The state attorney's office will begin a re-examination of the forensic evidence found at the scene of Tair Rada's murder in 2006. A few days ago, the attorney's office sent a letter on the matter to the court and to Roman Zdorov's lawyer, in which it was stated that DNA tests will be re-performed for the forensic findings found in the bathroom (the scene of the murder).
In fact, the prosecution is trying to find evidence that would link Zadorov to the murder, in which he was convicted on a circumstantial basis. Among the findings that will be re-examined: bloodstains from the scene, the blood papers found in the bin in the bathroom stall where the murder was committed, hairs found at the scene, Thayer's jeans, the bloodstains found on the toilet. We wrote about the forensic findings and their importance - click here to read.
At the same time, the director of the supervision of the electronic shackle confirmed that Roman Zadorov can be released to house arrest.
Roman Zdorov, a construction worker who worked as a sequencer at the school where Tair Rada studied, was accused and convicted of the girl's murder on September 14, 2010, and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He filed several appeals and now the retrial is underway in this case.