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People of New York v Ade Ngaii
TrueAllele connects construction hat and vest to murder suspect
| Crime | On November 2, 2018, two men disguised as construction workers entered the home of Kristopher Appel to steal money and drugs. During the home invasion, the men fatally stabbed Mr. Appel. |
| Evidence | Police collected a construction vest and hard hat from the crime scene near the victim’s body. |
| DNA | The Suffolk County Medical Examiner’s Crime Laboratory produced DNA data from swabs of the vest and hard hat. |
| Match | The crime lab concluded that the DNA results from these items were inconclusive due to the poor quality or complexity of the data. |
| TrueAllele | On the same DNA data, TrueAllele found that a match between the hard hat and suspect Ade Ngaii is 2.28 billion times more probable than a coincidence. The computer also found that a match between the vest and suspect Ngaii is 1.05 thousand times more probable than a coincidence. The error rate for the vest and suspect match statistic is 1 in 7.92 thousand. |
| Cybergenetics | On February 15-16, 2023 Cybergenetics analyst Jennifer Bracamontes testified before a Suffolk County jury about the TrueAllele DNA results. |
| Outcome | On February 24, 2023, the jury found Ade Ngaii guilty of second degree murder. He was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison on March 27, 2023. |
Media
- Suspect Nabbed For 2018 Shooting Death Of Long Island Man, Police Say - Daily Voice
- NYC Man, 37, Arrested In 2018 Long Island Murder: Suffolk Police - Patch
- Harlem Man Charged With Cold Case Long Island Murder - Patch
- Harlem Man Found Guilty Of Murder For A 2018 Deadly Home Invasion - Suffolk County District Attorney's Office
- Ade Ngaii of Harlem convicted of second-degree murder in death of Kristopher Appel during 2018 home invasion - Newsday
- NYC man sentenced to 25 years to life for fatal Long Island home invasion - Fox News