Scientist: DNA matches murder victim

A DNA scientist at the New Jersey State Police Laboratory told a jury Tuesday that DNA from a blood sample found on the gas pedal of a car driven by murder defendant Maurice Turner matched that of the victim, William Goldware.

Turner, 26, is charged with murder in the May 24, 2003 death of the 29-year-old Morrisville, Pa., man whose body was found in the bathroom of a house on the 600 block of Beatty Street in Trenton.

Goldware was lured to the house with a promise of sex from Karla Freeman, however, prosecutors allege that Freeman and Turner had planned to rob him. Goldware was stabbed 24 times as he tried to fight off his attackers.

In addition, other samples at the scene of the crime yielded Turner's DNA, including the door knob of the bathroom where the body was found, Elliott Clark told the jury. When Turner was arrested, there were wounds on his forearms, according to earlier testimony.

Freeman, 29, was previously convicted of felony murder and is serving a 30-year prison sentence.