His DNA profile was matched with swabs from the victim’s body and traces of her blood were found on a shoe and bracelet Hikoalok wore.
Hikoalok has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in a killing prosecutors described as a “vicious and brutal attack” that left Salm clinging to life inside the Christian Science Reading Room on May 24, 2018. She was found by a co-worker hours later and was rushed to hospital, where she died the following day.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Ottawa SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
Hikoalok was arrested around 4:30 p.m. that same day after two Ottawa police officers had identified him as the male figure seen in video surveillance images taken near the crime scene around the time Salm was killed, according to evidence entered earlier at trial. She guided the jury through the accuracy of the DNA testing and the probabilities that identified Hikoalok as a positive match.
The CFS also found traces of blood on Salm’s fingernail clippings, but there was insufficient evidence to warrant further testing. Forensic investigators could only conclude that a small amount of male DNA “may or may not” have been present.
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