’s conviction, sent Tierney a letter on June 6 — the day Heue...