MORNING TESTIMONY CENTERED AROUND DNA EVIDENCE IN THE 3RD DAY OF THE FIRST DEGREE MURDER TRIAL OF 41-YEAR-OLD ALFREDO CASTELLANOS-ROSALES IN UNION COUNTY DISTRICT COURT AT ELK POINT SOUTH DAKOTA.
HE IS CHARGED IN THE APRIL, 2023 STABBING DEATH OF 23-YEAR-OLD JORDAN BEARDSHEAR AT HER DAKOTA DUNES APARTMENT.
JESSICA KIRKPATRICK, A FORENSIC INVESTIGATOR WITH THE STATE FORENSIC LAB IN PIERRE WAS QUESTIONED AT LENGTH BY ATTORNEYS ABOUT HER D-N-A FINDINGS FROM THE MURDER SCENE AND OTHER RELEVANT EVIDENCE GATHERED IN THE CASE:
SD DNA1 OC…..FROM JORDAN BEARDSHEAR. :28
BLOOD ON A KNIFE BLADE ENTERED AS EVIDENCE ALSO TESTED POSITIVE FOR BEARDSHEAR’S BLOOD, AS DID OTHER ITEMS PRODUCED AS EVIDENCE.
THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY FOR CATELLANOS-ROSALES NOTED THAT HIS DNA WAS NOT POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED ON ANY OF THOSE ITEMS:
SD DNA2 OC……..COMPARABLE DNA RESULTS, YES. :25
THE PROSECUTION COUNTERED THAT IT DOESN’T MEAN SOME OF THE ITEMS ABSOLUTELY DIDN’T HAVE THE SUSPECT’S DNA ON THEM:
SD DNA3 OC…..ONE WAY OR THE OTHER….YES. :21
THE JURY TRIAL WILL NOT CONVENE THURSDAY BECAUSE OF THE JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY.
IT WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY AT 9AM IN ELK POINT.
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