Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said his investigators would examine whether it could be used to help solve the hundreds of other cold cases in Suffolk County.

The decision is an important win for prosecutors and a blow for the defense team that challenged the validity of this type of technology that specializes in extracting nuclear DNA from damaged or

A N.Y. judge Wednesday said prosecutors in the Gilgo Beach murders can use evidence from a new DNA technology. Rex Heuermann is accused of killing seven women.