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Posted on 05/11/2006 9:17:59 PM PDT by TexKat
DURHAM, N.C. -- A Duke lacrosse player whose DNA may match tissue found under the fake fingernails of an exotic dancer who claims she was raped was identified in a photo lineup with 90 percent certainty, sources tell NBC-17.
The Durham Herald-Sun reported Thursday tissue found under the accuser's acrylic fingernail came from the same genetic pool and was "consistent" with the bodily makeup of one of 46 lacrosse players who gave DNA samples for testing.
The paper cites several sources and said scientists also ruled out a possible match with any of the other 45 students, according to the sources.
If accurate, the fingernail tissue match would offer the first DNA evidence potentially linking the dancer and an alleged attacker.
But because a complete DNA pattern was not obtained from the tissue, it was not possible to match it with the nearly 100 percent certainty that DNA results usually offer, the sources added.
90 Percent Certainty
Now, NBC-17 has learned that the player is not one of the two already accused in the case -- Reade Seligmann, of Essex Fells, N.J., and Collin Finnerty, of Garden City, N.Y. He is, however, a player that the alleged rape victim picked out in a police lineup with 90 percent certainty.
The 27-year-old North Carolina Central University student told police she was beaten and raped by three lacrosse players while she performed at a March 13 team party. She said she clawed at the players in an effort to fight them off.
Never Applied?
Defense attorneys claim, however, that nothing about the reported possible DNA match means anything to the case if you look at the type of fingernails, where they were found, and if you look at a picture of the accuser's hand shortly after she arrived at the party.
According to defense attorneys, police found four stick-on acrylic fingernails in a trashcan at 610 Buchanan Street, the house where the party took place. The tissue connected to the possible DNA match was found under one of those fingernails.
But defense attorneys said the third player accused lived at the house and it is no surprise that trace amounts of his DNA could be found inside his own trashcan. They also said they don't believe the type of fingernails that were found -- the kind that are applied with an adhesive strip -- actually ripped off during an attack. They don't believe the fingernails were ever applied and they say they have pictures to prove it.
NBC-17 has seen a picture of the dancer's hand at the house when she performed her dance routine. It appears that long, fake fingernails were on some of her fingers in that photo, but not all of them.
Other photos show what defense lawyers believe is red fingernail polish on the walls of the house and on the railing outside the house. They believe the accuser was painting and applying her nails while at the party.
Defense attorneys admit that none of them have seen the DNA report the Herald Sun article is based upon, but they said if District Attorney Mike Nifong has the DNA report, their clients are entitled to see it.
Accuser's Father Responds
The accuser's father called reports of a DNA break in the case long overdue.
"I wasn't surprised to hear that. I feel like we should have learned it before," he said.
Kim Roberts, another dancer who performed at the party where the alleged attack took place, paid an emotional visit to the accuser's parents on Thursday.
"It was real emotional -- she was crying, my wife was crying. She said that she was sorry she left (outside) the house before my daughter did," the accuser's father said.
Authorities said they would know what the DNA shows by early next week.
My guess is the press got partial, and mostly misleading, leaks. The written report came today, but the DA has been on the phone with the lab.
I bet Nifong didn't leak he whole report. Why would he? He only leaked a small portion that sorta implicated a player (the one with no mustache- the bald Pancho Villa).
I'm still partial to SNapper Garrison.
A lot of people are still holding out for that one guy to "come clean" and tell us what "really happened."
If Nifong DOES go forward w/the indictment of a 3rd player and proceeds w/a trial, the NC Lawyers' Association should seriously consider condemning him and recommending that he be disbarred.
"I'm sure Nifong had the semen donor arrested recently."
Fur SURE! :)
If I was the distributor she would not have gotten a copy. Lol, I would have made sure of that. :)
By that Friday!
It was the week that the first indictments came down.
Yes, they did.
"Why would anyone else be tested unless it was her boyfriend?"
they tested the vaginal sample profile and a;mpst certainly then ran the results thru the FBI database of criminal sexual offender DNA profiles.....unless she told them who she was boffin' recently and then they took an exemplar to confirm.......actually I'm hoping it was one of her clients with a sex criminal history........or that her pimp is one and the same, LOL.
At the presser standing were Butch Williams (captain Dan Flannery), Kerry Sutton (captain Matt Zash). At the table were Wade Smith (Collin Finnerty), Joe Cheshire (Dave Evans) and Bill Cotter (Collin Finnerty).
Was the guy to the left of Butch Williams representing Reade Seligmann?
I can believe that about Nancy Disgrace.
I heard the entire press conference on WPTF 680, during my beer run to Roxboro earlier tonight. Conclusion is that Nifong still has no case.
This actually tells a lot. IF something happened with 40 people milling about, someone would have cracked by now.
And, dufus Nifong, if he had anything, would have played that card by now against LAX, with some success. Who would want to be charged as an accomplice in the heat of this mess? Someone would have caved by now if there was a crime.
There is an assistant professor at Duke with that name among others. I'm still searching.
And you notice that they didn't find anything aobut a PUBIC HAIR.
LOL!
But we have the DPD detectives going aruond to the press, showing them pictures of the players, asking "Do you know if this guy was at the party?"
DUH.
I don't think the press got the written report. I think they got sold down the river.
"Oh, Alan is still holding on..."
Alan is a eunuch.......the feminazis and PC have totally sissified him in every way
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