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Renee Romero, who led Washoe County’s crime lab, learned about Chris’s circumstances via a colleague. Renee had been considering if a bone marrow donation might change Chris’s DNA.

Renee approached Chris about the opportunity to participate in an experiment. “We need to swab the Hell out of you before you do this procedure to see how this DNA takes over your body,” she recalled saying to him.