Sydney Sumner

Turns out George Hodel was one of them.

They even bugged his home for a little bit.

And I'm going to read you one of the transcripts.

Supposing I did kill the Black Dahlia.

They can't prove it.

They can't talk to my secretary anymore because she's dead.

I'm Sydney Sumner.

Justice Tim Mazzei was very clear he expects trial to begin as scheduled, despite the challenges on several key pieces of evidence.

Heuermann's main argument stems from the piece of pizza crust connecting him to the murders of six women between 1993 and 2010.

Heuermann claims investigators violated his right to privacy, rifling through his trash for possible DNA.

Experts call the argument far-reaching, explaining that by discarding an item, you are essentially giving up any rights associated with the item.

A similar argument failed before the Koberger case went to trial, the last nail in the coffin before changing his plea to guilty.

Attorney Michael Brown is also challenging the evidence tying Heuermann to a seventh victim, Sandra Castillo, a single piece of hair found on her shirt when her body was discovered in 1993.

Brown wants the entire indictment thrown out, claiming the hair is insufficient evidence to charge Heuermann with Castillo's murder.

The defense plans to pin Castillo's murder and several others on already convicted killer John Bittrolf.

Bittroff was found guilty of killing sex workers Rita Tangretti and Colleen McName.

Tangretti was found dead on November 2, 1993, in Suffolk County.

McName was found naked in the woods of Shirley, New York, beaten and strangled.

Bittroff was previously a suspect in the Long Island serial killings.

Two of the victims Heuermann is now accused of murdering found just three miles from Bittroff's home.