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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.
Well, some guys were there who aren't on the team as well.
The search warrant says 5 fingernails were taken from the house. So 5 fingernails were supposedly lost in this struggle and only one has "material" under/on it?
Why only 5 nails anyway?
Why would gang-rapists leave these 5 fingernails when it is so easy to get rid of them?
I agree and I am not a lawyer, but doesn't the prosecutor have the obligation to show they come from the woman in question, if they want to introduce it into evidence?
Well, the defense says the nails were not used.
I think the nails weren't used. I think it might have been an unused set of 5 nails.
I would think so. And if they don't have HER DNA on them then how would he do so?
Which I think is easily proved if they are clear of any adhesive residue. If they were unused then the "scratching and clawing at the attacker" scenario goes out the window.
She threw them at them.
Just saw Susan Filan hosting the Abrams report with a new woman judge insisting this is damning DNA evidence.
Why stop there? I suggest one of the lacrosse team captains likes to dress up!
Why not, it's just as plausable as Reade being serviced while calling his girl friend?
Now we need a picture that shows him outside sitting on the stoop at 12:10....except as chief resident, I suppose he considered it his duty to get "Mother of the Year" out of his house.
Why not, it's just as plausable as Reade being serviced while calling his girl friend?
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We have a presidential example that this is certainly possible if not plausible. But the DA must convince a jury that he was calling his girlfriend while forcing sex on someone. I would think that forcing sex on someone scratching and screaming and fighting would more fully occupy one than being serviced.
Man! Nifong has some reinforced genitals to base his future on this case. He'd best be certain he can pull this off or he's toast. The only thing he can do if it goes any further is drag his feet until the accused go nutz and take a plea. He has nothing. Absolutely nothing!
Alert!!! Nifong is distributing the results of the DNA tests to the defense team right now!
Only if it is true. No need to risk your credibility in this case. This case is overflowing with reasonable doubt. The jury pool is a little scary though.
Tell us what your local news reports!
I thought in an earlier article Nifong IMPLIED there were multiple deposits of semen in her or on her and because they were mixed it was difficult to separate out. And the implication, was that's why the results weren't conclusive to any one person. If it wasnt an article, it was an interview. He said something in regards to the defense is only sharing part of the DNA results. This was shortly after the election.
At 5pm on a Friday! How convenient.
Holey-Schmoley!! Let us know what you hear???
If the nails were in the boys' bathroom, then of course there could be DNA on the nails. Press on nails have sticky stuff don't they?
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