NEW YORK (WABC) -- Accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann was back in court Tuesday where Judge Timothy Mazzei ruled that he would not break up the charges into multiple trials -- they would be kept as one.

Heuermann's defense had requested the cases be broken up. Their argument was that the first three charged killings should be tried separately from the rest, because of the timing of their deaths, spanning 17 years, how they were killed, and the locations where the women's bodies were found.

"Ultimately, we do not make the decision, that's up to the judge. The judge ruled against us, we don't like the decision, we don't agree with the decision, but in our system that's the decision and we have to move forward, that's how the system works," said Michael Brown, defense attorney

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