Sex Abuse Defendant’s DNA Couldn’t Be Excluded, Analyst Says

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DNA from a 13-year-old sex abuse case was the subject of numerous expert witness testimony on Jan. 31, the second day of a sex abuse trial.

The case, which had been unsolved for years, involved a 47-year-old defendant who is charged with first-degree burglary, kidnapping, assault with intent to commit first-degree sexual abuse with force, robbery, and two counts of first-degree sexual abuse while threatening the victim in connection to a sex assault on June 12, 2010, on the 1700 block of Lanier Place NW. 

A DNA analyst testified that there was a mixture of at least two individuals on the evidence he was given.

could not be excluded, the analyst said.

The trial is scheduled to resume on Feb. 1.