Overview
- Attorneys opened the case before a 16-person jury in Middlesex Superior Court, with evidence expected through March 20.
- Stephen Paul Gale has pleaded not guilty to four counts of aggravated rape, two counts of kidnapping and one count of armed robbery.
- DNA collected in 1989 was reanalyzed using forensic genetic genealogy, producing a 2024 identification that led to Gale’s indictment.
- Judge Patrick Haggan ruled that jurors may hear the statistical strength of the DNA match and see photographs of the victims from 1989.
- Prosecutors plan testimony from roughly 50 witnesses, including the two survivors who pushed for renewed testing, and Gale has waived a statute-of-limitations defense.