DNA samples sought from 2 in Sean Taylor case

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)