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By
Bersabel Ephrem [former]
- February 1, 2023
Court
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Daily Stories
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Sex Abuse
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Sexual Assault
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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.