How can she be convicted of murder based on DNA? Donna Perry is a woman and the DNA shows the murders were committed by a man (XY chromosomes). Confused </sarcasm>
Convicted serial killer Donna R. Perry entered the hearing Monday that would permanently take away her freedom with a smile. She shared small talk with the attorneys who tried to defend her.
The attorneys’ faces prompted a question. “What do we got here? Bad news?” Perry asked as a courtroom of family and friends of her victims waited their turns to explain the pain she caused some 27 years ago.
Superior Court Judge Michael Price said he’s presided over many murder cases in his 14 years on the bench. However, he said, he’s never seen a case like that against Perry, who was Douglas R. Perry before a sex reassignment surgery in 2000.
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After she was required to submit a DNA sample, it came back as a hit in a national database to previously unidentified DNA