Duke Lacrosse DNA: Mystery Man Revealed (Accuser's Boyfriend!!!)

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.

To Raebie: Wow. Thanks to your question, I've learned a ton about who really runs the shop in Durham; how, and why.

"The History Factory" + "Duke" comes up a lot. Apparently interns at Duke.. and the following article (dated June 1, 2005) which no where has the word Duke in it. Snips:

"John Boyd, the president of National Black Farmers Association, said his group has been picketing and lobbying Wachovia and other banking giants for eight years, urging them to investigate and acknowledge their historical involvement with the slave trade. "

"Similar ordinances have been passed in other cities, including Philadelphia, and a North Carolina House committee approved a bill this spring that would require companies that want to do business with state government to disclose any past financial links to slavery.

That measure has been bottled up in the Rules Committee for nearly two months. If the measure does not pass the House by Thursday, it cannot be considered again until 2007. " --end snips

Oh my. I didn't know Capitol Broadcasting Group is parent owner of WRAL. And that in 2000, Capitol Group to put forward a huge amount to renovate the American Tobacco Building, that Duke had leased space, but that some "residents" were complaining about having to help fund the parking spaces.

snip--"Opposition included strongly worded comments from Lavonia Allison, chairwoman of the influential Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People. She urged the council to find a way to pay for American Tobacco without raising taxes. " ---end snip

Hmm. Who is Lavonia Allison???

Even IndyMedia is reporting that the township of Durham, police, sherriffs, etc are intimidated by Black Racialist/Activist Lavonia Allison. And that she runs slumships and intimidates and terrorizes any of the tenants who complain. Snips:

"Dunbar, founded by Allison's father, C.J. Ingram, is still heralded in city tourism literature as a keystone of Durham's historic "Black Wall Street" district. The company provided homes for roughly 300 families, a clientele made up of low- to moderate-income African Americans in neighborhoods adjacent to the NCCU campus.

(MY NOTE: A LOT in the article about how awfully Lavonia deals with her tenants. Scary woman. And a lot from locals -- none of whom dares to cross her.)

For a 10 percent commission, the company managed rental homes for hundreds of individual property owners--including some prominent black Durhamites. According to county land records, Dunbar's principals also amassed several dozen properties in the company's name over the years, and under the individual names of Allison; her mother, Bernice Ingram (who has since died but is still listed as the owner of 17 properties); and her husband, F.V. "Pete" Allison. The company also bought and sold buildings and vacant lots, and participated in low-interest loan programs offered by the city for rehabilitating deteriorated houses. "

Whitmore also told investigators that his predecessor in the city housing inspections department was "relieved of his duties" because he "was scared of Lavonia Allison and did not stand up to her," according to commission records.

The two institutions that have shaped her life--Dunbar Realty and the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People--were born in 1935, five years after Allison. She grew up in the black Durham neighborhood of Hayti, amid middle-class professionals who included the early leaders of what was then known as the Durham Committee on Negro Affairs, as well as the founders and leaders of such key institutions as North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co. and NCCU.

Dunbar, founded by Allison's father, C.J. Ingram, is still heralded in city tourism literature as a keystone of Durham's historic "Black Wall Street" district. The company provided homes for roughly 300 families, a clientele made up of low- to moderate-income African Americans in neighborhoods adjacent to the NCCU campus

On Jan. 22, 1996, Allison, then a member of the NCCU Board of Trustees, visited law school Dean Percy Luney to complain about the two student tenants, suggesting they were practicing law without a license. --end snips

The local NAACP just gave its "humanitarian of the year to Lavonia. snip:

"The North Raleigh Hilton (3415 Wake Forest Road in nRaleigh, NC 27609) is the site for the 22nd Annual NC NAACP Humanitarian of the Year Banquet. Long time community advocate and statewide leader, Dr. Lavonia Allison, who is the current president of the Durham nCommittee on the Affairs of Black People will be awarded the 2006 NC NAACP nHumanitarian Award. . Recently appointed nJustice Patricia Timmons-Goodson, the first African-American woman to serve on nthe NC State Supreme Court will present the Humanitarian Award to Dr. Allison"--end snip

On April 22, 2006, Lavonia and the Committee on the Affairs of Black People -- gave the thumbs up to Keith BISHOP (not Nifong).

HEY, xoxox.. confirm for me please that I have gotten your cryptic message. Okay?

More On Lavonia, and now with Cynthia McKinney.

January 25, 2005... here we go... snips:

"In the spirit of the civil rights era, black people must forge a new political vision," Cynthia McKinney, D-Ga., told members of the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People on Sunday.

McKinney was the keynote speaker for the Durham Committee's annual meeting at White Rock Baptist Church. The organization, one of Durham's most influential and venerable political groups, is beginning its 70th year.

