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Old 18th June 2019, 08:46 AM   #202
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Originally Posted by TruthCalls View Post
Per the Amanda Knox Case website;

"All of the samples in plate 357 were quantified via Qubit Flourometer (at the very end of the Batch). The ID and Plate numbers indicate that the corresponding plate was pushed ahead of other plates in the cue for capillary electrophoresis, indicating extreme urgency to process the included reference samples for Knox, Sollecito and Lumumba;"

Plate 357 was part of Batch One, which was completed between 5-6 Nov.
The fluorometer only quantifies the amount of DNA in the samples.

The DNA profiling is a separate step that follows the quantification step.

I went back to amandaknoxcase.com and I agree that the DNA profiling of the reference samples for Knox, Sollecito, and Lumumba was most likely completed on Nov. 6.

It would surely have been completed and analyzed by the next day and the results - no matches to the rape kit - communicated to the prosecutor and probably to the ranking police. (Under Italian law, the prosecutor is in charge of the police investigation during an active case.)

Here are some of the important points from the analysis in that section of amandaknoxcase.com:

The prosecution hid the results of early and decisive DNA tests excluding Raffaele Sollecito as the sexual assailant, securing on improper grounds the pre-trial incarceration of Sollecito and Knox (and Lumumba) to the severe prejudice of the defense;

The prosecution concealed the initial results for tests performed on the two key items of evidence, i.e., the kitchen knife (Rep. 36b) and the bra clasp (Rep. 165b), and instead, produced only the results of suspicious “do over” tests (re-runs), without disclosing the data from the initial tests or even the fact that the subsequent tests were “do overs”;

The prosecution concealed that the kitchen knife profile was generated within a set of tests for which 90% of the results have been suppressed, strongly suggesting the occurrence of a severe contamination event that the prosecution continues to hide;

The prosecution claimed that contamination of the bra clasp was impossible, even though the bra clasp profile was produced during a set of tests for which there is documented proof of contamination;

The prosecution falsely portrayed the DNA laboratory as pristine and perfectly maintained, even though the lab’s own documents demonstrate that it was plagued with repeated contamination events and machine malfunctions that were known to the lab;

The prosecution has withheld the results from a massive number of DNA tests (well over 100), including probably exculpatory profiles relating to the sexual assault and a secondary crime scene downstairs;

The prosecution has hidden all of the records of the DNA amplification process—the most likely place for laboratory contamination to have occurred—including all of the contamination-control tests for this process


There are three major plates, Nos. 354, 355, and 357, which contain a total of 48 profiles, 14 of which are suppressed, for a suppression rate of 29%;

The missing profiles correspond to: 5 traces attributed to “cat’s blood” (which nevertheless quantified positive for human DNA and were subjected to STR amplification), 2 traces representing the male fraction of the semen samples, 2 traces from the lightswitch downstairs, 2 negative controls, 1 sample of Guede’s feces, and 2 traces for which there is no record;

Samples of Guede’s DNA were detected in the vaginal swab and feces samples on 6 November 2007. At this time, Sollecito and Lumumba were ruled out as suspects in the sexual assault;

All of the samples in plate 357 were quantified via Qubit Flourometer (at the very end of the Batch). The ID and Plate numbers indicate that the corresponding plate was pushed ahead of other plates in the cue for capillary electrophoresis, indicating extreme urgency to process the included reference samples for Knox, Sollecito and Lumumba;

Rep. 14 (Sample hair formations taken from the external part of the vagina of the victim) and Rep. 29 (Lumumba Reference Swab) are missing and not in the SAL.

Source: http://www.amandaknoxcase.com/lab-data-suppression/

Last edited by Numbers; 18th June 2019 at 09:04 AM.
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