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Bermuda’s The Royal Gazette Online reported that Ms. Alison Murtha, Forensic Scientist at RJ Lee Group laboratory in Monroeville, Pa. and expert gunshot residue witness, testified about her findings related to the trial of Garriko Benjamin. Mr. Benjamin is being tried for charges including possessing and unlawfully discharging a firearm.  Ms. Murtha explained that gunshot […]

Bermuda’s Royal Gazette Online reported that gunshot residue (GSR) was found on the clothes of a man accused of participating in a shooting of two people outside a Bermuda movie theater. RJ Lee Group GSR expert, Keena Zitkovich, testified that gun shot residue was found on a sweatshirt and jeans confiscated from Mr. Sanchay Grant […]

WTAE.com in Pittsburgh reported on the fifth day of testimony in the homicide trial of Richard Poplawski accused of killing three Pittsburgh police officers. Friday’s first witness was Ms. Keena Zitkovich, a forensic science expert at RJ Lee Group, a materials characterization laboratory in Monroeville, Pa. Ms. Zitkovich testified about the gunshot residue found on […]

Keena Zitkovich, RJ Lee Group gunshot residue expert (GSR), gave evidence in the murder trial of David Cox in Bermuda as reported by Bermuda’s Royal Gazette Online (www.royalgazette.com). Ms Zitkovich explained that GSR consists of particles expelled from a gun when it is fired and the particles settle on people and objects near the gun. […]

The online edition of the Bermuda Sun recounted the testimony of Ms. Allison Murtha, RJ Lee Group gunshot residue (GSR) expert, as she explained how she determined the distance between the shooter and victim in the ongoing Martin murder trial. After testing for the presence of lead on the victim’s jacket, Ms. Murtha noted, “We […]

Online Bermuda news magazine, www.bernews.com , reported the testimony of Ms. Allison Murtha, RJ Lee Group, Inc. forensic scientist in an ongoing Bermuda murder trial. Having been confirmed by the Crown Counsel as a Gun Shot Residue (GSR) expert, Ms. Murtha went on to describe the chemical make-up of GSR and how, through analytical results, […]

RJ Lee Group Inc. forensic scientist, Allison Murtha, was one of several expert witnesses who provided testimony in a recent Delaware murder trial. Ms. Murtha, who holds a Master’s degree in Forensic Science and Law from Duquesne University, testified on gunshot residue evidence found on the suspects in the murder of a Georgetown, DE Patrolman.

RJ Lee Group’s forensic scientist and expert witness, Allison Murtha testified in a Delaware murder trial on the results of gunshot residue tests taken from the suspects. Ms. Murtha concluded that although equal amounts of gunshot residue were present on both suspects this could not be interpreted to mean that one of the two fired […]