Posted on 04/19/2006 4:37:00 AM PDT by MindBender26
Breaking overnight from Chris Cummo at ABC GMA:
Case against at least one Duke defemdant unraveling fast.
Defendant Seiligman went to bank ATM while rape supposedly happening.
12:02 Time stamped photos show girl arriving. Girl leaves, comes back, call friends on cell phone does other things. 12:19 Seiligman calls cab dispatcher 12:24 Seiligman takes cab to bank miles away, uses ATM card (photos show it is him.) 12:42 after walking back to dorm, Seiligman uses security card to enter dorm. Does not leave.
Also, Seiligman was never interviewed by cops. DA seeking reelection simply took "Dancers" word that he raped her.
Didn't all the team have to give hair samples when they gave the DNA?
I bet the hair taken off her during the rape exam didn't match anyone under suspicion. Sooooo.....this time when the sample is sent off....maybe someone made SURE there would be a match this time. And, lo and behold, it will match one of the 2 accused. Or both.
This is sick
"Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive."
Does anyone know if she made the IDs BEFORE the first DNA results were back? The reason I ask is this: Mangum had the opportunity to pick the guys who live in the house whose DNA was on the towel, but she didn't. She picked the two wealthiest families, which leads me to believe she may have a plan to become uncooperative with the DA and instead press a shakedown of these guys. It would have been much easier to press a case against the guys who live there because there would be less risk of them having alibis or not being there and they have two of them's DNA on the towel.
On another topic, I'm very disappointed that one or both of the boys arrested have left school. Or is it just Finnerty who left? I would rather have seen them stand and fight with their heads held high in innocence and defiance. By leaving, it gives the race-baiters a win because they drove a white boy out of a first class university.
The clown that runs Duke suspended them both...
They were both suspended, Jezebelle. That's why they left.
IIRC, Megyn reported Kim's story, though changing, is aligning with Crystal's.
Duke has been horrible in this affair, but the suspensions are ok. From what I've seen posted, it is policy at Duke (and probably most schools) to suspend a student that is charged with a felony.
But that won't help Nifong if the hair supposedly found on her was tested and a profile was exacted at THAT time. That's what I'm trying to figure out.find out.
Do we know if the defense has any of the reports of any kind from Nifong yet?
I wasn't aware of that. Thanks for the info.
Who owns the escort service? Wonder how well they know the prosecutor, and/or those investigating this crime?
And what about reinstatement when they're exonerated or the case is dismissed?
I'm sure Nifong knew this. Gawd, he is one vicious bastard. I wonder if he went to some third-rate college and this gives him gratification or some sense of revenge. I wonder if he tried to get into Duke and couldn't.
Has anyone...prosecutor or defense investigators...checked the appointment books of the 2 escort agencies? If not, why not?
The defense had better look into Kim's background too; I'm sure she's getting a lot of pressure from the community.
So let me get this straight.
In a seven minute span, three men, two of whom are at least 6'1" tall and muscular, are:
1) able to put on jackets
2) able to put on condoms
3) One of them is able to make a call at 12:09
4) forcibly rape a woman who says she put up resistance
5) leave no trace of DNA in the bathroom
and
6) leave the alleged victim so distraught she smiled and posed for photos after this horrible act.
Sounds reasonable to me! Hang 'em! /sar
Don't know that I agree, Jeff. Such a thing makes hash of the presumption thingy ensconsed in US Juriprudence...
He went to UNC-CH I believe, worked as a social worker before law school.
But Kim has proven to be a liar....not that it matters in this case.
I hope once all is said & done Nifong does not become the poster boy for the South.
The fat lady might not be singing yet, but I think she is warming up, LOL!
You left out....one of the rapists, during the act, gave his ATM card to someone to go use to supply him an alibi.
I just saw Crystals ex on Fox....he said she wouldn't lie. So, there you are. It happened just like you said!
ROFL
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