As anticipated, Detective Trujillo’s presentation of the DNA evidence led to a long discussion between Scheck, Lee, and an expert from the CBI that sounded like Latin to the rest of us. Unknown DNA was present, but it could have been from anybody, and there were serious issues of possible contamination of the samples. The use of the same clippers for all of her fingers during the autopsy, and maybe even other subjects’ as well, could have caused a problem. More work clearly needed to be done, but we needed subpoena power to do it. Scheck said later that he saw a lot of potential questions but
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