Guy Heinze Jr.: Southeast Georgia man convicted of killing family still requesting new trial

A local man convicted of killing eight people, including family members, wants a new trial.

Attorneys for Guy Heinze claim there's missing and mishandled evidence.

In 2013, Heinze was convicted of killing eight people in 2009.

We spoke to the mother of four of the victims.

She says Heinze is a monster, and the appeal process is keeping her from moving forward. ​

Action News Jax was there in 2013 as Heinze was sentenced to life in prison for the murdering his father, his uncle, his cousins and his cousin's boyfriend.

The courtroom was stunned Tuesday, including Heinze's brother, Tyler, who stormed out in tears.

"This ain't justice. This ain't right. What do you mean? Everybody sat through that trial. You sat through the same trial I sat through, all y'all sat there. Y'all heard what y'all heard," Tyler Heinze said.

In August 2009, Heinze said he came home to find his entire family dead inside the Brunswick home they all shared. He was the one who called 911 and reported they had all been beaten to death.

We spoke to a neighbor off camera who said she testified in that trial five years ago.

She said there was a lot of missing information and there needs to be another trial.

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