Joe Cheshire, a defense attorney for Duke University lacrosse players at the center of a rape investigation, said the latest tests show no conclusive match to any of the lacrosse players' DNA. (ABC News
Posted on 05/13/2006 9:30:51 AM PDT by SkyPilot
May 13, 2006 — The second round of DNA test results in the Duke University rape investigation show "no conclusive match'' to any lacrosse players, defense attorneys said, but a vaginal swab of the alleged rape victim produced DNA from a "single male source'' — a man not on the lacrosse team who did not attend a March 13 party that was the site of the alleged rape.
Joe Cheshire, a defense attorney for Duke University lacrosse players at the center of a rape investigation, said the latest tests show no conclusive match to any of the lacrosse players' DNA. (ABC News
Defense attorney Joe Chesire declined to identify the mystery man or his connection to the alleged victim, but ABC News' Law and Justice Unit has learned that the unnamed source of the DNA is the alleged victim's "boyfriend," according to her mother.
ABC News is withholding the name of the man because he is apparently not a target of the investigation. Records indicate that Durham, N.C., police gave the "boyfriend'' a cheek swab to collect DNA on May 3, ABC News' Law and Justice Unit has learned exclusively.
It is unclear if or how the first DNA tests missed what appears to be the only foreign genetic material found on the alleged victim's body, defense attorneys said. Two Duke lacrosse players were indicted more than two weeks before the cheek swab was taken from the "boyfriend."
It is also unclear whether the alleged victim had sex with the "boyfriend" the night she claims to have been raped by three Duke lacrosse players. DNA experts tell ABC News that genetic traces of semen can remain in the body up to six days after intercouse.
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ABC, Chris Cuomo: At every step we've seen the actual evidence because otherwise we don't know if we're being played.
I suppose she's not getting as many clients these days!!
What is he talking about, heard that there would be a plea arranged on Friday?
Chris: We heard there was going to be a pre-arrest on Friday; didn't happen. Following the pattern, maybe someone in the prosecutor's office is saying let's try something different.
Oh - like maybe charging a guilty person. That would be different.
The reporting is appalling, isn't it?
hehe! Yes.
What is he talking about, there is NO HAIR.................NO HAIR............Cheshire said that they hadn't heard a word about ANY hair.
Gosh, they are horrible.
What the hell is a "pre-arrest?"
Did you hear him say that when they found out about the BF HE was worried that it would prejudice the case?????
Maybe something like a pre-teen dance? Their behavior fits..
Older boy lost because there were no subs. He's mad. Younger boy won by 10-2. Next week we play at home. We wear Duke lacrosse shirts to every game. Lots of sympathy in the lacrosse world!
Ms. Guilfoil thinks we'll have to let the science decide the truth. [E'hem....4 rape claims and only the boyfriend's DNA is found. That's the science speaking]
Why do I watch these people.
Cuomo says he doesn't think there'll be an indictment Monday. Meadows disagrees. Cuomo and Kimberly suggest that Nifong may use the complaint procedure rather than the grand jury.
Now does anyone -- other than these two -- really believe that Nifong is going to want to prove probable cause to a judge and have the defense respond in a courtroom? No way that's gonna happen.
OMG, my head is going to explode!
The magic condom and broomstick theory. Didn't the AV say she was rape with "penis"?
"all the evidence is not out yet...wait til MOnday...defense is very confident..."
I really don't know why we watch them either...train wreck?
Swanks, can we be this wrong? I don't agree with one word they said.
Can we ALL be this wrong?
Please tell me it's them.
There is no probable cause hearing in NC anyway.
Color them clueless.
Yes. Yes, she did.
Penis.
My head hurts.
One thing that sticks with me- the young men have said right from the beginning- not only was there no rape- but there was no consensual sex either. They aren't trying to cover their tracks ...
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