Associated Press – FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) - Prosecutors have concluded their case against Jesse Matthew with testimony linking him to DNA found under the fingernail of a woman sexually assaulted in 2005.
The testimony Wednesday from Elizabeth Ballard is the key evidence against Matthew at his Fairfax trial. Matthew is charged with attempted capital murder, abduction and sexual assault in connection with a September 2005 attack in Fairfax City.
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He also is charged in a separate case with the abduction and killing last year of University of Virginia student Hannah Graham.
Ballard says the chance of a person other than Matthew being the source of the fingernail DNA is less than one in 7.2 billion.
The defense says the DNA evidence is insufficient for a conviction.
Matthew faces up to life in prison if convicted.
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