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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.
OMG...........just too funny! Will she have one shoe off?
Oh my, why would you do that to yourself?...ha
Glad to do it, RWM.
Okay, my parents just left and I'm trying to get caught up.
Is this right:
Nifong distributed some discovery reports to defense attorneys. The reports do not show evidence of rape but do show she had sex with a man whose semen is on DNA record with the police department but doesn't match anyone on the lacrosse team.
Have I missed anything else important?
Speaking of Durham officials ... anyone heard for Durham Police Chief Chalmers lately?
I forgot -- she's not on tonight. MSNBC goes to rerun tonight.
Nifong lied when he said there were no vaginal swabs taken.
He leaked the report Wednesday. Cheshire got it 5:02 today.
Your guess is as good as mine STARWISE. This has to be the weirdest case or rather non-case I have ever followed.
H... the Duke after action report says 12:41, but the motion by the defense for Nifong to recuse himself says she made the call at 12:53. That claim is in a section of the pleading that the defense attorneys say are stipulated as agreed on facts by both sides...
I think the Duke report that the call was at 12:41 may be a boo boo...
That's exactly what I had in mind!
"Where has xo been? I still do not understand the need for posting in riddle."
I don't know where xo's been, but IMO he/she knew something. Too many references to what already has taken place. I've gone back to xoxoxox posts by searching for "user," and I've read them over and over. I just can't figure out the chess stuff. I was frustrated about the riddles, too. But xo always said follow the DNA, posted the article about determining the race thru DNA, and said it's someone higher-up. That's why I said before that I feel whomever had sex with her before she was swabbed was a black official. Then again, xo could have meant that they (police/DA) were covering for her because she was the mistress/escort/lover of someone higher up.
Just were is OakOak?
We'll have to watch Greta...Geoffrey Fieger should be good tonight...
After all the stuff we've all talked about on this thread, including SNOT, I'm sure it didn't offend anybody!
To: Howlin; All
Second set of DNA results returned
(snip)
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.
(unsnip)
358 posted on 05/12/2006 6:18:10 PM EDT by TexKat
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The NBP's have moved on, I am sure, to their next group of unsuspecting suck....I mean victims!
Who was it that said something about it could have been vomit, based on those two skanks.
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