| Crime |
On Christmas Eve in 2014, James “Popeye” Vaughn (24) was fatally shot inside a New Orleans mall. |
| Evidence |
The shooter dropped a .40-caliber pistol near the crime scene, which was taken as evidence. |
| DNA |
The local crime lab developed DNA data from the collected pistol. |
| Match |
The crime lab found that the pistol contained DNA from several contributors and was unable to draw any conclusions from the mixture data. |
| TrueAllele |
On the same data, the computer found that Gary Francois matched the pistol with a match statistic of 87.5 billion. |
| Cybergenetics |
In May of 2017, Dr. Mark Perlin testified about the match statistic in front of a New Orleans jury. |
| Outcome |
Francois was found guilty of 2nd-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. |
