Mangum had three weeks to look at all the pictures. They were plastered all over Durham, including in the newspaper.
If the similar DNA on the ONE fingernail is from someone who lived in the house, I don't think it's much help......except for getting an indictment. I also think the results were probably no different than the first test. Nifong is just spinning the result differently.
The adhesive strip would pick up anything it came in contact with in the trash.
If they were in the trash or on the floor, and a person living there had reason to believe they could become trouble if he was scratched during an attack on Mangum, he would have flushed them!!!!
A nail with DNA in a dirty old bathroom basket is not DNA from under her fingernails. It's simply not the same thing.
AND, if your nails fell off, that means you stop scratching?? If she said she scratched them when they examined her, swabs would have would have been taken at that time. She still had her own nails. Wonder how long THEY are??
Where's HER DNA all over the rug....Hair, clothing fibers, her body fluids?? Rape doesn't stop mother nature.