DNA expert Christine Crossman told the jury at Ibrahim Ali's murder trial that traces of male DNA were found on his alleged victim's neck and fingernail.
Traces of male DNA were found on the neck and fingernail of a 13-year-old girl found dead in a Burnaby park six years ago, but there wasn’t enough material on those exhibits to create a profile that could be matched with her accused killer, according to a DNA expert who testified in court Thursday.
Ali is accused of first-degree murder in the death of the girl, whose body was found in Central Park on July 19, 2017, less than two hours after her family reported her missing at about 11 p.m. on July 18, 2017.Crown prosecutor Colleen Smith took Crossman through all the police exhibits submitted to the RCMP lab in relation to the case.
Crossman said no other comparable male DNA was found on any of the other exhibits that came to the lab. Crossman said traces of male DNA were found on one swab taken of the girl’s neck and one fingernail clipping from her right hand, but not enough material was found to create a DNA profile to compare to Ali’s DNA.
“You could neither determine whether it matched the sample from I.A., nor could you exclude I.A. as the contributor?” Smith asked.When asked whether she had any doubt about the reliability of the RCMP lab’s findings in the case, Crossman said, “No, I do not.”
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