Attorneys said they didn't know why the SBI failed to detect DNA material on a vaginal swab taken from the alleged rape victim, unless the state agency did not test that particular swab.
"There were a number of things that were not analyzed by the SBI lab," Ekstrand said. "I'm trying to match up what's what. We still need a medical report so we'll know exactly how many swabs were taken and who analyzed them."
I'm fairly open-minded, and it is mind-numbingly WEIRD that the semen was not detected. That the boyfriend had not ALSO been immediately called in for testing/questioning.
Tossing this question into the open: What if the first "swab" indicated a male "sex partner" that one wished to not have known to the public? Can one keep DNA materials "live" (frozen?) and can said DNA materials be planted, in a lab?
If I knew the answer to these, I wouldn't be asking...
This should be cause for alarm--there is a protocol from SANE to SBI. I find it hard to believe the SBI did not test a vaginal swab if the swab was with everything else.
And it would have to be. Each step is dictated by the step before it. The nurse cannot willy nilly skip steps.
Further, each step is documented. Forget the reports, if I was on the defense team, I would get a copy of the hospital chart yesterday.
One last thing--Nifong better not try to blame it on the nurse or I will have to come to Durham and rip him a new one.