Posted on 12/22/2018 4:06:02 PM PST by bgill
The newly-elected Robeson County Sheriff is revealing new details about a missed warning that could have kept an accused murderer behind bars. In an exclusive interview with the ABC11 I-Team, Sheriff Burnis Wilkins confirms at least two members of the sheriff's office knew about DNA evidence linking Michael McClellan to an old rape case more than a year before McClellan allegedly kidnapped and murdered Hania Aguilar. District Attorney Johnson Britt told ABC11 at the time that McLellan's DNA from that case was used in the investigation of Hania's case. Britt, however, would later reveal that the Robeson County Sheriff's Office had DNA evidence linking Hania's accused killer Michael McLellan to a 2016 rape but the sheriff's office never followed up.
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Bad link?
Have to search on ‘Surrounding Area’. Lead story has changed
Florida recently provided funding for DNA analysis of years of rape kits etc setting in sheriffs offices. Every week it seems that another crime is solved, some very recent, some very old, all from DNA.
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