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By
Brigette Bagley
- March 11, 2025
Daily Stories
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Homicides
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stabbing
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A stabbing defendant partially asserted his right to independently test DNA before DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz on March 7.
George Syndor, 45, is charged with three counts of first-degree premeditated murder while armed that was especially heinous, atrocious or cruel committed during release, burglary while armed offense was especially heinous, atrocious or cruel offenses committed during release, and kidnapping while armed offense was especially heinous, atrocious or cruel offenses committed during release for his alleged involvement in a stabbing that killed Christy Bautista, 31, on March 31, 2023, at a hotel on the 1600 block of New York Avenue, NE.
Syndor’s defense attorney, Jesse Winograd, informed the court that his client would only assert his right to test DNA evidence for the broken knife allegedly used in the incident. This testing will be independent of the prosecution’s results in the case. Sydnor waived his right to independently test the other pieces of evidence the prosecution is currently testing.
Winograd sent the evidence to a lab of his and Sydnor’s choosing earlier that morning and should have the analysis in 60-to-90 days.
Parties are slated to reconvene to discuss the DNA results on June 13.