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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No matter, she still looks like bad news . . . those hard, predatory eyes.
Yes I get it now....a baby.
Color me stupid.
lol
"Also Wednesday, a judge rescheduled the next court appearance of one of the two players charged with rape, kidnapping and sexual assault."
"Collin Finnerty was set to appear with co-defendant Reade Seligmann on May 18. Judge Ronald L. Stephens moved Finnerty's hearing to mid-June after defense attorneys said the prosecution would not be able to complete evidence discovery by next week."
"The Honorable Ronald L. Stephens
Judge Stephens received his Juris Doctorate from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was appointed special Superior Court Judge in 1994 before being elected in 1995. Prior to serving on the Superior Court bench, Judge Stephens served as the District Attorney of Durham County, practiced law with his private firm of Pulley, Wainio, Stephens & Lambe, and also served as an U. S. Army Helicopter Pilot during the Vietnam War."
Vietnam vet - good; former boss of Nifong - not good; UNC grad - not good.
No Alia, I did not find a connection.
"Just a lucky guess on his part?"
Not IMO. xo not only told us to follow the DNA, but posted an article that said that race can be determined thru DNA. That's when I thought they found semen in her from a black guy, not the white LAX players. I think someone has known that all along....
There is a golden opportunity here for both Duke and Durham. But, just like it was Duke what made the first call that night, it's Duke job to lead the dance-a-deux.
Crystal registered to vote at her address and also at the Charles St address...within 10 days of each other...those dedicated Democrat voters.
We might just tease you for the next 20 posts!! OR you can change your screenname to "Lightbulb"!! :-)
Is "tates5a" the one suggesting that the mother introduced the stripper and the boyfriend, or is tates5a the cousin of the accuser?
If so, I find this curious and wondering if THIS might be the boyfriend, also former Durham PD:
Durham real estate agent charged
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Durham real estate agent charged; Police say he collected rents and deposits for clients and then kept the money for himself
BY JENNIFER STROM
from Mar. 16, 2005
Finding a home for the homeless
Execution 19 under Easley goes aheadM
More from Mar. 16, 2005...
A real estate agent and property manager has been accused of bilking clients out of about $22,000 in rental proceeds on low-income rental properties he managed in central Durham. Booker Tate of AT&G Associates is charged with four felony counts of obtaining property by false pretenses, according to the Durham County Sheriff's Office. Detective Sgt. Jeremiah Davis arrested Tate on Feb. 2 after a lengthy investigation. Tate remains out on $10,000 bond until trial, Davis said. Each of the four counts carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. The case is scheduled to go before a Durham County grand jury on Monday, March 21, he said.
The sheriff's department's investigation was prompted by information provided to the district attorney by the N.C. Real Estate Commission, the statewide regulatory agency that revoked Tate's professional license in August 2004. That move was the result of nearly three years of investigation that began after the Independent published an in-depth article about Dunbar Realty, which Tate took over from prominent Durham activist Lavonia Allison and renamed AT&G (www.indyweek.com/durham/2001-11-21/cover.html). After the article appeared in November 2001, Tate's clients began contacting state regulators to report problems with Allison's successor.
Acting on complaints from four clients, Real Estate Commission investigators determined that Tate and his partner Joseph Williams could not account for at least $35,000 and possibly as much as $100,000 in rent money that was paid by tenants but never reached the landlords. A March 2004 audit of the firm's books revealed its trust account--where security deposits and other business funds are supposed to be held--had dwindled to less than $4. The Real Estate Commission revoked Tate's and Williams' licenses last August (Independent Weekly, "State shuts down Durham real estate firm," Sept. 29, 2004, (www.indyweek.com/durham/2004-09-29/news.html).
Client Ann Henderson Brockenborough told state investigators that Tate owed her more than $11,000 in back rent on her family's four-plex on South Roxboro Street, according to commission records.
Sisters Pearl McAllister and Dora Green told investigators they had not been paid at least five months' rent on their properties on Dunstan and Sedgefield streets, a total of about $8,100, and that Tate had failed to transfer about $1,400 in security deposits when they hired a new property manager. A fourth client, Richard Belser, is owed about $2,500, according to Davis.
As the proprietor of AT&G, Tate had managed about 30 apartments and duplexes that rented for as low as $250 a month, according to commission and court records. Tate took over Dunbar's business in April 2000 from Allison, the chairwoman of the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People whose family started the company in 1935.
The phone at Tate's former Fayetteville Street office has been disconnected; he could not be reached for comment. Williams, a Durham Police Department employee who resigned from the firm in 2003, was not charged, Davis said.
Durham County court records show the four felony counts filed last month are not Tate's first brush with the law. He also has a history of traffic and misdemeanor criminal charges over the last two decades. Since 1983, he has been charged with 35 offenses, including three counts of writing worthless checks, one count of carrying a concealed weapon and several counts of driving with his license revoked.
Tate's legal problems also spill into civil court, where records show several similar complaints about his business practices where clients have sought court intervention to retrieve their money.
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The Durham PD did not believe the Accuser.
You are exactly right! Thank you very much for remembering this. (I remember when it came up and we'all went digging...)
Thank you, ladyjane. You are right.
That's the only thing you ever posted that made sense. Thanks! It was a good one.
Genetic Identity Semen/Sperm Identification
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During and after a sexual encounter, bodily secretions may be deposited on a number of items, including clothes, bed sheets, undergarments, discarded bathroom tissues, bath towels, carpet, couch cushions, condoms and feminine products, and can be identifiable for years as dried stains. With an average composition of 200–300 million sperm in 2.5 –3.5 mL of seminal fluid, sperm can be detected in semen stains present on a variety of materials. Sexually active women will often have sperm present in the vagina immediately following sexual intercourse, and sperm can last as long as 3–5 days in the vagina.
Wow. She wants to cast 2 votes for some politician. That may explain why she has been so protected by the DA and police department. If we only knew who that politician might be it might explain a lot.
LOL! Just color my attempt at humor, inept.
(Just trying a different approach to figuring out this "situation" in Durham...)
I don't have any idea. But you are right -- who the judge is on this case IS darned important. And the more I dig into what's been going on in Durham, I'm getting a little more "wierded" about so-called "justice" in Durham.
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