Beyond the grave evidence bombshell rocks trial of man accused of killing girl and dumping her body in a lake

Defense attorneys sent shockwaves done the archetypal time of a gruesome execution proceedings with the bombshell assertion that a enigma man's DNA nether the victim's fingernails is her existent killer.

Milana Li, 13, was found sexually assaulted and murdered successful a watercourse successful Beaverton, Oregon, connected May 10, 2022.

Her alleged killer, past 16-year-old Daniel Gore, was the past idiosyncratic seen with her and his DNA matched a illustration recovered connected her underwear, reported The Oregonian.

During the archetypal time of his execution proceedings connected Wednesday, Gore's lawyers admitted the 2 had a intersexual relationship, but pointed retired that determination was different unidentified antheral DNA recovered connected her body.

'From the sedate she speaks. If Daniel had been scraped successful the look by Milana, his DNA would beryllium connected those fingernails - it wasn't,' said defense lawyer J. Mark Lawrence.  

'They developed a relationship and a intersexual relationship. It happens with adolescents these days. But helium wasn't the past idiosyncratic with her, my lawsuit was retired of the picture.' 

Gore, present 18, is being tried arsenic an big and could look 30 years to beingness successful situation if helium is recovered guilty.

Prosecutors said Li was past seen live connected May 8, 2022, riding the autobus with Gore and surveillance footage showed them walking towards the country wherever her assemblage was recovered astir 7:45 p.m.

Li's mother, who worked the nighttime displacement astatine the Nike factory, reported her missing the adjacent day.

A person discovered her assemblage connected May 10 aft quality of her disappearance began to spread. 

'She was beaten. She clawed astatine him, trying to halt what was happening to her,' said Senior Deputy District Attorney John Gerhard.  'He made a prime to strangle her until determination was nary much beingness successful her.'

Gore, who was a stateless runway surviving successful a structure adjacent the scene, allegedly grabbed a blue waterproof broad from his structure past weighted her assemblage down with stones and near her successful the creek.

Prosecutors said aft the execution helium fled to a friends flat with scratches connected his look and told his woman 'he had done thing bad,' reported KGW 8. 

Police collected DNA grounds from wrong her and 1 2 of her fingernails that were ripped disconnected during the struggle.

Defense attorneys are honing successful connected the information that DNA from the fingers are not a lucifer to Gore.

They besides said different chartless male's DNA was recovered successful Li's underwear and authorities person not done immoderate investigating to spot if it matches the fingernail samples. 

When Gore was identified arsenic a idiosyncratic of involvement successful the case, helium fled from authorities erstwhile they approached him successful a room and led them connected a 20 infinitesimal chase.

During a two-hour interrogation Gore denied having a romanticist narration with her and said helium parted ways with her earlier than the footage shows, according to Gerhard.

Gore's lawyer said helium fled due to the fact that helium had warrants retired for different crimes and was scared. 

Li and Gore had lone known each for astir 2 weeks earlier her murder. Family described her arsenic a fantastic girl who her parents could spot and beryllium on.