Question: ( 8 points ) A thief has stolen a collection of jewels from the Museum of Very Precious Jewels. Forensic technicians obtained skin cells from

(8 points) A thief has stolen a collection of jewels from the Museum of Very Precious Jewels. Forensic technicians obtained skin cells from a fingerprint left on the jewel exhibit. DNA has been isolated and PCR amplified for some of the standard STR loci (the resulting traces are shown below). Each line shows the alleles for one of four of the core CODIS STR loci (D55818, CSF1PO, D75820).
A suspect was identified in the case. Her DNA was collected, and data for the same 4 STR loci included in the fingerprint analysis were obtained. The suspect's profile data is shown below:
SUSPECT'S DNA PROFILE DATA
D5S818(sequence: AGAD
allele 1: 5-CAATCATAGCCACAAGATAGATAGATAGATAGATAGATAGATACCAAAGAG-3
allele 2: 5-CAATCATAGCCACAAGATAGATAGATAGATAGATAGATAGATAGATACCAAAGAG -3
CSF1PO (sequence: TAGA)
allele 1: 5'-ATCTTCAGATAGATAGATAGATAGATAGATAGATAGATAGATAGATAGATAGATAGATAGATGCTAGT-3:
allele 2: 5:-ATCTTCAGATAGATAGATAGATAGATAGATAGATAGATAGATAGATAGATAGATAGATAGATGCTAGT-3:
D7S820(sequence: GATA)
allele 1: 5'-CCTCATTGACGATAGATAGATAGATAGATAGATACATAGTCAG-3'
allele 2: 5'-CCTCATTGACGATAGATAGATAGATAGATAGATAGATAGATAGATAGATAGATAGATACATAGTCAG-3'
(5 pts) Can you exclude the possibility that this suspect stole the jewels? Please explain your reasoning.
( 8 points ) A thief has stolen a collection of

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