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State of Louisiana v Christopher Hutsell
Water bottle DNA places killer with victim at scene
| Crime | On March 19, 2015, 23 year old Julia 'Zoe' Anderson died of a single stab wound to her chest in a New Orleans McDonald's restaurant parking lot. |
| Evidence | A water bottle was recovered from the crime scene. |
| DNA | The Louisiana State Police Crime Lab developed DNA data from the water bottle, a mixture of at least two people. |
| Match | The lab's mixture interpretation could not produce a match statistic from the bottle's DNA mixture data. |
| TrueAllele | On the same DNA data, Cybergenetics TrueAllele® computer found the mixture was 50% Hutsell and 25% Anderson. By placing them both together at the murder scene, TrueAllele corroborated eyewitness testimony, contradicting Hutsell's claim he wasn't there. |
| Cybergenetics | On November 12, 2015, Cybergenetics Dr. Mark Perlin testified about the TrueAllele results before a New Orleans jury. |
| Outcome | The jury convicted Hutsell on November 17 of second-degree murder. He faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison. |
Media
- Woman dies after being stabbed at Elysian Fields McDonald's The Times-Picayune
- NOPD investigating stabbing at Elysian Fields McDonald's The Times-Picayune
- McDonald's stabbing victim IDed by Orleans coroner The Times-Picayune
- Man charged in girlfriend's stabbing at Elysian Fields McDonald's opts for murder trial The Times-Picayune
- Julia Anderson, happy Indiana girl, hit the road. It ended with her dead in a New Orleans parking lot The Times-Picayune
- Trial begins for man accused of fatally stabbing fellow transient The Times-Picayune
- Jury convicts Christopher Hutsell in stabbing death of Indiana transient The Times-Picayune
