| Crime |
Mr. Skundrich was accused of sexually assaulting a Butler woman in her Cranberry apartment. |
| Evidence |
Facial swabs were collected from the victim. |
| DNA |
The Pennsylvania State Police crime lab developed DNA data from the
evidence item. |
| Match |
The lab's manual analysis of the DNA mixture found a match statistic of 5 million on the victim's face swab that included the suspect. |
| TrueAllele |
Cybergenetics' computer separated the same DNA mixture data into two genetic components, victim and unknown assailant. TrueAllele connected the 10% unknown component to Mr. Skundrich with a match statistic of 81.3 billion. |
| Cybergenetics |
On June 17, 2014, Dr. Mark Perlin testified at the trial in Butler county about the DNA match statistics in this case. |
| Outcome |
Mr. Skundrich was found guilty of rape, burglary and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse. He was sentenced to 32 to 64 years in prison. |
