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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v Kevin Foley
Blairsville dentist slain by state trooper
| Crime | On April 13, 2006, Blairsville, PA dentist Dr. John Yelenic was brutally murdered in his home. His estranged wife's live-in boyfriend, Pennsylvania state trooper Kevin Foley, was the main suspect. |
| Evidence | A small amount of DNA was found under the victim's fingernails. |
| DNA | The FBI's crime lab developed DNA mixture data from the evidence item. |
| Match | The lab's manual analysis found a match statistic of 13 thousand between the fingernail and Kevin Foley. |
| TrueAllele | On the same data, the computer's statistic connecting the fingernail with Mr. Foley was 189 billion. Following a Frye hearing, TrueAllele was admitted into evidence. |
| Cybergenetics | On March 12, 2009, Dr. Mark Perlin testified at the homicide trial in Indiana, PA about the computer's DNA match statistic. |
| Outcome | Kevin Foley was convicted of first degree murder. He was sentenced to life in prison. The appellate opinion established a TrueAllele Pennsylvania precedent. |
Newspaper
- Trooper arrested in dentist's killing Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Pennsylvania state trooper found guilty of first-degree murder Wikinews
- Court panel upholds Foley conviction Indiana Gazette
- Dentist killer's guilty conviction stands Pittsburgh Tribune Review
- DNA experts claim match in PA trooper's murder trial WTAE
- Trooper found guilty in death of blairsville dentist plans appeal WTAE
- Dying for Love: The True Story of a Millionaire Dentist, his Unfaithful Wife, and the Affair that Ended in Murder by Carlton Smith Amazon
- Death Needs Answers: The Cold Blood Murder of Dr. John Yelenic by Andrea Niapas Amazon
- Blairsville Slaying and the Dawn of DNA Computing Death Needs Answers: The Cold-Blooded Murder of Dr. John Yelenic
- DNA Identification Science Forensic Sciences