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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.
That's all the news has now; he just gave them the reports right before 5 p.m., and it's not a written report, it's data........but WRAL and ABC11 say that "sources" say it links the 3rd player.
http://www.wral.com/news/9208766/detail.html
Second Round Of DNA Results Released To Attorneys In Duke Case
POSTED: 5:26 pm EDT May 12, 2006
UPDATED: 5:52 pm EDT May 12, 2006
DURHAM, N.C. -- District Attorney Mike Nifong began distributing a second round of DNA test results to defense attorneys in the Duke lacrosse investigation late Friday afternoon.
As reported Thursday, the results show a partial DNA match with one of the lacrosse players who has not yet been charged.
The private lab tested finger nails, hair samples and other pieces of possible evidence. The report has scientific data, which defense attorneys began reading Friday afternoon to determine if there are any other matches involving the alleged rape of an exotic dancer at a lacrosse party. Defense attorneys said the first round of DNA results did not show a match.
Two players, Colin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann, have been indicted in the investigation.
The grand jury is scheduled to meet Monday, and Nifong will likely seek the indictment of the third suspect with the new report.
In addition to the Rape Jackets, they of course had a Rape Dropcloth.
Thanks
Susan Filan hosting for Dan. It was sad. Yale was explaining that DNA on a press on nail found in a trash can is a far cry from Dna found in the girl. Susan yelled broomstick broomstick!
A partial match is not a match. It's 13 markers or nothing.
Was that on at the very first.........did I miss it on the rerun?
LOL!
Thanks
NiFong isn't certified to be human....where can he be sent?
Nope coming up next
They're called rape hoodies...Get with it! It's 2006!!
It is almost as if the boys have a "rape kit" which, in this case, is essential for the professional rapist to do a thorough job.
I want to see where this leaked "90%" number comes from and whether it lasts the night.
This case is just breathtaking.
Now, do misdemeanor warrants expire after two years, or is the statute of limitations on misdemeanors two years? Those are two entirely different things. In some states, warrants don't expire, period.
SF is having fantasies about broomsticks....that's sick
Sorry, I forgot we have the missing woman story first!
She must be pricing them because the lease is up on her current one.
LOL
From staff reports DURHAM — The results of a second round of DNA tests on evidence in the Duke University rape investigation were returned to the district attorney and defense lawyers this afternoon. Both the defense and prosecution declined to discuss what the report reveals.
District Attorney Mike Nifong said he picked up the complete report on the DNA tests today from a private laboratory, LabCorp, located in Alamance County.
“The test results were given to me personally in Burlington today,” he said.
The tests were ordered on evidence gathered from the house at 610 N. Buchanan Blvd., where a hired escort claims she was raped by three members of the Duke lacrosse team. A rape kit was also taken from the woman who made the report, and DNA samples and other identifying evidence were taken from 46 members of the lacrosse team.
Another series of DNA tests was executed at a laboratory of the State Bureau of Investigation and those results were released to the district attorney’s office April 10. According to defense attorneys, those results showed no DNA was found in or on the woman who said she was raped.
I am not so sure there will be a press conference by the defense now that the case has entered into the court via indictments.
The AV forgot to mention anything about the sodomy when she was going throuh her very credible lineup.
Now we're going to arrest a guy with a mustache who doesn't really have a mustache! But of course she's credible... Her ID three weeks later must take into account her post traumatic syndrome. We'll hear experts tell us all about women who see imaginary facial hair when they're stressed.
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