Judge: Prosecutors can't get DNA sample from ex-Marine

Prosecutors can’t get a DNA sample from a Virginia former Marine — who is convicted of rape and charged with murder — to do another forensic test that could further link him to the killing of two young girls in Illinois, a judge has ruled.

U.S. District Judge Liam O’Grady ruled Friday that federal prosecutors in Alexandria can’t obtain the DNA sample from 22-year-old Jorge A. Torrez because it isn’t relevant to their case that he killed Petty Officer 2nd Class Amanda J. Snell while the two were stationed at Fort Myers-Henderson Hall in 2009.