Posted August 3, 2017 2:07 pm by Comments

By Laura Burgess

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DNA Labs International, a private forensic laboratory, tied Jason David Martinez, to a 2011 Coral Springs murder, using DNA left on a discarded juice bottle and blood found at the crime scene.

Kadian Andre Garfield Roper, left, Jason David Martinez (Broward Sheriff’s Office, courtesy)
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Deerfield Beach, FL (Ammoland.com) – In 2011, Michael Hamilton of Coral Springs was found dead in his apartment where he had been killed during a robbery gone awry. Hamilton’s roommate found him stabbed to death with his empty wallet beside him. Several other items were also missing from the apartment. Six years later, two suspects have been apprehended thanks to DNA left on a lemonade bottle and spit found on the ground.

It began when the Coral Springs Police Department approached suspect Jason David Martinez in Manhattan and requested he submit a DNA sample. He refused but they were able to obtain a DNA sample from his discarded lemonade bottle. The bottle was submitted to DNA Labs International, a private forensic laboratory in Broward County, Florida, to process the DNA. DNA Labs International was able to determine that the DNA profile obtained from the bottle matched a profile of DNA found in …Read the Rest

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