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10-Year-Old Testifies in Community Activist Abuse Trial <\/p>\n
A girl who accused Falls Church community activist Michael Gardner of molesting her at a sleepover was the first to take the witness stand in his trial on Tuesday. News4's Julie Carey reports. <\/p>\n
2nd Child Testifies in Gardner Sex Abuse Trial <\/p>\n
A second child testified in the trial against Michael Gardner, who's accused of allegedly molesting his daughters' friends during a slumber party in Falls Church. <\/p>\n
Prosecutors turned to a DNA expert as one of their final witnesses in their child sex abuse case against Michael Gardner on Thursday. <\/p>\n
Gardner is a well-known Falls Church community and political activist whose wife is a councilwoman and former mayor of that city. He's accused of molesting three of his daughters' friends last June, one at a sleepover and two at a birthday slumber party the following night. <\/p>\n
Dr. Mark Perlin, the chief scientist at the Pittsburgh-based Cybergenetics, analyzed DNA samples processed by the Virginia Department of Forensic Science. Using a highly technical presentation, he showed the jury how he matched Michael Gardner's DNA to DNA samples taken from clothing worn by two of the young accusers. <\/p>\n
With DNA taken from one girl's underwear, Perlin found a match to Gardner is 20.7 quadrillion times more likely than a coincidental match to an unrelated Caucasian. <\/p>\n
And with DNA taken from another child's pajamas, he found a match to Gardner is 3,000 times more probable than a match to an unrelated Caucasian. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Original post: advertisement 10-Year-Old Testifies in Community Activist Abuse Trial A girl who accused Falls Church community activist Michael Gardner of molesting her at a sleepover was the first to take the witness stand in his trial on Tuesday. News4's Julie Carey reports. 2nd Child Testifies in Gardner Sex Abuse Trial A second child testified in the trial against Michael Gardner, who's accused of allegedly molesting his daughters' friends during a slumber party in Falls Church. Continue reading
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