Anastasia Nicolazzi
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She also claimed that he appeared to have several scratches on his face and immediately went into the bathroom to call an ex-girlfriend.
They were also still investigating the sexual assault committed against Milana before she was killed. And as part of that, they collected a biological sample from Gore for DNA analysis to compare to evidence collected by the medical examiner.
The samples Gore agreed to provide proved critical to the case against him. The testing resulted in a match. It was Gore's DNA on the boxers that had been recovered and also his DNA recovered from Milana Lee. And we'll leave it at that.
And I definitely look at the case myself as strong at that point, right? But there's never such a thing as I've said, like as a slam dunk. But there's all these pieces of circumstantial evidence that are being stitched together. But, you know, I always have to think like the defense, like what could they say? And they could say that any sexual activity was consensual, right?
And that something happened to Milana after the two sexes. Parted ways, you know, as a prosecutor, I'd be very comfortable going into court and showing all the pieces that disprove that idea, that there was anything consensual between them and this not equating to a violent crime.
But, you know, as we always say, Scott, you need to guard against the various possibilities that the defense may use if this proceeds to trial.
But before senior deputy DA John Gerhard could even get to trial, he had to first overcome a legal hurdle set in motion by a new law.
And in this case, John was more than prepared to prove that Daniel Gore should be tried as an adult. And in the end, his argument to the court was successful.
And there it was, right out of the gate, the defense made their argument clear. They claimed that Daniel had a consensual sexual encounter with a 13-year-old because it's a statutory sexual assault charge because of her age. But however, even putting that aside for a moment, the defense went on to argue that he did not kill her. And they also relied on that same DNA to try and prove their claim.
And the defense attorney made a big deal of this unidentified DNA, saying, I quote, we know who the killer is. We have his DNA. We just have to find him.
And I also think, look, the defense went with using the pieces that they had. And think about this. They're just injecting, like, to your point, Scott, that bit of doubt, at least hoping that it'll rise to that level of reasonable doubt.
Because also what they're saying is, hey, convict him for this statutory sexual assault, you know, that there's consensual sex, but we also know that it's an age difference thing. So convict him of that. It's a lower level crime, likely a lower sentence as well, but don't convict him for the murder. So I think it's using those things together and hoping they will prevail.
But if Daniel Gore was indeed the person who assaulted, beat, and strangled Milana, the critical question then became why. Was this teenager, even a troubled one, truly capable of this level of violence?
For example, Daniel's musical taste, which was something that was brought up during his questioning.
And as off-putting and terrible as all that sounds, John was in no way suggesting that music could make a killer. But when paired with Daniel's internet search history prior to Milana's death, it started to paint a dark picture.
The prosecution argued that Milana was lured into the woods by the older teen and there was violently assaulted and then strangled to death. The coincidences between her manner of death and his search history were overwhelming, suggesting that her murder may have been an attempt to carry out an extremely dark and violent fantasy.
Later, that ex-girlfriend would reveal to police what he told her.
John also showed that Gore knowingly tried to cover his tracks after the murder by texting friends about the evening.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
I'm Anastasia Nicolazzi, former New York City homicide prosecutor and host of Investigation Discovery's True Conviction.
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