DeWine Announces DNA Results in
Cleveland
Kidnapping Case
(CLEVELAND)
-- Ohio Attorney General Mike
DeWine today announced the preliminary results of DNA testing performed
in
connection with Cleveland kidnapping and rape suspect Ariel Castro.
The
Attorney General's Bureau of Criminal
Investigation (BCI) received a sample of Castro's DNA late yesterday
afternoon,
and forensic scientists worked throughout the night to confirm that
Castro is
the father of the six-year-old girl born in captivity to one of the
kidnapping
victims.
Castro's
DNA profile was also compared to other
DNA profiles submitted to the Combined DNA Index System
(CODIS).
Castro's DNA did not match any other Ohio cases, however national
results are
pending through the FBI.
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