| June, 2005 |
| Stored in the evidence locker: the remains of two hairs that were collected from the crime scene hours after the murder. Mitochondrial DNA testing was done on each hair. Daniel Wade Moore matched both hairs, each with a certainty level of 99.8%. In other words, there was a 1 in 500 possibility of such a match occurring by chance in each hair. Nuclear DNA testing was done on the only skin tag (a tiny piece of skin attached to the hair root). It contained a mixture of 2 DNA profiles: Karen's and Daniel Wade Moore's. The random chance it is not Karen's DNA is 1 in 2 billion. The random chance it is not Daniel Wade Moore's DNA is 1 in 7.5 million. The chances of Moore matching these samples by sheer chance are the product of 1 in 500, 1 in 500, and 1 in 7.5 million. When placed in the context of the overall evidence--means, motive, and opportunity--it is the most damning evidence imaginable. This tiny piece of physical evidence is more important than everything else in this case put together: It is Daniel Wade Moore's pubic hair with Karen's blood on it! It was collected a month before Moore was first suspected. It has been under chain of custody since March 12, 1999. It's very simple. The defense lawyers claim that the hairs don't really match dwm, yet also claim the police somehow "planted" the hairs to frame him. They deny the existence of irrefutable evidence when they claim there is no DNA "match." The defense team could have done their own DNA testing for the first trial; they did not. And Judge Thompson denies the existence of the nuclear DNA testing altogether, although he sat through several hours of testimony about it. He has been too busy mulling allegations of the Tiptons' moral turpitude to notice the DNA. |
| Update on dwm's 25 million dollar lawsuit against the DPD. |