Dutch DNA expert testifies in Casey Anthony trial - CNN

by mom_in_il Wed Jun 22, 2011 2:30 pm

June 21, 2011
Dutch DNA expert testifies in Casey Anthony trial
Posted: 04:57 PM ET

By Ashley Hayes, CNN

Excerpt:

(CNN) - Even given a small amount of DNA present, it would be possible to extract a DNA profile from the duct tape covering the mouth portion of 2-year-old Caylee Anthony's skeletal remains, a Dutch forensic scientist testified Tuesday in the murder trial of her mother, Casey Anthony.

But, DNA expert Richard Eikelenboom testified, he did not ask to test the duct tape, although he said he offered to investigate. And, he said, he does not know whether Anthony's defense submitted any items to retest.

Defense attorney Jose Baez asked him if it was true that he did not retest the tape because prosecutors did not want him to take possession of it, prompting an angry objection from prosecutor Jeff Ashton and a sidebar conference with Orange County Chief Judge Belvin Perry Jr. Perry sustained Ashton's objection, saying Baez could not ask that question.

Eikelenboom testified about "low copy number" DNA, by which small samples of DNA are amplified and copied in an effort to obtain a full profile.

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