July 23, 1996. Lafayette, Louisiana. Janice Trahan was diagnosed with HIV in January 1995. She later told the authorities that she believed her former romantic partner, Dr. Richard Schmidt, injected her with the virus in August 1994 after she ended their 10-year affair. This was the first time that a US criminal court would consider phylogenetic evidence in a case.
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