The examination of a flashlight found DNA linked to both a murder victim and the woman accused of killing him. <\/p>\n
The jury in Christina Asps first-degree murder trial heard from another DNA expert Thursday. <\/p>\n
Asp is accused of killing 63-year-old Gordon Seybold, whose remains were discovered after his house burned to the ground in March 2008. <\/p>\n
Her then-boyfriend, Norman Larue, is also charged in the case and is expected to go to trial later this year. <\/p>\n
Derek Sutherland of the RCMPs forensic identification laboratory in Edmonton told the court about tests done on a large flashlight taken by police from an Edmonton hotel room where Asp and her boyfriend stayed in April 2008. <\/p>\n
Forensic experts swabbed two areas of the flashlight looking for DNA one at the junction of the flashlights head and handle and also on the handle itself. <\/p>\n
The area between the head and handle tested positive for blood, the court heard. <\/p>\n
The blood was a mixed sample containing DNA profiles for more than two people, Sutherland said. <\/p>\n
The major DNA sample was linked to Seybold. <\/p>\n
The odds of the DNA belonging to anyone else are one in 29 billion, Sutherland said. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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