UT murder case stalled due to DNA testing backlog

AUSTIN (KXAN) — During a scheduled hearing for Meechaiel Criner, the 18-year-old accused of killing University of Texas at Austin student Haruka Weiser, the state revealed to defense attorneys they are still waiting for DNA to be processed in the case.
“There was genetic material found on the body of Ms. Weiser that was not hers. That is why we are all anxiously awaiting the DNA results. It is crucial to this case for the state and defense,” said Criner’s attorney Ar