Biddinger's DNA Found on Knife Blade
Prosecution, defense rested their cases in murder trial for a Germantown man accused of stabbing and killing his roommate's son. The jury expected to deliberate the verdict Friday.
Kevin Mbayo’s DNA was found on the knife blade that allegedly “stuck” James Biddinger’s finger during a fatal fight between the men, a forensic scientist testified Thursday in Montgomery County Circuit Court. Biddinger, 27, is on trial for murdering Mbayo, 22, who died of a single stab wound to his back. The men fought in the living room of a Germantown townhouse on May 3, 2011. The question of DNA arises from Biddinger’s testimony to police: He claimed that Mbayo went after a pocketknife clipped outside his jeans and that Biddinger injured his own finger in his attempt to regain control of the knife. Mbayo, Biddinger claimed, was fatally stabbed somewhere in the process. But on the night of the stabbing, Biddinger initially told police …
