Suspect’s family wants DNA test ‘for clarity’
The family of a man suspected of kidnapping a 16-year-old girl and killing her mother and younger brother wants paternity tests to determine if the suspect fathered the children, a spokesman said Wednesday, a suggestion that was quickly rebutted by the victims’ family.
Andrew Spanswick, a spokesman for the family of James Lee DiMaggio, said rumours have circulated on social media that DiMaggio fathered the children and that it was “a little strange” that the suspect named the girl’s paternal grandmother as his life insurance beneficiary.
Lora Robinson, DiMaggio’s sister and lone survivor of his immediate family, collected DNA from her brother and wants samples from Hannah Anderson and her brother to determine paternity, Spanswick said. She has not yet asked for the samples but intends to at a later date.
“The biggest issue is, I think, that Lora wants closure on the case,” Spanswick said. “As Lora has heard these rumors, she would like to confirm whether they are true or not.”
Anderson family spokeswoman Stacy Hess said DiMaggio didn’t meet the children’s father and mother, Brett and Christina Anderson, until Christina was six months pregnant with Hannah.
The family of a man suspected of kidnapping a 16-year-old girl and killing her mother and younger brother wants paternity tests to determine if the suspect fathered the children, a spokesman said Wednesday, a suggestion that was quickly rebutted by the victims’ family.
Andrew Spanswick, a spokesman for the family of James Lee DiMaggio, said rumours have circulated on social media that DiMaggio fathered the children and that it was “a little strange” that the suspect named the girl’s paternal grandmother as his life insurance beneficiary.
Lora Robinson, DiMaggio’s sister and lone survivor of his immediate family, collected DNA from her brother and wants samples from Hannah Anderson and her brother to determine paternity, Spanswick said. She has not yet asked for the samples but intends to at a later date.
“The biggest issue is, I think, that Lora wants closure on the case,” Spanswick said. “As Lora has heard these rumors, she would like to confirm whether they are true or not.”
Anderson family spokeswoman Stacy Hess said DiMaggio didn’t meet the children’s father and mother, Brett and Christina Anderson, until Christina was six months pregnant with Hannah.