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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Immediately prior??
Does this mean within a few hours, as in "before the party"--or within the hour of her being taken to the hospital--which would make it AFTER she left? How can they know for certain? Don't sperm live for up to 48 hours in a "hospitable environment"?
I am usually very skeptical of any defense "spin", but this whole case has me--at least temporarily--more receptive to their statements.
http://www.nbc17.com/news/8864097/detail.html
Hi....here's the link...I finally found it to prove to myself I'm not crazy....yet!
Hi friend!
Happy Mothers Day to you, also!
I get a day all to myself! All the guys went to the golf tournament! Whoo-Hoo!
ROFL!
I'm trying to catch up and am replying to posts already replied to...and I swear I've had no wine...yet! :-)
Did they use condoms on their hands while they were beating her? Seems if she had open cuts, they could have found some DNA there.
You still need to get to Austin sometime soon....clearvision says Hi!
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The Queen
"xo's first post was an article about an early 90's SBI investigation into a prostitution ring run by the members of the Durham PD. The DA at the time was Ronald Stephens, now the judge in this case. Hence the reference to his "long memory."
"The best I could decipher, xo seems to be suggesting major corruption within the Durham Police Department. Considering the sweeheart deals both Mangum and Roberts received for serious crimes, it would seem that they have a special relationship with law enforcement.
That's my guess at to what he's hinting at, but your guess is as good as mine."
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That sounds like a GREAT guess. I had always thought that the sex had to come before b/c the Durham PD got her afterwards, but this makes sense. Did she really even go to a substance abuse facility? It makes sense too that under these circumstances, Kim would repeatedly call 911. How many people w/a record & on probation like to voluntarily & repeatedly call the cops?
So possibly the cop(s) came up with the idea. She did show up at the hospital in a red nightgown. Where are her clothes from the picture? Gone b/c they didn't shown enough evidence of rape?
Tates seems barely able to contain herself & awfully smug about Nifong & other evidence that we don't know about. Alternatively, she keeps repeating that the majority of rapes have no DNA & that many rapists go to jail on less evidence than we have here. Like someone is telling her that.
Not sure. That would be something, wouldn't it? William's first name is Joseph.
Just joined today to share these little pearls of wisdom??
Go back where you came from.....
I was just speculating.
FA????
I have missed something, what does it stand for?
Do you know where to find Abram's description of the party photos??
OOps, the link I posted wasn't what you asked for. It was about a week earlier.
I did a "Huh?" as well until I realized it's "False Accuser" from the defense news conference.
Where did she get the red nightgown?
Thank you for your service to our country. The media has long been out of control. We are all watching the outcome of this trial.
False/Fake accuser.
I thought Jackie is an aunt!
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