Authorities take fresh DNA samples from Michael Stone, who is serving life sentences for the 1996 murders of Lin Russell and her daughter, Megan. The testing is ordered roughly 30 years after the killings and is aimed at allowing new forensic analysis on material associated with Stone. Multiple outlets report that the samples are collected while Stone remains in custody. The original crimes occurred in 1996, and Stone is serving life imprisonment for the murders of both a mother and her child. BBC News reports that Stone’s DNA will be tested following the collection, describing the process as taking place decades after the case. WalesOnline similarly states that new DNA samples are taken from the jailed man 30 years after the notorious double murder. Both accounts focus on the same development: the case receives renewed forensic investigation through additional DNA testing, despite the lengthy time that has passed since the original murders.