DNA evidence links slain teen to suspect's garage in high-profile murder case

In a courtroom grappling with the darkest edges of human cruelty, forensic science has given voice to a fourteen-year-old girl who can no longer speak for herself. DNA evidence connecting Celeste Rivas Hernandez to blood stains found in a suspect's garage has become the pivot point of a murder case that asks not only who committed this act, but where and how the violence unfolded. The evidence places her inside a controlled space — a rented garage — where prosecutors argue the most irreversible acts of the crime took place. As the legal process moves forward, the biological traces left behind