The Curious Case of The Man With Two Sets of DNA

Highly Unlikely

This response confused the jury, leaving the case inconclusive for the time being. The individual that was in jail claimed that he robbed the storage units, despite the fact that he was on camera for the duration of the robbery. After some research was conducted about this man’s family lineage, it turns out that his brother received a bone marrow transplant from him roughly 5 years before he was thrown in jail. 

Nice Try

Upon being called in for DNA testing, the man’s brother confessed to committing the robbery. When he was tested it was found that more than 50% of his DNA belonged to his brother, who was already in jail. If it weren’t for this case’s very specific happenings, scientists would not have been able to work through a similar case that came up just three years after this initial occurrence... 

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.