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evidenceevidenceforensicFirst Criminal TrialRetrialBode Technology Tail Light DNA Extract — CCA 2416-0023-E02DNA extract from the passenger-side tail light of Karen Read's vehicle (plate 3GC-684), designated Bode Technology item E02 / MSP Crime Lab item 3-1.1, case CCA 2416-0023. The extract yielded a three-person DNA mixture.
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Bode Technology Tail Light DNA Extract — CCA 2416-0023-E02

DNA extract from the passenger-side tail light of Karen Read's vehicle (plate 3GC-684), designated Bode Technology item E02 / MSP Crime Lab item 3-1.1, case CCA 2416-0023. The extract yielded a three-person DNA mixture.

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Bradford reported very strong support for including John O'Keefe in the three-person E02/3-1.1 taillight extract mixture. In comparing Michael Proctor, he reported a likelihood ratio favoring three unknown unrelated individuals over Proctor and two unknown unrelated individuals, which he characterized repeatedly as strong support for exclusion. Jackson attempted to distinguish that result as non-definitive; Bradford cautioned against treating the statistic as a population analogy. Bradford was not asked to compare known samples from Brian Higgins, Brian Albert, Kevin Albert, or Kenneth Berkowitz.

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