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Hair Sample from Vehicle with O'Keefe mtDNA — Bode Item E01
A hair sample submitted to Bode Technology for mitochondrial DNA analysis, designated item E01, recovered from the right rear quarter panel of Karen Read's vehicle where a dent was located.
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Testing of the E01 hair sample found its mitochondrial DNA profile consistent with John O'Keefe's reference profile; at least 99.89% of the U.S. population could be excluded as a source. Because mitochondrial DNA is shared along a maternal line, the result did not identify O'Keefe individually or establish when or how the hair arrived on the vehicle. In closing, Adam Lally argued that the hair was frozen to the vehicle. During recross, Daniel Wolfe said he had not known of the result, and testified that the added information did not change his reconstruction opinion.