Crime & Safety

DNA Results Released in Teen Murder Trial

Golf club was tested for defendant and victim's DNA

A Virginia forensics laboratory has released the results of a DNA test connected to the Wyatt Campbell murder trial.

Campbell, an 18-year-old Rose Hill resident, died on October 14, 2010, from stab wounds he received that night. Police have charged a 15-year-old boy with Campbell's murder.

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The defendant's trial, scheduled for April, was moved to July to allow for the testing of a golf club found at the scene. Because the head of the club is missing, only the shaft was tested. The Virginia Department of Forensic Science compiled the results in a letter on May 9.

A test determined that blood on the bottom of the shaft could not come from the defendant, but could have come from Campbell.

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A second test, of DNA on the shaft's grip, found that the DNA could have come from Campbell, and that there was too little information to tell whether the defendant also contributed to it.

The trial is scheduled for July 5.


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