Tainted Evidence Taints Jovin Investigation
Monday, Nov 16, 2009 | Updated 9:00 AM EST
The family of 1998 Yale murder victim Suzanne Jovin has learned that a key piece of evidence was tainted by a worker in the state forensic lab.
The family of a Yale student found stabbed to death near campus in 1998 has learned that DNA evidence in the unsolved murder was contaminated by a former worker at the state's forensic laboratory.
Suzanne Jovin's family and investigators in New Haven had been holding out hope for nearly eight years that scrapings found under a fingernail on the 21-year-old's left hand would lead to her killer, but investigators recently learned the DNA belongs to the technician who has since retired from the State Police Forensic Laboratory, the Hartford Courant reports.
Investigators have tested the DNA of nearly 50 people and spent about $25,000, the Courant reports.
The Jovin family had recently written to Gov. M/ Rell criticizing the lab for its "shortcomings."
The family learned of the contamination last week.
Copyright Associated Press / NBC Connecticut
Posted Monday, Nov 16, 2009 - 8:43 AM EST
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