According to the data, the crime scene sample matches the sample from which suspect?

In 2008, Margaret Binkele was murdered in her Georgia home. The number of repeats at three CODIS simple sequence repeat (SSR) loci were determined using crime scene samples and blood from three suspects. The results are summarized in the table.



Genotypes at three SSR loci







A) Suspect 1

B) Suspect 2

C) Suspect 3

D) None of the suspects is a match


D) None of the suspects is a match

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