FARMINGTON HILLS — DNA of a man accused of bludgeoning to death a 64-year-old man this past spring at a Farmington Hills park was found underneath the victim’s fingernails and on one of the logs police believe was used to kill the man, a forensics examiner testified on Thursday, Oct. 28.
Gabriel Bercea, 23, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Richard Harris, 64. He faces up to life in prison if convicted. Bercea was ordered on Oct. 28 to stand trial for Harris’s murder after a preliminary examination, where Farmington Hills’ 47th District Court Judge James Brady heard evidence to determine if there is probable cause that Bercea killed Harris…