Tuesday, February 10, 2026 - Police investigating a double murd£r in France have been left confused because the two suspects are identical twins.
A pair of 33-year-old brothers, named only as Samuel and
Jérémy Y, are part of five other defendants on trial for the murd£r of two men
in 2020.
On September 14, 2020, victims Tidiane, 17, and Sofiane, 25,
were shot and k!lled in a cellar in Saint-Ouen, a northern suburb
of Paris.
Both of the twin brothers are accused of plotting the
k!llings, but DNA found on one of the weapons can only be from one twin.
But forensic experts said they are unable to tell which of
the brothers used the gun.
One investigator said, "Only their mother can tell them
apart."
Identical twins share the exact same DNA, making it
impossible to discern between the siblings when searching for forensic
evidence.
Police said they believe the pair also exchanged
clothes, phones and ID documents to confuse authorities.
A commander told Le Parisien: "They exchange clothes as
well as phone lines and identity papers. For a very long time, they have used
this twinship in their criminal career."
An expert who analysed the DNA found on the weapon said
there was only the presence of one of the brothers, making the case even more
complicated.
Identical twins result when cells from a single egg
fertilised by a single sperm divide into two, so identical twins are the
same gender and share identical DNA.
Though the DNA shared by twins is essentially the same, it
can vary by hundreds of single mutations, which are hard to find.
The twins’ trial is ongoing, due to conclude in late
February, but it’s not the first time a murder trial has been thrown into
disarray over twin DNA.
Twin brothers Kailum and Kieran Nightingale were convicted
of manslaughter after k!lling a man while trying to buy drugs from him.
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