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State of Maryland v Michael Brown, Jr.
TrueAllele analyzes minor contributor from jeans pocket mixture
| Crime | On May 4, 2019, officers found Retro Environmental president Robert Gurecki dead from a single gunshot wound to the head inside his business office. Investigators determined that at some point, the suspect may have touched the decedent's jeans pockets. |
| Evidence | A crime lab technician swabbed the jeans pockets to try and obtain suspect DNA. |
| DNA | The Maryland State Police crime lab developed DNA data from the right and left jeans pockets. |
| Match | The crime laboratory identified the major jeans pocket contributor as Robert Gurecki. The lab could make no conclusions regarding the minor contributors due to the possibility of undetected genetic information. |
| TrueAllele | TrueAllele calculated uninformative DNA match statistics of 1.59 and 11.6 between a minor contributor to both jeans pockets and defendant Michael Brown, Jr. The computer also found an unknown individual’s DNA present on the left pocket with an expected match statistic to a person of 415 quadrillion. This unknown person’s DNA was connected to the right pocket with a match statistic of 64.3 thousand. |
| Cybergenetics | On May 20, 2022, Cybergenetics analyst William Allan testified before a Carroll County jury about the TrueAllele DNA results. |
| Outcome | On May 23, 2022, the case ended in a hung jury. |
Media
- Body of company president discovered in Sykesville business - WMAR2 ABC Baltimore
- Homicide Under Investigation Near Eldersburg - Patch
- Family of man killed last year in Sykesville hopes billboards bring tips leading to arrest - WBALTV11
- 'Please Find His Killer' | Family Of Carroll County Man Bob Gurecki Shot Dead Inside His Business Wants Answers - WJZ News
- Suspected Arrested In May 2019 Murder Of Robert Gurecki - WJZ News
- Son-in-law charged with 2019 murder of Sykesville business CEO - WMAR2 ABC Baltimore
- Man charged after he's accused of murdering father-in-law, business partner in Md. - ABC7 News
- Mount Airy man accused of murder posts $500k cash bail, leaves jail - The Baltimore Sun
- Murder trial underway for Mount Airy man charged with 2019 killing of his stepfather and business partner in Eldersburg - The Baltimore Sun
- Hung jury in murder trial of Mount Airy man charged with 2019 Eldersburg killing - The Baltimore Sun