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When a San Jose man charged with murdering a Monte Sereno millionaire was suddenly freed last month, prosecutors acknowledged he had an airtight alibi - he was drunk and unconscious at a hospital when the victim was killed in his mansion miles away.
But a mystery remained: How did the DNA of 26-year-old Lukis Anderson - who was so drunk his blood alcohol content was five times the legal limit - end up on the fingernails of slaying victim Raveesh "Ravi" Kumra?
Santa Clara County prosecutors answered that question Wednesday, saying the same two paramedics who had treated Anderson for intoxication at a downtown San Jose liquor store in November had responded to Kumra's home just hours later.
"It's a small world," said Deputy District Attorney Kevin Smith. "We are pleased to have finally been able to determine how we believe the DNA got from Mr. Anderson to Mr. Kumra."
Anderson's attorneys from the public defender's office reacted cautiously. "It is really too early to comment on any of this because we don't have all of the DNA...
But a mystery remained: How did the DNA of 26-year-old Lukis Anderson - who was so drunk his blood alcohol content was five times the legal limit - end up on the fingernails of slaying victim Raveesh "Ravi" Kumra?
Santa Clara County prosecutors answered that question Wednesday, saying the same two paramedics who had treated Anderson for intoxication at a downtown San Jose liquor store in November had responded to Kumra's home just hours later.
"It's a small world," said Deputy District Attorney Kevin Smith. "We are pleased to have finally been able to determine how we believe the DNA got from Mr. Anderson to Mr. Kumra."
Anderson's attorneys from the public defender's office reacted cautiously. "It is really too early to comment on any of this because we don't have all of the DNA...