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Old 18th June 2019, 12:27 PM   #212
Numbers
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Originally Posted by Stacyhs View Post
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As Lumumba was arrested on Nov. 6, was it even possible that a DNA test could be analyzed that quickly? From what I can find, currently it takes 24-72 hours to obtain test results. Was that quick of a return even possible in 2007?

According to Burleigh,



This, along with Knox's 'memoriale' of Nov. 6 in which she clearly says her statements regarding Lumumba can't be relied upon as true, should have made the police realize they had the wrong man; Lumumba was not involved. But they still did not release him until Nov. 19.
Remember, Lumumba was arrested and presumably swabbed for DNA relatively early in the morning of Nov. 6. Samples from Knox and Sollecito would already be available. The samples would have been rushed to Rome, and Stefanoni's records show that the DNA quantification step was completed on Nov. 6. As I understand, it may not be clear from the data she made available to the defense exactly when the DNA profile test itself was run on these reference samples, but it would have been done after the quantification either on Nov. 6 or, at the latest, early on Nov. 7. The results would then have been communicated to Prosecutor Mignini and possibly the relevant police officers: No matches to the rape kit "unknown" (rape/murder suspect) DNA profile.

The reason it may take more than 24 hours for forensic DNA testing is because, in the situation you describe, the lab has a backlog of testing to clear and/or the tests do not involve simple cheek swabs.

Last edited by Numbers; 18th June 2019 at 12:32 PM.
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