1/ Here’s a forensic science mystery that stumped lawyers, police, and even the accused killer himself. https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/04/19/framed-for-murder-by-his-own-dna?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sprout&utm_source=twitter …pic.twitter.com/kgIgqkEbkq
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7/ “I drink a lot, and I black out sometimes,” he remembers telling his public defender Kelley Kulick. “Maybe I was there, and I don’t remember.”https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/04/19/framed-for-murder-by-his-own-dna?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sprout&utm_source=twitter …
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8/ “Let’s just hit the pause button till we go through all the evidence and figure out what happened,” Kulick told her client. https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/04/19/framed-for-murder-by-his-own-dna?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sprout&utm_source=twitter …pic.twitter.com/339ESUP9qb
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9/ In early adulthood, Anderson was diagnosed with a mental health disorder and diabetes. He also developed an alcohol addiction. One day, while drunk, he got into an accident that severely impaired his memory.https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/04/19/framed-for-murder-by-his-own-dna?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sprout&utm_source=twitter …
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10/ As a result of the accident, Anderson could lose track of days at a time. He ended up questioning his own innocence, even though, he says, “deep down I knew I didn’t do it.”https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/04/19/framed-for-murder-by-his-own-dna?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sprout&utm_source=twitter …
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11/ Months would pass before anyone figured it out, but Anderson’s DNA had somehow found its way onto the fingernails of a dead man he had never encountered. So how did it happen? https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/04/19/framed-for-murder-by-his-own-dna?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sprout&utm_source=twitter …pic.twitter.com/xZTYHdfMGv
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12/12 Don’t miss
@katieworth’s investigation — produced in collaboration with@frontlinepbs and@wired — into how this forensic mystery was finally solved. https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/04/19/framed-for-murder-by-his-own-dna?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sprout&utm_source=twitter …pic.twitter.com/ncoqWXT0Om
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