DNA samples sought from 2 in
Sean Taylor case
Jul/09/08 04:27 PM Filed in:
Sean Taylor
Prosecutors have filed a
motion asking for DNA samples from two of the men
accused of killing Washington Redskins safety Sean
Taylor.
The motion, which was filed Tuesday, asks Circuit Judge
Dennis Murphy to order Timmy Lee Brown and Eric Rivera
to provide DNA samples to be compared against DNA found
on a drawer handle and a window in Taylor's home after
he was killed.
Taylor, a former star at the University of Miami, was
shot during a botched robbery attempt in his Palmetto
Bay home on Nov. 26, 2007. He died the next day.
Brown, 17, and Rivera, 18, and three other men, all of
the Fort Myers area, were charged with first-degree
murder in connection with the crime. One, Venjah K.
Hunte, 20, has already pleaded guilty.
The other two, Charles Wardlow, 19, and Jason Mitchell,
20, have already submitted DNA samples.
A hearing on the DNA motion was scheduled for July 15.
(miamiherald.com)