BARBERTON, Ohio DNA taken from a dogs mouth helps police track down a man accused of a violent robbery and home invasion. Then police learn the suspect was already in jail, accused of a deadly double shooting. <\/p>\n
We were told that three men with masks illegally entered the house, robbed the residents, there were two residents there, said Barberton patrolman Marty Eberhart. <\/p>\n
Barberton police say on Oct. 6, they responded to a violent home invasion at a house on Jefferson Avenue. <\/p>\n
One of the subjects had a gun, he assaulted one of the residents in the house, and as they were fleeing, they had a pit bull at the house that went after the suspect and bit him in the arm and leg, Eberhart said. <\/p>\n
Investigators say one of the three men pulled out a gun and shot the dog. <\/p>\n
When officers get there the dog was deceased, they did a DNA swab of the dogs mouth after finding out that the dog had bit a suspect, he said. <\/p>\n
Detectives sent the DNA sample to BCI, the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation. Two months later, there was a match. <\/p>\n
Approximately on December 5th, we received a letter from BCI saying that theres a possible match in the DNA from the dog bite that came back to David Stoddard, said Eberhart. <\/p>\n
David Stoddard, 24, who is from Barberton, is the same man arrested and charged with shooting Jessica Halman, 19,and Anna Karam, 16,inside a home in Akron on Jan. 6. Anna, who was pregnant, died. <\/p>\n
Barberton police say at the time, they were making arrangements with Stoddards attorney to turn himself in. <\/p>\n
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