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Defense Cries Foul on Yogurt Shop DNA

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That's the headline of Jordan Smith's latest report in the current Austin Chronicle.  LINK  Here's an extended excerpt:In a new motion filed Tuesday, July 15, lawyers for the two defendants in the yogurt shop murder case say the Travis County District Attorney's Office violated a court order by dragging its feet on providing defense attorneys the results of additional DNA testing. Earlier this year, unbeknownst to defense attorneys, prosecutors sought to have retested several pieces of evidence gathered from the notorious 1991 murders ? including two vaginal swabs collected from the youngest of the four female victims, 13-year-old Amy Ayers (one taken at the crime scene, the other at the medical examiner's office). Each swab reflected a previously undetected male DNA profile that does not match any of the yogurt shop defendants...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 17, 2008 (boomark / email).