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Yoknapatawpha County Sheriff's Department
Oxford Mississippi
CAPS/Homicide Division
Detective Terrence Nelson
Case #: 129152-36A-1998 -- Taylor
Victim(s): Dale J. and Crystal M. Taylor
Certificate of Analysis: 98-1641
Date: 3/26/98
Examiner: Francis K. Dupin

Evidence Recovery Kits Submitted:

Item 001 Crystal Taylor
Item 002 Dale Taylor
Item 003 Sandra Taylor
Item 004 James Taylor
Item 005 Shane Taylor
Item 006 David Woolworth
Item 007 Christian Chambers
Item 008 Margaret Jenkins
Item 009 Peck Ross
Item 010 Carolyn Ross
Item 011 Robert Taylor
Item 012 Margaret Taylor
Item 013 William Kapaneko

Evidence Samples Submitted:

Victim, Crystal Taylor:

Item 014 from front right, long sleeved blue turtleneck shirt
Item 015 from back left, white sweatshirt
Item 016 from front right, white sweatshirt
Item 017 from right leg, l.e.i. jeans
Item 018 from left leg, l.e.i. jeans
Item 019 from right Nike athletic shoe upper
Item 020 from left Nike athletic shoe sole
Item 021 from left outer sleeve jacket with lining
Item 022 from inner right front jacket
Item 023 from outer left front jacket
Item 024 from right back jacket
Item 025 nail scrapings from left hand
Item 026 nail scrapings from right hand

Victim, Dale Taylor:

Item 027 from t-shirt back neck
Item 028 from t-shirt lower left front
Item 029 from right leg Levi jeans
Item 030 from left leg Levi jeans
Item 031 right athletic sock
Item 032 left athletic sock
Item 033 from left Reebock athletic shoe upper
Item 034 from left Reebock athletic shoe sole
Item 035 from right Reebock athletic shoe upper
Item 036 from left Reebock athletic shoe sole
Item 037 nail scrapings left hand
Item 038 nail scrapings right hand

Location One - Cemetery:

Item 039 isolated sample from soil, exhumation victim Dale Taylor
Item 040 isolated sample from soil, exhumation victim Crystal Taylor
Item 041 cigarette butt

Location Two - Eastgate Center:

Item 042 isolated sample from soil removed from underneath pallet
Item 043 pallet sample
Item 044 crate sample

Results:

This report supplements the test results reported in Certificate of Analysis 98-1641 dated March 26, 1998.

DNA amplification results were unable to be obtained from the following samples due to degraded or insufficient sample size: item numbers 20 from victim C. Taylor shoe sole, 37 nail scrapings victim D. Taylor, 39 soil sample exhumation, 40 soil sample exhumation and 42 soil sample found under pallet. Human DNA was isolated from all physical evidence recovery kits and remaining evidence samples. DNA profiles from all fractions were subjected to RFLP analysis. See full lab results in Certificate of Analysis for each sample.

The following table summarizes the results found. An (X) indicates that the genetic material isolated is consistent with the DNA profile exclusively for the corresponding DNA profile from physical evidence recovery kits. (M) indicates a mixed sample of genetic material consistent with a combination of DNA profiles indicated.

DNA profiles for physical evidence recovery kits 3 through 13 were excluded from every tested evidence sample. Evidence sample number 41 was inconsistent and excluded from all 13 evidence recovery samples.

Table of Summary Results:

	1	2		1	2
14	X		28	X
15	X		29	X
16	M	M	30	M	M
17	X		31	M	M
18	X		32	M	M
19	X		33	X
21	M	M	34	X
22	X		35	M	M
23	M	M	36	X
24	X		38		X
25	X		41
26	M	M	43	X

Conclusion:

Based on the test results, the DNA profiles for Items 1 and 2, cannot be excluded or eliminated as contributors of the genetic material isolated from the evidence samples as indicated. In each test results indicated the probability of randomly electing an unrelated individual with a matching DNA profile is in each case at least approximately*:

1 in 2.7 billion in the Caucasian population

1 in 685 million in the Black population

1 in 1.1 billion in the Hispanic population

* See Certificate of Analysis 98-1641 for individual test result probabilities.

ATTEST
I certify that I performed the above analysis and explanation and that the above is an accurate record of the results of the analysis.

//Francis K. Dupin
Forensic Scientist
Senior Examiner