Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v Anthony Morgan
Fatal Mount Oliver stabbing
| Crime | On September 2, 2004, Deon Thomas was stabbed to death at his Mount Oliver home in Pittsburgh, PA. |
| Evidence | A small amount of DNA was found under the victim's fingernail. |
| DNA | The Allegheny County crime lab developed DNA data from the fingernail. |
| Match | The lab's manual analysis found a match statistic of 8,100 between the evidence item and Anthony Morgan. |
| TrueAllele | On the same data, the computer's statistic connecting the fingernail with Mr. Morgan was 182,000. |
| Cybergenetics | Dr. Mark Perlin provided a match report on the DNA evidence and the defense stipulated to the DNA evidence. |
| Outcome | Anthony Morgan was convicted of first-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison. |
Media
- Suspect sought in deadly 2004 stabbing Television
- Police arrest man in E. Liberty for 7-year-old murder Newspaper