DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - Evidence the Illinois Innocence Projects and Exoneration Project believes could exonerate Michael Slover Junior, his mother, and father can be analyzed in state and national criminal databases to see if there is a match.
 
Judge Rodney Forbes ruled in a two-page report that all three DNA profiles are suitable to be submitted to the State Data Indexing System and National Data Indexing System or CODIS.
 
"All three profiles, the court finds that a proper chain of custody has been established," Judge Forbes wrote.
 
The profiles are also suitable for a manual keyboard search in SDIS and NDIS/CODIS.
 
In early June, the Illinois Innocence Project filed a motion asking the Illinois State Police (ISP) to submit DNA profiles into the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) in hopes of identifying the true killer or killers of Karyn Hearn Slover.
 
According to IIP's filing, forensic testing revealed three separate DNA profiles on key pieces of evidence. Two profiles were found on duct tape used to seal bags containing Karyn's remains, and another profile was discovered on fingerprints located next to a stain of Karyn's blood on the Lake Shelbyville bridge.
 
Although IIP has repeatedly asked the court to order ISP to submit the DNA samples, ISP has declined to do so for several years.
 
Under Judge Forbes's ruling, the ISP is ordered to conduct a comparative analysis of all three profiles against SDIS and NDIS/CODIS.
 
Former Macon County State's Attorney Jay Scott, who returned to the role to represent the prosecution, has also filed motions seeking dismissal of the case. Scott has consistently maintained that the Slover family is responsible for Karyn's 1996 death.
 
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