Idaho murder suspect alleges cops planted DNA at crime scene.
The Man Accused of Murder Claims DNA Evidence Was Planted
In a shocking twist, the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students has made a bold claim that the DNA found at the crime scene may have been planted by the police.
The 28-year-old suspect, whose identity remains undisclosed, recently filed a court document suggesting that the officers in Moscow, Idaho, could have deliberately placed his DNA on the knife sheath discovered beneath the victims’ bodies, as reported by the Independent.
“The State’s argument asks this Court and [the suspect] to assume – is that the DNA on the sheath was placed there by [the suspect], and not someone else during an investigation that spans hundreds of members of law enforcement and apparently at least one lab the State refuses to name,” the suspect’s defense attorneys wrote.
This filing is the latest development in the defense’s ongoing battle to obtain detailed information about how prosecutors used genetic genealogy to link the suspect to the crimes. Prosecutors have previously argued that they do not need to disclose this information since a DNA sample provided by the suspect directly matches the DNA found on the knife sheath. They further claimed that genetic genealogy would not be utilized during the trial.
In response to the defense’s request for information, prosecutors stated in their own filing, “the State is at a loss as to how that theory supports a claim that the lGG information is material to the preparation of his defense.”
According to DNA expert Kristen Slaper, planting the suspect’s DNA on the knife sheath would require meticulous planning. Speaking to the Law & Crime Network’s Angenette Levy, Slaper explained, “To plant someone’s DNA, you have to have their DNA first of all. You have to have an item that their DNA is on and know that only their DNA would be found on it.”
Prior to this claim, the suspect’s defense had pointed to other DNA samples found at the crime scene, suggesting that someone else may be responsible for the murders. Defense attorney Jay Weston Logsdon filed a motion stating that DNA from two men was discovered inside the house, while DNA from a third man was found outside the home on a glove, as reported by Inside Edition.
It is worth noting that none of these three DNA samples match the suspect’s DNA. However, it remains unknown when these particular DNA samples were left at the home, which was a frequent location for parties.
The suspect and his attorney argue that these DNA samples were never compared to the national DNA database to search for a potential match.
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