LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A judge declined to delay the May 27 trial of Steve Lawson, one of three defendants charged in the murder of Crystal Rogers, in order to perform DNA testing on two hairs found in her car in 2015.
In a ruling Friday, Nelson Circuit Court Judge Charles Simms III wrote that even if testing identified who the hairs belonged to, it would not exclude Lawson’s possible involvement in the alleged murder.
Lawson’s attorneys have argued the hairs could point to another possible suspect, including Nick Houck, the brother of Lawson’s co-defendant, Brooks Houck…