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Commonwealth of Massachusetts v Curtis Collins
Sweet potato silencer analyzed for touch DNA
| Crime | On February 27, 2011, Barnstable police found Todd Lampley bleeding from gunshot wounds in a home and pronounced him dead at the scene. |
| Evidence | Investigators collected a sweet potato used as an apparent gun silencer as evidence. |
| DNA | The Massachusetts State Police Crime Laboratory generated DNA data from a sweet potato swab. |
| Match | The laboratory was unable to come to a conclusion regarding the contributors to the mixture. |
| TrueAllele | The TrueAllele computer separated the four-person mixture and linked the evidence to a suspect in the case with a match statistic over ten thousand. This evidence corroborated the Commonwealth’s case against defendant Curtis Collins. |
| Cybergenetics | On May 15, 2025, Cybergenetics analyst Jennifer Bracamontes testified before a Barnstable jury about the TrueAllele DNA results. |
| Outcome | On May 22, 2025, the jury acquitted Mr. Collins of murder. |
Media
- Second man charged with murder in 2011 deadly shooting in Hyannis - WCVB5 ABC
- 12 years after deadly shooting at Cape Cod home, 2nd man charged with murder - NBC10 Boston
- D.A. announces second arrest in 2011 murder of Todd Lamprey in Hyannis - CapeCod.com
- Jury finds W. Yarmouth man not guilty of 2011 Hyannis murder - Hyannis News
- Man found not guilty in Hyannis murder case - CapeCod.com