MANATEE COUNTY (WFLA) — Both the state and defense rested their cases in the Teresa Zeppi trial on Wednesday.
The 60-year-old Manatee County woman is accused of leaving the scene of a crash involving death back in 2020. The victim was Joseph Dralus Sr. The 82-year-old, who neighbors call the “peace walker” was on one of his daily five-mile walks when he was struck.
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The prosecution focused heavily on the DNA evidence located on Zeppi’s Lincoln Navigator Wednesday. Their final witness was a crime laboratory analyst with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. The analyst said she was given five swabs taken from the vehicle. One of the swabs from the hood/fender, she said, matched the DNA profile of Dralus Sr…