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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.
He works odd hours, I think.
So vaginal swabs were taken, semen was found and it doesn't match the DNA of any of the players? Is that right?
I wonder if that explains whey the first DNA report by the SBI didnt' find anything...
Very well could be ...
I haven't completely dismissed xo's posts, and have also reread the posts a few times.
LOL...if it is his DNA..he is running for the border.....(just wanted to slip in some reverse immigration humor)
Joe Cheshire said flat out that he had had it for a couple of days because they admitted that they had leaked it to the press.
Yep--He even got a good slap at Nancy Grace!
Oh my...and with Mothers Day coming up...what a gift a bronzed statue of that would make.
Just where is Waldo Chalmers? ;)
LOL.
(FGS, don't say "borders" on this thread!)
Cheshire also said she IDed guys that even in Durham. He said the fingernail was handed to the police by the guys in the house who had also placed it in the trashcan. He kept asking the press to reread her discription of the brutal rape that left no dna,lubricant, etc. He also accused Nifong of race baiting and not cooperating with the defense as well as leaking to the press.
Nifong: "Send it no earlier than 5:00 pm. We'll continue to control the spin with help from MSM. Even the non-LAX semen can't outplay fake fingernails if Nancy Grace is spinning for us."
He never thought defense would hold an 8:00 pm news conference. Then again, he's had a 20 year career in traffic court in downtown Durham.
I just hate it when I agree with Geoffrey.
Oh, of all nights to have had company. I've missed a lot.
Maggie - is it on the forum you told me about that someone has posted something about covering for the stripper because maybe she was/is the mistress of someone in authority?
Yes indeed.
Cheshire drew blood tonight and I loved every minute of it.
You mean I don't get the hijack award?? These are the only threads I can read that don't mention it!
You mean weren't in Durham? She ID'd guys who were not in Durham at the time of the non-attack? OMG
And Cheshire lost his temper and gave it to Nifong on public tv. I'd almomst travel to NC to see this.
Gosh, wasn't me Peach ... BUT DO ping me when you find out. :)
I'm happy with these threads stuck back here in Chat.
They have a holiday thread for the Duke lacrosse case. However, I was surprised to see that the Natalee Holloway thread is already longer! What's the obsession with that case?
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