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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v Kenneth Cargile
TrueAllele Investigative Database revives “unsearchable mixture” evidence
| Crime | Police arrested and charged Kenneth Cargile with weapons possession, drug, and traffic violations. |
| Evidence | Detectives collected swabs of a S&W handgun and magazine as evidence. |
| DNA | A private laboratory developed the firearm DNA data. |
| Match | The laboratory deemed that the evidence data were unsearchable mixtures. |
| TrueAllele | On the same data, TrueAllele Investigative Database (TA-ID) identified a DNA match between the evidence items and suspect Cargile. The reported TrueAllele inclusionary match statistics were 16.5 trillion (magazine) and 1.54 billion (handgun). |
| Cybergenetics | On June 23, 2026, Cybergenetics analyst Kari Danser testified before a Montgomery County jury about the TrueAllele DNA results. |
| Outcome | That afternoon, the jury found Mr. Cargile not guilty of the weapons charges related to the firearm evidence. |