The examination of a flashlight found DNA linked to both a murder victim and the woman accused of killing him.

The jury in Christina Asps first-degree murder trial heard from another DNA expert Thursday.

Asp is accused of killing 63-year-old Gordon Seybold, whose remains were discovered after his house burned to the ground in March 2008.

Her then-boyfriend, Norman Larue, is also charged in the case and is expected to go to trial later this year.

Derek Sutherland of the RCMPs forensic identification laboratory in Edmonton told the court about tests done on a large flashlight taken by police from an Edmonton hotel room where Asp and her boyfriend stayed in April 2008.

Forensic experts swabbed two areas of the flashlight looking for DNA one at the junction of the flashlights head and handle and also on the handle itself.

The area between the head and handle tested positive for blood, the court heard.

The blood was a mixed sample containing DNA profiles for more than two people, Sutherland said.

The major DNA sample was linked to Seybold.

The odds of the DNA belonging to anyone else are one in 29 billion, Sutherland said.

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