[Kay]

Does the family defend him? What was the evidence against him?

[murdoog]

What was the evidence against him?

The article doesn't say, aside from a confession that was recanted (which I consider weak.)

Before anybody flames me, I'm NOT saying the guy is innocent. If there's conclusive DNA evidence, fry him. But I would like to know what the basis for the conviction is.

[GretchenM]

Lucie was accused of sexually assaulting his daughter, Valerie, in the shower at their Syracuse home Sept. 30. Hours later her 8-year-old brother found her hanging from her bedpost by a dog collar and leash in what police said was an apparent suicide.

It looks like a regrettable omission from the article that the DNA evidence wasn't mentioned. The post-mortem would certainly have brought forth conclusive evidence to bring charges and a conviction.