POMEROY — Prosecutors will use DNA evidence in the prosecution of Charles Williams for the February murder of Doris Jackson.

An April 7 laboratory report from the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation, filed Thursday in Williams’ court file, refers to a pair of black Polo boots in the state’s custody.

Those boots, according to the lab report, belong to Williams and hold a blood sample to be tested for DNA evidence.

The boots are just one evidentiary item in state custody; they are marked item number 16 on the laboratory report.

Williams was arraigned in Meigs County Common Pleas Court Thursday. He is now in Meigs County sheriff’s custody in the Southeastern Regional Jail, in lieu of a $1 million cash bond.

Williams is charged with two counts of aggravated murder and eight other charges: three counts of kidnapping, aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary, tampering with evidence, and grand theft of a motor vehicle.

Charles Knight, Williams’ lead defense attorney, filed a number of motions in the case immediately following his appointment Thursday, including motions for a bill of particulars, which would set forth specific details surrounding the charges against Williams.

Jackson was found strangled and stabbed in her Tuppers Plains home on Feb. 26, three days after she is believed to have been murdered. The state has made no statements as to the facts surrounding the case, a possible motive, or the circumstances leading to Jackson’s death. The indictment against Williams contains only the charges against him, not specific details about the crime.

While robbery and burglary are included in the indictment against Williams, there has been no public information provided as to what was stolen, other than Jackson’s Mercury, which was recovered in Athens three days after her body was discovered.

A co-defendant, James Lee Garnes Jr., has been charged with receiving stolen property, tampering with evidence and obstructing justice for the removal of Jackson’s car. He is also in jail in lieu of bond.

Knight also filed a demand for discovery Thursday, requesting copies of statements by defendants in the case, notes from interviews, any prior criminal records, names and addresses of witnesses, and a list of documents, photos, laboratory reports and other tangible evidence gathered in the case.

He also filed a motion for disclosure of exculpatory evidence, which might discredit the prosecution.

A hearing on pending motions will be held next week. Williams’ trial date is July 7.