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To: JudyB1938; Rheo; fnord; All
Just some snippets to add to those earlier findings - I know we are probably all wondering what happened...

"On Nov. 15, 1991, Deputy District Attorney David Rubin asked that the criminal charges against Wade be dropped "in the interests of justice." Over Rubin's objections, Judge Frederic Link also approved requests by Wade's attorney, Michael McGlinn, that Wade be declared factually innocent and that his arrest and court records be sealed and destroyed. A week later, Alicia went home. It was five days before her 11th birthday, which fell that year, appropriately enough, on Thanksgiving."

and...

"DNA testing proved that the father did not leave the semen. Charges against him were dropped in November 1991, and Alicia was returned home. The family moved to Missouri in 1992. Additional DNA testing implicated Carder, and he pleaded guilty in March 1995 to the assault. Already in prison for 25 years for the other attacks, an additional 25 years was added to his sentence. Two years ago, the Wade family settled a multimillion-dollar civil suit filed against Goodfriend, social workers, detectives, prosecutors and others involved in the case. The settlement was about $3.7 million. Of that, $1 million came from Goodfriend."

The page that this comes from is hard to read - it's not formatted - but here is the link.

1,687 posted on 08/18/2002 9:29:31 PM PDT by mommya
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To: mommya
glad the fiends suffered somewhat (although I bet most of the money came from government funds and tax deductions). I still would rather see criminal prosecutions.

Hope the family is doing OK now ... any idea where they are 10 years later?
1,739 posted on 08/19/2002 4:08:55 PM PDT by fnord
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