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Didn't find any "new"articles on the last previous days of trial.
Monday, January 31st:
*Trial continues (Day 13) (@ 8:30am AKST) – AK – Sophie Sergie (20) (April 26, 1993, Fairbanks) - *Steven Harris Downs (18 @ time of crime/44/now 46) arrested (in Auburn, Maine), charged (2/15/19), indicted (3/14/19) & arraigned (8/6/19 & 8/14/19) with 1st degree intentional murder & 1st degree sexual assault. Plead not guilty. Held without bond, changed to $1M (8/6/19). Bond changed (8/16/19) to $550K.
DNA GEDMatch/Parabon Nanolabs (Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP)). The Downs case may be the first real test of the limits of DNA forensics in criminal prosecutions — that this case may even reach the U.S. Supreme Court.
Trial began on 1/10/22. (will last about 4 to 7 weeks). Jurors: 10 women & 6 men (includes 4 alternates).
Court information from 2/19/19 thru 1/5/22 & Trial Days 1/10 to 1/24/22 (Day 1-8) reference post #233 here:
AK - Sophie Sergie, 20, UAF student, murdered, Fairbanks, 26 April 1993 *Arrest in 2019*
1/25/22 Tuesday: Trial Day 9: State witnesses: Jim McCann, the lead investigator of the case. Katherine deSchweinitz Lee, Down's college girlfriend. No other info available. Trial continues on 1/26/22.
1/26/22 Wednesday, Trial Day 10: State witnesses: No info available. Trial continues on 1/27/22.
1/27/21 Thursday, Trial Day 11: State witnesses: Hayne Hamilton, retired forensic serologist. She had created & examined slides from the crime scene & the autopsy of Sergie that contained bodily fluids that were preserved as evidence. Another witness who had been a crime lab worker 1993 testified Thursday that pubic hairs were recovered from the crime scene that came from a Caucasian person, but were never tested for DNA. The worker said a microscopic analysis of those hairs likely couldn't be matched to pubic hairs from the same person taken today. No other info available. Trial continues on 1/28/22.
1/28/22 Friday, Trial Day 12: State witnesses: Bleu Roesbury, friend of Downs during college via teleconference. No other info available. 1/28/22: Letter to Judge Temp re media access to trial proceedings & documents. Motion of additional Press intervenor. Trial continues on Monday, 1/31/22.
Monday, January 31st:
*Trial continues (Day 13) (@ 8:30am AKST) – AK – Sophie Sergie (20) (April 26, 1993, Fairbanks) - *Steven Harris Downs (18 @ time of crime/44/now 46) arrested (in Auburn, Maine), charged (2/15/19), indicted (3/14/19) & arraigned (8/6/19 & 8/14/19) with 1st degree intentional murder & 1st degree sexual assault. Plead not guilty. Held without bond, changed to $1M (8/6/19). Bond changed (8/16/19) to $550K.
DNA GEDMatch/Parabon Nanolabs (Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP)). The Downs case may be the first real test of the limits of DNA forensics in criminal prosecutions — that this case may even reach the U.S. Supreme Court.
Trial began on 1/10/22. (will last about 4 to 7 weeks). Jurors: 10 women & 6 men (includes 4 alternates).
Court information from 2/19/19 thru 1/5/22 & Trial Days 1/10 to 1/24/22 (Day 1-8) reference post #233 here:
AK - Sophie Sergie, 20, UAF student, murdered, Fairbanks, 26 April 1993 *Arrest in 2019*
1/25/22 Tuesday: Trial Day 9: State witnesses: Jim McCann, the lead investigator of the case. Katherine deSchweinitz Lee, Down's college girlfriend. No other info available. Trial continues on 1/26/22.
1/26/22 Wednesday, Trial Day 10: State witnesses: No info available. Trial continues on 1/27/22.
1/27/21 Thursday, Trial Day 11: State witnesses: Hayne Hamilton, retired forensic serologist. She had created & examined slides from the crime scene & the autopsy of Sergie that contained bodily fluids that were preserved as evidence. Another witness who had been a crime lab worker 1993 testified Thursday that pubic hairs were recovered from the crime scene that came from a Caucasian person, but were never tested for DNA. The worker said a microscopic analysis of those hairs likely couldn't be matched to pubic hairs from the same person taken today. No other info available. Trial continues on 1/28/22.
1/28/22 Friday, Trial Day 12: State witnesses: Bleu Roesbury, friend of Downs during college via teleconference. No other info available. 1/28/22: Letter to Judge Temp re media access to trial proceedings & documents. Motion of additional Press intervenor. Trial continues on Monday, 1/31/22.