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People of New York v Cedrick Bias

TrueAllele results help obtain guilty plea for attempted burglary

Crime Cedrick Bias and Edward Skidmore were accused of a burglary in Suffolk County, New York.
Evidence Swabs from the inside of a glove, a cell phone, and a backpack were collected from the crime scene.
DNA The Suffolk County crime lab developed DNA mixture data from the evidence.
Match Due to low levels of DNA and the complexity of the data, the crime lab was unable to draw conclusions from the evidence.
TrueAllele On the same DNA data, the computer’s statistic connecting the evidence items with Bias ranged from the millions to septillions. Skidmore’s DNA was not found on the items.
Cybergenetics    Cybergenetics analyst Beatriz Pujols was prepared to testify reagrding the TrueAllele match statistics.
Outcome On May 25, 2018, Cedrick Bias plead guilty to attempted burglary in the first degree.