Supposedly the DNA match with the victim’s descendant was 99.99%, IIRC.
I can’t speak to the accuracy of the Mitochondrial DNA match as that suppoosedly casts a wider net.
Of course, they could always just be lying. Wouldn’t be the first time that happened on tv.
“Supposedly the DNA match with the victim’s descendant was 99.99%, IIRC.”
The problem is there is no provenance. Someone could have found a descendant of the person they wanted to connect it to, obtained some DNA and then just contaminated the thing themselves. There’s no way to know. That’s why we have rules for evidence in court.
Sure, there is no living person at risk of being falsely punished here, so maybe we can play a little fast and loose with standards of evidence. But if you play this loose, then the evidence still becomes meaningless.