DNA Sperm Sample

by Kay
(Pittsburgh, PA USA)

If both a father and son were suspected of raping and murdering a woman, can DNA taken from sperm residue on the body and the victim's clothing, and DNA from skin found beneath the woman's fingernails help determine whether the son or the father raped the woman?

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