Police obtain DNA from Harris suspect
Oklahoma City police have obtained DNA samples from Roderick Webster, who was arrested Friday in the 1989 slaying of Audrey Harris, according to court documents filed Tuesday.
On Monday, an Oklahoma County judge signed off on a search warrant so that detectives could get buccal swabs from Webster, who is being held without bail in the Oklahoma County jail.
Buccal swabs are taken from the inner cheek or mouth cavity. They were acquired from Webster sometime Monday or Tuesday.
Once the swabs are processed, Webster’s DNA will be compared to a DNA profile obtained from the crime scene more than 18 years ago.
That DNA came from froth found on Harris’ sweater, apparently left by the killer during his frantic and bestial attack. Harris, 75, was disembowelled while she was still alive.
Webster has been linked to the crime by a bloody palm print found at the crime scene. In 2003, police submitted the print to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation to be run through an automated palm print comparison machine.
It wasn’t until Thursday, four days after the case was featured on the Cold Case OKC Web site, that the OSBI matched the print to Webster, a court document states.
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