Milan, 30 Sept. (LaPresse) – “The fact that DNA was found in one sample but nothing came up in subsequent samples” was “anomalous”. This is stated in the transcript of the testimony given by Alessandro Coli, a former investigator with the RIS in Parma, who was called as a witness by the Pavia public prosecutors as part of the new investigations into the death of Chiara Poggi, murdered on 13 August 2007. The testimony relates to the results of the DNA analysis carried out on samples taken from the pedals of Alberto Stasi’s bicycle and attributed to Chiara Poggi, which yielded “inconsistent” results, and to the absence of these findings in the investigation file from that time. “I don’t even remember if it was from one or from both”, but from the analyses of the pedals of Alberto Stasi’s bicycle, “there was practically no DNA” and “it struck me as an anomaly”. A detail that Coli says he remembers as “rather strange”. Coli states that he does not “remember” whether this information regarding the DNA on the pedals was ‘shared’ within the office, but “it had come out because people were talking about it; a rumour had spread through the lab”. “There was an inconclusive result regarding the pedals – DNA had been obtained from them initially but was not found in subsequent samples. I remember it as being rather strange,” he explains. “I don’t know if I spoke about it directly with Marino or with anyone else, but it struck me as a bit odd not to be able to obtain a profile again from a surface that initially yielded DNA, unless there had been subsequent degradation, you see. But on a non-absorbent surface.”
Garlasco, former RIS officer: “The DNA finding on the pedals was anomalous”
Milan, 30 Sept. (LaPresse) – “The fact that DNA was found in one sample but nothing came up in subsequent samples” was “anomalous”. This is stated in the transcript of the testimony given by Alessandro Coli, a former investigator with the RIS in Parma, who was called as a witness by the Pavia public prosecutors as part of the new investigations into the death of Chiara Poggi, murdered on 13 August 2007. The testimony relates to the results of the DNA analysis carried out on samples taken from the pedals of Alberto Stasi’s bicycle and attributed to Chiara Poggi, which yielded “inconsistent” results, and to the absence of these findings in the investigation file from that time. “I don’t even remember if it was from one or from both”, but from the analyses of the pedals of Alberto Stasi’s bicycle, “there was practically no DNA” and “it struck me as an anomaly”. A detail that Coli says he remembers as “rather strange”. Coli states that he does not “remember” whether this information regarding the DNA on the pedals was ‘shared’ within the office, but “it had come out because people were talking about it; a rumour had spread through the lab”. “There was an inconclusive result regarding the pedals – DNA had been obtained from them initially but was not found in subsequent samples. I remember it as being rather strange,” he explains. “I don’t know if I spoke about it directly with Marino or with anyone else, but it struck me as a bit odd not to be able to obtain a profile again from a surface that initially yielded DNA, unless there had been subsequent degradation, you see. But on a non-absorbent surface.”