Murdaugh Prosecutors Called This DNA WHAT?

The unidentified male DNA found under Maggie Murdaugh's fingernails has been sitting untouched for eight years, and Alex Murdaugh's prosecutors are fighting to keep an independent lab from finishing the job SLED never did. One test, one conclusion that it wasn't family, and then nothing. No effort to find out who it actually belonged to. The defense wants a forensic genealogy lab, the same kind of lab that identified Bryan Kohberger in Idaho, to test what's left before it degrades. The state wants first access, running the same process that already fell short, in a procedure the defense says risks destroying the remaining sample before an outsider ever examines it. Think about what that means. If prosecutors are confident this DNA is nothing, an independent test proves them right at zero cost. Fighting it only makes sense if the answer might not be what they're hoping for. The defense has also laid out a broader pattern in this case: a white T-shirt that tested negative for blood, a blood spatter expert who allegedly reversed his conclusions after the lead investigator paid him a visit, and a SLED captain accused of ordering subordinates to bury results that helped the defense. And on August 5th, a federal judge dismissed Alex Murdaugh's lawsuit against former clerk of court Becky Hill, wiping out the subpoenas and depositions that could have forced her records and sworn testimony into the case before the April 2027 retrial, records that might explain how a juror got removed from deliberations the first time around. Two fights lost by the defense. One retrial, five months away, with the death penalty back on the table. The judge overseeing the retrial has already asked prosecutors how long independent testing would actually take, a question that puts pressure on the state to explain what they're really afraid of.
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