The DNA analysis won't be performed on the ropes which were used to tie up the little boy but on the enveloppes that were used to send hate mails to the Villemin family. At that time, people had to lick the flat of enveloppes to make them stick. So hopefully they will give a clue, even a quarter of a century later.
It still remains that had the forensic surgeon done his/her job properly, the contents of the boy's lungs would have been analysed and the suspicion of his mother accidentally let him drown in his bath would have been either confirmed or infirmed.
A sad screw up.
If the report is correct that the intended DNA extraction is from the rope which bound the childs hands, then it is 24 years too late. This rope was in water, the deposition of DNA would have been of the 'cellular type' that is through sweat, easily washed off. Also if the likely suspect remains the mother then as I recall the rope originated from the family home, any highly unlikely DNA profile of a family source generated by the process would be useless.What the investigative process requires is an impartial review of any forensic opportunities not recognised or pursued by the current investigative team. Latvia, I would suggest is more advanced in DNA processing than France. Unfortunately France would appear to be forensically naeive in believing it can achieve what the rest of the world cannot.
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'Affaire Gregory', DNA tests
The DNA analysis won't be performed on the ropes which were used to tie up the little boy but on the enveloppes that were used to send hate mails to the Villemin family. At that time, people had to lick the flat of enveloppes to make them stick. So hopefully they will give a clue, even a quarter of a century later.
It still remains that had the forensic surgeon done his/her job properly, the contents of the boy's lungs would have been analysed and the suspicion of his mother accidentally let him drown in his bath would have been either confirmed or infirmed.
A sad screw up.
Grégory
If the report is correct that the intended DNA extraction is from the rope which bound the childs hands, then it is 24 years too late. This rope was in water, the deposition of DNA would have been of the 'cellular type' that is through sweat, easily washed off. Also if the likely suspect remains the mother then as I recall the rope originated from the family home, any highly unlikely DNA profile of a family source generated by the process would be useless.What the investigative process requires is an impartial review of any forensic opportunities not recognised or pursued by the current investigative team. Latvia, I would suggest is more advanced in DNA processing than France. Unfortunately France would appear to be forensically naeive in believing it can achieve what the rest of the world cannot.