Serial killer Rex Heuermanns daughter dismissed from jury duty for being a distraction

Gilgo Beach killer Rex Heuermann’s daughter was dismissed from a Long Island jury after a judge ruled that she would be too much of “a distraction.” Victoria Heuermann, 30, was let go by a Nassau County judge after she responded to a summons last week to be a potential juror during a child molestation trial, sources told Newsday.The serial killer’s daughter initially went unrecognized by State Supreme Court Justice Robert McDonald, the prosecutor and the defense attorney, despite her ample public appearances and interviews over her dad killing eight women.But her high-profile ID became obvious during the public vetting portion when she was asked if she’d ever been convicted of a crime — or knew anyone who had, her attorney confirmed.The judge then asked her if she could stay impartial even with her father’s notorious criminal history.“When it came to that one question, she asked for a sidebar.They took her into chambers and she answered it, and then they chose to discharge her,” her attorney Robert Macedonio told the paper. “She was still willing to serve, but I guess the defense, the prosecution, and the judge — I haven’t read the transcript, I’m not sure who decided that they didn’t want her there,” Macedonio said.Macedonio said Victoria, of Massapequa Park, was anxious about entering a courtroom again after her father’s high-profile trial, and even offered to write her a letter to the court asking that she be excused.“It’s not like there’s any kind of overwhelming desire to serve.

Nobody has an overwhelming desire to serve on jury duty,” he said.“But when they ask her the question, she answers it honestly.

‘You think you could still sit here and be fair and impartial?’ ”She could have said no, but “thought she could still be fair and impartial to the defendant’s rights and the prosecution’s rights, even having experienced all that.That’s her own personal judgment,” he continued.“The easier answer wou...