Witness: Hernandez DNA Matched Blunt at Crime Scene

A crime lab expert testified Friday that a marijuana blunt found at the scene where Odin Lloyd was killed had DNA from both Lloyd and Aaron Hernandez.

The blunt, found near Lloyd's body, places Hernandez at the crime scene, prosecutors say.

Massachusetts State Police crime lab scientist Diane Biagiotti confirmed that both men's DNA were found on the blunt.

"The DNA profile from Aaron J. Hernandez is consistent with this DNA profile," said

Hernandez's DNA was also found on a spent shell casing retrieved from an Enterprise Rent-A-Car dumpster, according to Biagiotti. Prosecutors say it was thrown away by an employee cleaning Hernandez's rental Altima after Lloyd's murder.

But the defense is aggressively fighting back.

Defense Attorney James Sultan argued that five other casings at the crime scene didn't have enough DNA to profile, and that the only one that did had Hernandez's chewing gum stuck to it.

"Would you agree with me, Ms. Biagiotti, that it's a high likelihood that the DNA contained in the saliva in the chewed blue chewing gum would be transferred to that shell casing attached to it?" asked Sultan.

"Yes," said Biagiotti. "I'd agree with that."

On top of that, the crime lab expert testified that, to her knowledge, her lab never tested the blue bubble gum.

However, in another link big for the prosecution, Biagiotti also confirmed both Hernandez's DNA and Lloyd's DNA were found on this blunt - - found at the crime scene.

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