able to recall details of what happened.
Later, on the same day Dana was taken to the hospital, Connie's body was discovered in a field in the Miller Hill Road area. A knife was located about thirty feet from her body. A pathologist testified that Connie died of "a blunt force injury to the head." He said she suffered a fractured skull and several lacerations consistent with being hit by a baseball bat. He also noted dirt between her legs in the groin area.
A sex crime kit was used on each victim. Trooper Jeffrey Bowles of the Criminal Identification Bureau of the West Virginia State Police testified that the tests performed on Dana found sperm. However, the tests performed on Connie did not find any sperm. Trooper Bowles explainedthere were several factors that could cause a lack of sperm and it did not mean that there was not intercourse. Fred Zain also testified as to other serology tests conducted, but as will be discussed later, the results of these tests are deemed to be invalid and unreliable. See Section VII, infra.
The defendant testified at trial and admitted that he and Bobby were with the two girls drinking beer and driving around the area. He also said that he had sex with Dana but asserted that he did not force her. Instead, he claimed Dana was "hitting on" him and he told her he did not want to have sex with her. He stated that is "when they said that they would tell my wife."
The defendant admitted