Posted on 01/07/2007 10:45:17 AM PST by Winged Hussar
Then, just last month, the director of a DNA laboratory that tested samples taken from the woman testified that he and the prosecutor had agreed in May to withhold some of the findings. The exculpatory nature of the results - specifically, that the swabs included traces of semen from several men, none of them the Duke defendants - offer the strongest evidence yet that the prosecutor himself should be the subject of an investigation, and that he should have no further connection with this case.
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Everyone keeps downlplaying the fact that Denita Smith was a reporter for the NCCU newspaper. She had access to notes from the interviews of the friends and neighbors of the Duke rape accuser. Someone did not want notes or pictures to get into the hands of the Duke LAX defense hands. I feel strongly that this was far too much of a coincidence.
Dead victim a student in Durham.
Fiancee a policeman in Greensboro.
"Person of Interest in Greensboro.
Jealous girlfriend of fiancee? It would be interesting to know what kind of car she drives since a reportedly distraught female was seen driving away in a maroon-colored automobile.
Connect these dots:
Dead victim a reporter and photographer for NCCU newspaper that did an expose interview with the Duke rape case accuser's friends and neighbors that did not turn out in her favor.
Interview with Duke accuser spiked for fear of damaging the
black community.
Fiance a policeman in Greensboro, with ties to NAACP and black community in Durham and with Al Sharpton.
Fiancee was also the 2002 president of the NCCU chapter of the NAACP.
I wonder how many distraught females in Durham drive maroon colored automobiles?
That should have read "Interview with acquaintances of the Duke accuser spiked for fear of damaging the black community"
The red flag to me was the two hour gap between the reported gun shots and the discovery of the body OUTSIDE. The ensuing intense coverup (initially) with the investigation, keeping information from neighbors of deceased student reporter also raised an issue: Why?
In a murder the spouse/significant other is always the initial suspect or "person of interest". A lot of times that turns out to be what happened. But her ties to this case just concern me. I don't think I'd be surprised by much of anything at this point.
Gunshots around 8 am. Police respond & find nothing. Then 2 hours later she's found in a pool of blood at the bottom of a stairwell. It makes no sense at all.
What if she had information that tied some "uppity" community leaders to the prostitution ring?
Wow, where did that come from???
Now I will try to find it again. When he was at NCCU, the fiance headed the school chapter of the NAACP and gave an aware to Al Sharpton. Let me see if I can find it again...
I found it.
Posted by Crawdad to Jezebelle
On General/Chat 01/08/2007 3:34:51 PM PST · 207 of 272
I just saw this over at Liestoppers:
http://www.nccu.edu/campus/echo/sp-smith.html
The article says Denita Smith was engaged to marry Jermeir Stroud, an NCCU alumnus and a police officer in Greensboro.
I googled Jermier Stroud and found this:
http://www.nccu.edu/campus/echo/archive6-0102/c-sharpton.html
which includes this last paragraph:
After Sharpton’s speech, Stephanie Jackson, SGA President, and Jermeir Stroud, president of the NCCU chapter of the NAACP, gave him an NCCU sweatshirt and a certificate naming him an honorary Eagle.
I am unaware of any such claim. Furthermore, DNA test results came back and none of it matched any of the lacrosse players.
Just damn!
Anyone else now thinking it is a coincidence that Jermeil Stroud's name is NEVER mentioned as the fiance of Denita Smith in any of the news reports or obituaries?
Oops. Jermeir Stroud.
I can't find the article now. Wasn't there something about papers being "everywhere"?
Yes, there were paper strehttp://www.freerepublic.com/perl/post#help
see help for more informationwn about the body. I am bothered by the news blackout on this case. Wazzup wit dat? I suspect
even more now that someone higher up in Durham was about to be exposed.
Security at complex tightened
NCCU student's body found there
Samiha Khanna, Staff Writer, N&O, Jan 09, 2007 02:52 AM
DURHAM - About 500 N.C. Central University students who are residents of the Campus Crossings Apartments on Cornwallis Road are now greeted as though they're entering a military base: They are expected to flash IDs and room keys or be turned away by an armed officer.
Nonresidents may not set foot there until further notice, officials said Monday.
NCCU officials increased security after the shooting of resident Denita Monique Smith, 25, whose body was found below an outdoor stairwell Thursday. The apartments, near the NCCU campus, are leased by the university and open only to students.
Police said Monday they don't know whether Smith was targeted or whether the killing was unpremeditated.
"We have interviewed a lot of people. There are a lot of people cooperating," said Durham police Sgt. Jack Cates, who is leading the investigation. Though police interviewed a "person of interest," a woman seen leaving the apartments early Thursday, they haven't talked to anyone they consider a suspect, Cates said.
NCCU Police Chief Willie R. Williams said Monday that before Smith's death, NCCU officers drove through the apartment complex periodically during the day. A private security guard arrived at 6 p.m. daily and stayed until 6 a.m. At 7 p.m. daily, a second security guard would show up to help until 3 a.m., Williams said. One of the team's main responsibilities was turning away visitors after midnight, he said.
Now, visitors are completely banned, Williams said.
In addition to limiting access, the university has expanded its contract with Safeway Patrol and Security, a Fayetteville company. Guards from Safeway will be on duty 24 hours a day, in three shifts of at least three officers, Williams said. The guards will run the checkpoint for at least a month, Williams said.
The guards are licensed to carry guns, tear gas and batons, said M. Johnson, who said he was in charge of Triangle operations for the company but would not give his first name.
Throughout the day, NCCU officers and Durham police also drive in and around the complex, Williams said. He said he has appointed a committee to study campus safety and report back by mid-March.
The added security has reassured some students and irritated others, particularly visitors.
While checking cars Monday afternoon, Johnson turned around several drivers and asked anyone dropping off or picking up a friend to do so in a parking row right beside him.
The new rules had senior Verleisa Shaw, 23, waiting on the grassy shoulder of busy Cornwallis Road for a friend to come pick her up. It was easier than her friend's pulling into the apartments' driveway, waiting in the checkpoint line and then explaining why he was there, only to turn around at once, Shaw said.
"It used to be easier for them to come to me," Shaw said of her friends. "Now, I go to them."
Shaw said Smith's death has worried her mother, who lives in Tarboro, but her mother is pleased with the added security.
"She's happy, but with the world the way it is, people are still going to be committing crimes, regardless of where they are," Shaw said. "She says you just have to be careful everywhere you go."
NCCU police have been called to the apartments at 1400 Cornwallis Road 240 times since September 2005, according to police records. Most of the calls involved loud music and trespassers, and occasional reports of theft from some of the apartments.
Gunshots were reported five times, with the two most recent incidents in the past month.
Early the morning of Dec. 17, after most NCCU students had left on their holiday break, police were called to the 1000 and 1100 buildings to investigate gunshots, but no report was taken, the records show.
Then at 8:22 a.m. Thursday, gunshots were reported outside the 600 building. Police went to the scene but found nothing, officials said. About two hours later, maintenance workers discovered Smith's body outside the 1100 building, not far away.
http://www.newsobserver.com/145/story/530344.html
* NCCU Campus Echo reporter Kristiana Bennett is credited with initial non-reported accuser background story.
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