Murder trial testimony: DNA evidence found in vehicle connected to defendant ... - Carroll County Times
A forensic scientist testified Thursday that DNA evidence found in the car driven by the girlfriend of a Baltimore County man, who is accused of murder in a Carroll County killing, was linked to the victim and the accused. Prosecutors say Pol was shot by Snyder after he and his girlfriend at the time, Meghan Renee Goforth, dropped Pol off the near intersection of East Nicodemus Road and Md. 32 in Gamber. Police testified earlier in the trial that, when Goforth was arrested the morning after the shooting, the 1999 white Chevy Lumina had recently been taken to a carwash and officers noticed the interior had been recently cleaned. Julie Kempton, forensic scientist for the Maryland State Police Forensic Science Division, testified Thursday that she analyzed the blood samples collected from the vehicle from the outside of the glove box, the front passenger seat and the front... Blood swabs collected from cuttings taken from the front passenger seat and the front passenger seat headrest contained DNA from Pol, and from other people who could not be identified by the test because the evidence was of a much lower level, she... A blood swab sample taken from the glove box cutting matched Snyder's DNA, Kempton said. Source: www.carrollcountytimes.com
