Kenneth Ray Osburn Pet’s DNA to be Tested in Murder Case of Casey Crowder
Pet DNA samples of murder suspect Kenneth Ray Osburn has been sent to the University of California Davis Veterinary Genetics Laboratory. Osburn is charged with the kidnapping and murder of 17 year old Casey Crowder. Animal hairs were found on Casey Crowder’s clothes. If a match, Kenneth Ray Osburn is going to have a difficult time explaining how his pets hairs got on the clothes of Crowder.
After police found Crowder’s body on Sept. 2, investigators reportedly found what they believed were dog hairs, and possibly cat hairs, on her and her clothes. Osburn owned several dogs, police said.
“I wanted those hairs analyzed,” Deen said in an interview. “I’m not going to leave any stone unturned.”
Arkansas State Police investigator Scott Woodward hand-delivered the samples to the California laboratory on Wednesday, the prosecutor said. UC-Davis houses one of the few testing sites in the country that processes forensic veterinary DNA.
Deen said he expected test results by the end of the year. (NWA News)