Defendant Waives Right to Independent DNA Testing in Double Homicide Case 

By Aerial Lopez [former] - March 3, 2023
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During a March 1 status hearing, a murder defendant said he was “choosing not to test” because “everything is good for [him].” 

Keanan Turner, 33, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of assault with intent to kill. Both victims Wanda Wright, 48, and Ebony Wright, 31, were murdered on the 2000 block of Good Hope Court, SE on April 12, 2021. 

Defense attorney Franz Jobson said that, contrary to prior concerns, he and his client would not be seeking independent testing. 

The prosecution in this case said three evidentiary items from three separate locations were collected to submit to a lab for testing. 

These items included a plastic bottle retrieved from the apartment where the murders took place, a seized motor vehicle correlated with the crime, and unnamed items from the home the defendant was arrested in. 

According to the prosecution, the results from the testing came back positive for the DNA of the victims, but not the defendants. 

The remainder of time was used to set the court’s case schedule. 

The prosecution estimated that the length of the trial would take two weeks, expecting 15 to 20 witnesses. The defense is yet to have a finalized list of their witnesses.

The next status hearing is scheduled for April 6.