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People of New York v Frank Thomas Jr.
TrueAllele® resolves five-person handgun DNA mixture
| Crime | In August 2014, Frank Thomas Jr. fired into the night while being chased by Syracuse city police. |
| Evidence | A handgun was recovered from the scene. |
| DNA | The Onondaga County Center for Forensic Science laboratory developed a DNA mixture that contained five people. |
| Match | The lab's mixture analysis could not produce a match statistic from the handgun's DNA mixture data. |
| TrueAllele | Cybergenetics analyzed the DNA data. The computer's match statistic of (roughly) a trillion connected the gun to Thomas. |
| Cybergenetics | On March 2, 2016, Dr. Mark Perlin testified at the Syracuse trial about the TrueAllele handgun evidence. |
| Outcome | Thomas was convicted of criminal weapon possession and menacing a police officer. He was sentenced to 15 1/2 to 18 1/2 years in prison. |
Media
- Syracuse gunman faces 15 yrs in prison for firing into darkness while fleeing police Syracuse.com
- Prosecutor blasts 'sob story' as city man gets 15 yrs+ for firing toward cops Syracuse.com