DNA Analyst Ties Kevin Lychwick to the Gun From His Trunk at One in a Quadrillion | Pt 20

His DNA on the towels wrapped around the gun, at one in a quadrillion. Then the man fighting alone asked the state's own expert one question. Pamela Taylor has worked DNA at the Wisconsin State Crime Lab for more than twelve years. This is State of Wisconsin v. Kevin Lychwick, where a retired Air Force officer is representing himself against a charge of first-degree intentional homicide in the death of his neighbor, Carlos Maldonado. The whole case turns on a 1939 Luger pulled from the trunk of Lychwick's car, the gun a crime lab examiner matched to the two bullets that killed Carlos. Taylor's job was to tell the jury whose DNA is on it. Listen for two things she says in her own testimony, because the defense lives in both. DNA cannot tell you how it got somewhere, or when. And the working surfaces of the gun, the trigger and the slide, the parts a shooter actually touches, gave the lab no usable profile at all. The state can put Lychwick all over the towels and the grip. What it cannot do is put his hand on the trigger. --- WATCH WITH JUSTICE 0:09 to 6:27 - Pamela Taylor's credentials. Twelve years on the job, 164 times on a witness stand, and one year she counted around 110,000 samples. 11:07 to 19:33 - The two rules that decide this segment. DNA comes off a rough surface like a grip far more than a smooth one, and it can never tell you how it got there or when. 44:46 to 47:19 - The gun itself. The barrel, the slide, and the trigger, the parts a shooter actually touches, gave the lab no usable profile. 49:39 to 1:00:03 - The grip and the unwrapped pistol. The grip returns a single male profile consistent with Lychwick at one in a quadrillion. 1:01:14 to 1:17:58 - The rubber bands and the towels. His blood and his saliva on the cloth wrapped around the barrel, again at one in a quadrillion. 1:23:00 to 1:23:26 - After all the science, the man fighting alone stands up and asks the state's own expert one question: can someone plant another person's DNA on something they never touched. Her answer is yes. --- COMPLETE CASE COVERAGE justiceisaprocess.com SUBSCRIBE for daily trial coverage and hit the notification bell so you never miss testimony. JOIN to unlock the Case Notebook powered by NotebookLM, where you can chat with the evidence, ask questions about testimony, and go deeper than any comment section allows. CASE BACKGROUND REPORT: https://justiceisaprocess.com/wi-v-ly... Complete case overview including the charges, the timeline, the key players, and the legal analysis behind the Fourth Amendment fight and the circumstantial evidence. PLAYLISTS AND RESOURCES Website: https://justiceisaprocess.com/coverag... Full Trial Live Broadcasts:    • WI v. Kevin Lychwick - LIVE BROADCAST   No Breaks Edition:    • WI v. Kevin Lychwick - NO BREAKS EDITION   Trial Analysis Podcast:    • WI v. Kevin Lychwick - TRIAL CASE STORY PO...   Key Moments and Testimony:    • KEY MOMENTS AND CLIPS - WI v. Kevin Lychwick   Subscribe for Daily Coverage:    / @justiceisaprocess   FAIR USE AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE This content is produced under Fair Use (17 U.S.C. 107) for news reporting, criticism, and educational purposes. We provide transformative commentary on public court proceedings, advancing public understanding of the judicial process through timestamps, analysis, and educational context. #JusticeIsAProcess #LychwickTrial #Lychwick