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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.
"I want to know if the false accuser mentioned that fall to LE or the nurse examiner, or whether all the outward injuries noted in the SANE report were attributed to the faux sexual assault."
I agree with you. I doubt that she admitted that her injuries were due to falls, previous beatings or rough encounters with customers. Also, the vaginal trauma or tears that the SANE nurse and the media reported, would coincide with the accuser's occupation. The SANE nurse didn't know her occupation at the time....thus the report.
I heard the team volunteered their DNA. Is that incorrect?
I do believe you're right!
I'll bet they all submitted to "Private" lie detector tests to satisfy the defense attorneys, too. The defense attorneys DO NOT have to inform the DA of this.
College students are normally like good soldiers...it's a buddy system...and they'll help each other out despite any of the competiveness or problems between them.
Eggzactly!
Is this what you want?
Posted by maggief to toldyou
On General/Chat 04/29/2006 10:36:59 AM PDT · 1,392 of 1,650
http://www.eghs.com/MediaLaw/open_meetings/articles/mn-jan03PoliceChief.htm
Police Chief Search Proves Importance of Openness
By Hugh Stevens
September 2002
EXCERPT
Chalmers, the favorite of his Durham police colleagues and a majority of the city council members, apparently was eliminated in early August when the Oldani Group, the search firm hired by the city, raised questions about his truthfulness. Oldani officials said that Chalmers had denied ever having been "arrested or convicted," but that he in fact had been arrested in 1982 on assault charges filed by his former wife, from whom he subsequently was divorced. Chalmers said he had misunderstood the question as asking whether he had been "arrested and convicted," and he had answered "no" because his wife had dropped the assault charge.
Seems the "prior sexual history" limitation will be overlooked since DNA from another person is in the new report. How can that be overlooked? Once that report is introduced, shouldn't the source of that DNA become fair game for the defense?
Is that "tears" as in crying or "tears" as in ripped.
This article gives a small look into how Duke reaches out the the Durham community:
http://www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2006/04/04/Columns/The-Real.Face.Of.Duke.University-1779279.shtml?norewrite200605131234&sourcedomain=www.dukechronicle.com
Did not.
What is a pimp be charged with? Solicitation?
If you were at CourtTV, why are they still talking about the moustache?
"Is that "tears" as in crying or "tears" as in ripped."
HA! Both!
"To tell the truth" is not what the oath says: It says to tell the truth, the WHOLE truth and nothing but the truth. It was written that way for a very particular reason.
What is a pimp be charged with?
should be
What is a pimp charged with?
DUH!
Actually,I think it should be
A pimp would be charged with what crime?
but we are in chat and I don't care.
What is the actual evidence that no player had a moustache?
If prostitution is illegal, then how is it that some 30 Escort Agencies listed publicly in the Durham phone book have not been shut down? Is their euphonistic name enough to protect them from prosecution?
The girls names are not put in the newspaper. They put the mens names. Hysteria went through our office when the son of one of the bosses was listed.
Duke Lacross players are not permitted to have mustaches...rule.
...vaginal tears along with, "The white boys raped me boohoo tears." Academy award nominee. We've had two..Kim Roberts and the accuser.
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