New DNA evidence gives investigators a better understanding of who was driving the vehicle that crashed into a Salinas mother’s car, killing her, last December.
On Tuesday, the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office reported that charges against an alleged DUI driver who killed a Salinas woman had been dropped due to new evidence.
CHP investigators said 19-year-old Jacques Martine Clarke was believed to have been driving the vehicle because the car was registered to him, the key fob was found in his pocket, and the front seat seemed better adjusted to his stature rather than the other occupant of the car.
However. a DNA test from the crash showed that Clarke’s DNA was on the passenger side airbag. Investigators say that means he could not have been driving the vehicle at the time of the crash.
