The Arizona Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on the 2015 murder of Allison Feldman that would determine if DNA evidence could be used in the case.
According to court documents, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Sept. 26. at 9:30 a.m. in a Phoenix court. Each side will be limited to 20 minutes for their arguments.
Allison Feldman, who was 31 years old, was brutally murdered in her home in February 2015 in Scottsdale.
“She was a great daughter. She had so many friends,” Harley Feldman, her father, said. “We all miss her very much.”
The case went cold until 2018 when familial DNA evidence linked Ian Mitcham to Feldman’s murder.
Police also found Mitcham’s DNA from a DUI arrest in January 2015.
However, a judge in 2023 determined that using the evidence from the DUI violated the Fourth Amendment.
The defense said Scottsdale Police obtained a warrantless DNA profile because Mitcham was advised his blood would only be used to determine his blood alcohol concentration (BAC) and be destroyed after 90 days.
“[The judge] agreed with the defense to throw out that DNA sample so we appealed that to the Arizona Court of Appeals, and last August, we won that argument, and the DNA was put back in the case,” Feldman said.
Feldman reflected that the justice system has been slow but hoped it would work in their favor.
“It shouldn't have ever happened to her,” Feldman said. “We don't know how this guy even knew who she was, and so we want restitution for what he did.”
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