Facts thus uncovered, she said, included that on Sept. 10, 2001, top military generals canceled flights, that in July 2001, then-Attorney General John Ashcroft stopped flying on commercial flights and that in the following month Bush was warned that terrorists were poised to strike. "And then our president went fishing," McKinney said. Her letter to a Saudi prince about injustices and social barriers faced by black men in the United States prompted some to question her loyalty to her country. But that criticism ignored that "George Bush and a Saudi prince were business partners," she said. She said she was angered that, "in typical American fashion, the point was missed and the facts ignored," in her letter. McKinney drew her biggest applause when she faulted "the corporate media and Uncle Toms" for not truly representing black Americans' plight.

--end snips

Inside NCCU LAW school, 2005***

Mayor Bell comes up a lot in connection with Lavonia.

Does anyone recall Crystal's mother's name? Was it Elmira?

Allison, Lavonia I. — of Durham, Durham County, N.C. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 2000, 2004. Still living as of 2004.

Howlin was right Nifong needed this case in order to push himself over Keith Bishop.

"Oh, Kimberly doesn't get it; she thinks that the nails mean 2 more players will indicted."

So, 2 nails were tested and one came back partially matching some of the DNA profile of Mr Mustache and the other nail had DNA partially matching a 4th lacrosse player.
A player apparently never identified or mentioned by the " false accuser ."
This would validate the defense theory that while the nails remained in the garbage for 5 days, they picked up all kinds of DNA from all kinds of people.
Speaking of nails- my wife is in minute 90 of our press on nail experiment. She bought press on nails and has been just going about normal activities for a quiet Saturday evening.
So far, with only light washing of some glasses- 8 nails are loose and one has fallen off completely.
It flew off when she knocked it against a bottle of water in the refrigerator.
If the FA had been in a violent, clawing, choke hold struggle, as demonstrated by Nifong-all the nails should have been either on the bathroom floor or flipped upright, like a car hood.
The glue is just not strong enough to hold them securely for normal activities, let alone a struggle. I'm sure the defense has the photos enlarged and knows all this.
Interestingly- blobs of the glue, a rubber cement like substance, remain on the natural nail.
I would assume that when the FA's nails were tested for DNA, the tester would have noted the remnants of tacky glue on her natural nails.
The directions are telling -they are very fragile.
" Avoid prolonged contact with water."
" Firmly press nails throughout the day ( particularly after washing hands ).
" After bathing, nails may feel loose.Use hair dryer to dry them out."
"Nails are easy to take off after a shower !"

Partial DNA Matches Raise More Questions, Answer Few In Duke Lacrosse Case

POSTED: 6:46 pm EDT May 13, 2006
UPDATED: 7:28 pm EDT May 13, 2006

DURHAM, N.C. -- Defense attorneys say there's no conclusive link between DNA evidence and members of the Duke lacrosse team after a second round of tests. While they consider the results definitive, what do the tests really show?

The report report on the second round of DNA testing that was released to defense attorneys late Friday by District Attorney Mike Nifong says DNA from multiple members of the Duke lacrosse team was found on a press-on fingernail worn by the accuser -- an exotic dancer who performed at a March 13 team party in Durham -- and discarded in the bathroom. However, defense attorneys said the report only contained partial matches to the players' DNA.

When a DNA test is run, technicians compare different segments on the DNA. A partial match means that parts of the DNA tested are too blurry to make a conclusive match, but the other parts match so perfectly that the person cannot be ruled out.

According to defense attorney Karl Knudsen, who is not connected to the Duke lacrosse case, the report establishes little.

“The actual results were a little bit unclear,” said Knudsen. “There’s DNA, and there’s DNA. If the DNA had been semen identified to a particular player, that would conclusively establish two things. One, that there was sex, and two, that there was a particular player that participated.”

But Knudsen said the DNA could be anything ranging from dandruff to saliva, and that it could be just as compatible with guilt as it is with innocence.

Defense attorneys involved in the case say that the fingernail was found in a trash can, along with cotton swabs, tissue, toilet paper and other items that would carry the DNA of people who used the bathroom.

According to defense attorneys, a key point the report makes is that the accuser had sex with another man who was not a Duke lacrosse player. However, Knudsen said that it could be a little less relevant to the case if the unidentified male is a person known to the accuser, because that might mean that the DNA had been there five to six days prior to the alleged incident.

A grand jury has charged sophomores Reade Seligmann, of Essex Fells, N.J., and Collin Finnerty, of Garden City, N.Y., with rape, kidnapping and sexual assault.

Nifong is expected to use the results from the second round of DNA testing as he brings his case against another Duke lacrosse player before a grand jury on Monday.

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