Hair from Topeka murder scene to get DNA testing

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A strand of hair found at the scene of a Topeka couple's murder in 2002 will be tested for DNA evidence, even though the test will consume the hair. A judge granted a prosecution request Thursday to conduct DNA testing on the hair found in the Topeka home where Mike Sisco and Karen Harkness were killed in July 2002.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the hair was found attached to a shell casing recovered at the scene. Sisco's ex-wife, 52-year-old Dana L. Chandler, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder. Her attorneys objected to the testing. Chandler was arrested in late July after investigators found her in Duncan, Oklahoma.

Her trial is scheduled to start March 5.