An expert witness from the GBI’s state crime lab testified about hair evidence linking a suspect to a crime scene during a recent trial. The witness, GBI Microanalyst Anne Kisler-Rao, detailed her findings regarding hair samples found on a jacket and at the crime scene.
Kisler-Rao explained that the hair evidence, including 29 hairs on a jacket discovered in a dumpster near the suspect’s residence and 27 hairs on rocks at the crime scene, was determined to be 'microscopically consistent' with the known head hair of Laken Riley. This consistency indicated that the hairs either belonged to Riley or someone with similar hair characteristics.
