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Old 18th June 2019, 12:50 PM   #214
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Originally Posted by Numbers View Post
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.
But I didn't describe any situation or backlogs for that timeline nor did the article:

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Most genetic tests take 24-72 hours but the time taken for DNA to go from crime scene to identification can span as long as 14 days.
https://newatlas.com/rapid-dna-testing/15950/
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