If the DNA fingerprint of a suspect does NOT match a blood sample from a crime scene, what can you conclude?
A) The blood sample had to come from another person, but the suspect may still have been there.
B) The DNA in the blood sample probably degraded in a short period of time.
C) The suspect may have been at the crime scene, because DNA fingerprinting has a large error rate.
D) The suspect was never at the crime scene.

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The mismatch between the DNA fingerprint of the suspect and the blood sample from the crime scene indicates that the blood belongs to someone else. However, this does not exclude the possibility of the suspect's presence at the crime scene, as they could have been there without leaving blood evidence.

If the DNA Fingerprint of a Suspect Does NOT Match