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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.
He'll be disbarred. The DA's job is not the same as an ordinary attorney in a case.
"Who would be in a DNA database, of not for prior criminal activity?"
Wouldn't members of the police department be in the database so that if they're investigating a crime, their found DNA could be eliminated just in case they accidently contaminated the evidence?
I'm not an investigator, but that just makes sense to me.
Finnerty's lawyer was quiet last night. I heard he is not one to talk about cases, but with all of the "Ace up Nifong's sleeve" talk, I can't help but wonder, does he have 4 Aces up his sleeve?
Your remark is a measure of just how bad the trial might be -- not a fair one for any -- with such attitudes of divisiveness on both sides.
conditions such as lacerations with uncontrolled bleeding requiring sutures, vaginal bleeding, loss of consciousness, altered consciousness, drug or alcohol intoxication are among the conditions that may require the urgent attention of the ED physician.
(My bolding.)
You're more than welcome.
What the hell do you think ALL this is about? Appeasement; pandering.
Bernie on her panel described the information as "volcanic."
1. What has the university done that makes you think they need to get their own house in order?
I've yet to see any activity take place among players that doesn't take place at any university in the country, i.e., drinking and boys hiring strippers. It's practically a rite of passage.
2. Diviseness on both sides? One of the players has a rock solid alibi, in case you haven't noticed. Should his name be smeared and his defense attorneys say nothing?
3. The University suspended the entire season of play and the two indicted players from school. How is that fair? There is supposed to be a presumption of innocence in this country.
4. The stripper/hooker has lied before and made false allegations. She's changed her story multiple times to the police. Her family has changed their story multiple times.
Oh, the trial will be bad alright. Just not for the people you want it to be bad for.
Oh, I bet you are right!
They and the best legal team in the world have little chance for a fair trial, unless DUKE does its part and in a major way.
I have the most basic and probably stupid question.
Didn't Nifong say there was no semen found in the stripper? Isn't that how we got the mantra from the Rape Nazis that "70% of rape cases are tried without DNA or semen"?
Duke is acting like a bunch of weak kneeded Anderson Cooper types.
They have done NOTHING for the players, except suspend them.
I'm thinking they are going to be in a LOT of trouble with their alumni.
And has ANYone heard blacks condemning their 'sister' for bringing all this trouble to Durham?
Nifong never said anything at all about it; it was the defense team who said nothing was found "on, in, or about her."
And they said that in the first presser and again last night.
I think they got slammed on the vaginal swab.
You're absolutely right. The Detectives do give samples as a control and I'm sure the entire force have their DNA on file for identification purposes and background check.
Thanks
Didya get your washer fixed?? Remember the wonderful smell of getting into bed with clothesline dried sheets??
How do you feel about Duke permitting only WHITE players to have their DNA extracted?
If only blacks had to submit DNA for a case, there would be hell to pay from the race baiters in this country.
I know the accuser said it was white boys who raped her, but she's said a lot of things a lot of times. None of which have ever panned out.
Sometime back a freeper posted a link about a sex scandal in the 90's involving the Durham police dept. Do you or anyone here have that link, and could that be how the sperm donor was "well known" by the police?
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