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Rape Accuser Had Photo ID'd Possible DNA Match
NBC CHANNEL 17 ^ | 5/11/06

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.


TOPICS: Local News; Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: daysofourlives; duke; dukelax; durham; thedukesaga
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To: Carolinamom
Aren't they putting up some kind of statue on the NCCU campus commemorating her?

OMG...........just too funny! Will she have one shoe off?

841 posted on 05/12/2006 6:34:26 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: Howlin

Oh my, why would you do that to yourself?...ha


842 posted on 05/12/2006 6:34:27 PM PDT by Rheo
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To: RightWingMama

Glad to do it, RWM.


843 posted on 05/12/2006 6:34:43 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: STARWISE

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?


844 posted on 05/12/2006 6:34:48 PM PDT by Peach
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To: Rheo

Speaking of Durham officials ... anyone heard for Durham Police Chief Chalmers lately?


845 posted on 05/12/2006 6:34:55 PM PDT by maggief (and the dessert cart rolls on ...)
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To: Rheo

I forgot -- she's not on tonight. MSNBC goes to rerun tonight.


846 posted on 05/12/2006 6:35:09 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: Peach

Nifong lied when he said there were no vaginal swabs taken.

He leaked the report Wednesday. Cheshire got it 5:02 today.


847 posted on 05/12/2006 6:36:41 PM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: STARWISE
SO -- if she had sex before she went there, Nifong is going to indict THAT person too?

Your guess is as good as mine STARWISE. This has to be the weirdest case or rather non-case I have ever followed.

848 posted on 05/12/2006 6:36:55 PM PDT by TexKat
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To: Howlin
I think she called 911 either in the yard or as she left. The latest thing I read said the 911 call was at 12:41 a.m.

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...

849 posted on 05/12/2006 6:37:05 PM PDT by darbymcgill
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To: Howlin; Carolinamom
Can't you see this bronzed?


850 posted on 05/12/2006 6:37:05 PM PDT by maggief (and the dessert cart rolls on ...)
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To: Carolinamom; Howlin
If I were a lawyer I would return to Durham and to try to find someway to get on the ballot to run against Nifong.
851 posted on 05/12/2006 6:37:20 PM PDT by Perdogg (entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem)
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To: Carolinamom; Howlin
If I were a lawyer I would return to Durham and to try to find someway to get on the ballot to run against Nifong.
852 posted on 05/12/2006 6:37:21 PM PDT by Perdogg (entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem)
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To: maggief

That's exactly what I had in mind!


853 posted on 05/12/2006 6:37:26 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: maggief

"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.


854 posted on 05/12/2006 6:38:05 PM PDT by toldyou
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To: Howlin

Just were is OakOak?


855 posted on 05/12/2006 6:38:12 PM PDT by TexKat
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To: Howlin

We'll have to watch Greta...Geoffrey Fieger should be good tonight...


856 posted on 05/12/2006 6:38:50 PM PDT by mystery-ak (Army Wife and Army Mother.....toughest job in the military)
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To: TommyDale

After all the stuff we've all talked about on this thread, including SNOT, I'm sure it didn't offend anybody!


857 posted on 05/12/2006 6:39:08 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: TexKat

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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858 posted on 05/12/2006 6:39:58 PM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: txrangerette

The NBP's have moved on, I am sure, to their next group of unsuspecting suck....I mean victims!


859 posted on 05/12/2006 6:40:13 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: Howlin

Who was it that said something about it could have been vomit, based on those two skanks.


860 posted on 05/12/2006 6:40:26 PM PDT by TommyDale (North Carolina looks forward to the disbarring of Mike Nifong.)
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