DNA Samples found from Kirwan and three unknown males

PICTOU - Amber Kirwan's DNA was found on a piece of duct tape and black cloth found inside a camper trailer in Hardwood Hill.

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Police search a trailer at 952 Hardwood Hill Road as part of the investigation.

RCMP forensic biologist Thomas Suzanski testified Thursday in the first-degree murder trial of Christopher Alexander Falconer that the 19-year-old victim's DNA was located in both the camper owned by Falconer's step sister as well a tank top that was found in the accused's car.

Thirty-one year-old Falconer is charged with killing Kirwan between October 9 to November 5, 2011. She went missing from downtown New Glasgow after spending some time out with friends. Her remains were found in a muddy grave in Heathbell about month later.

Testimony heard earlier in the trial stated that Kirwan was naked in the grave with a blue and black top and knotted towel around her wrists. Investigators searched a camper trailer owned by his step-sister Alice Meier in Hardwood Hill a few days later where they seized pieces of duct tape and a black piece of material.

A detailed list of DNA testing and samples were read into court throughout the morning that identified Kirwan's DNA on the black cloth found beside the bed in the camper as well as from hair that as seized by police from duct tape on the camper floor.

Her DNA was also located on several areas on the lower right front of a black tank top that was found inside a plastic bag in the back of Falconer's Chevrolet Impala.

Other DNA testing done also identified a unknown male on one sample on a ball cap found near the clothing in Heathbell and unknown male on two samples from a knot in the towel found around Kirwan's wrists. An unknown DNA male sample labelled as male three was taken from a syringe found in the ditch in Heathbell near Kirwan's grave.

He said Mason' Campbell's DNA did not match any of the unknown male one, male two or male three samples.

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DNA Samples found from Kirwan and three unknown males