Heuermann's Guilty Plea Means No Trial for the Families

They were bracing for a trial. The mothers, the sisters, the children of the women Rex Heuermann is charged with killing — they were preparing to sit in that courtroom and hear every piece of evidence laid out publicly. To watch the prosecution present the DNA, the cellphone records, the alleged murder blueprint recovered from his computer. To see a jury decide.

Now, reportedly, that's gone.

Heuermann is expected to plead guilty to seven murders after nearly three years of maintaining his innocence. His defense challenged the DNA twice. They fought to separate the cases. They filed a 178-page motion for every form of legal relief available. Every challenge was denied. Criminal defense attorney Bob Motta examines what those systematic denials mean for the attorney-client conversation that leads to a plea, and what this moment costs the families who wanted — and arguably deserved — a full public accounting.

Melissa Barthelemy. Maureen Brainard-Barnes. Amber Lynn Costello. Sandra Costilla. Valerie Mack. Jessica Taylor. Megan Waterman. They disappeared between 1993 and 2010. A guilty plea gives their families an admission. It also takes away the trial. Motta breaks down whether that exchange is justice — or just an ending.

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