| Crime |
In 2012, a police search of Mr. Hopkins’ girlfriend’s car found a shoebox with weapons. |
| Evidence |
Two handguns and pair of shoes were in the box.
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| DNA |
The Pennsylvania State Police generated data from the shoes and the guns |
| Match |
The lab included the suspect’s DNA on the shoes. But they could not compare the suspect and guns due to the evidence data complexity.
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| TrueAllele |
On the same DNA data, the computer connected the revolvers with Hopkins. The match statistics were 20.1 trillion and 4.77 million.
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| Cybergenetics |
On April 16 2019, analyst Dr. David Bauer testified at the Williamsport trial about the DNA evidence.
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| Outcome |
The jury could not reach a unanimous verdict.
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