Police: DNA from gun used in cop’s killing contaminated

Published August 28, 2008 4:00am ET



Evidence from the gun allegedly used to kill Baltimore police Detective Troy Chesley was contaminated by an employee of the city crime lab, the Police Department revealed Wednesday.

Rana Santos, the lab’s DNA technical leader, made the revelation during testimony in the murder trial of Brandon Grimes in Baltimore City Circuit Court.

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