Posted on 06/26/2008 4:54:22 PM PDT by murdoog
Appealing to the conscience of the person responsible for killing his 20-year-old sister could be futile, said Pavel Yarmolenko.
But Yarmolenko appealed directly to the killer in a statement delivered to the media Thursday. He said he believes the killer of his younger sister Ira Yarmolenko has been watching the news and has learned a lot about his sister, her life and her character.
"I think some of those messages have reached him. I can't help but think that he would be tormented by it," Yarmolenko said. "If not, he should be."
The body UNC Charlotte student Ira Yarmolenko was found just after 1 p.m. May 5 on the banks of the Catawba River in Mount Holly by two passing jet skiers. She was lying by her dark blue Saturn at the bottom of a grassy slope behind the Water's Edge housing development and Stowe Family YMCA.
Detectives have not found a suspect and are now awaiting the results of evidence analyzed in state labs. Mount Holly Police Chief David Belk said he doesn't know when lab results would be completed.
"I really don't know," Belk said. "I think it is a little bit abnormal for it to take this long."
(Excerpt) Read more at gastongazette.com ...
“Finding the killer could depend on DNA evidence found at the crime scene”
Pardon my slightly OT sarcasm, but. . .
Up until a year ago nobody in NC was willing to believe that DNA evidence could clear anyone of a crime. (Think of the lacrosse players. For a year the state continued to charge them, though DNA had shown that none of them had any contact with their accuser. And that evidence was made public even before they were indicted.)
Nobody in the media questioned why the charges were dropped right then.
Now evidently it’s OK in NC to start using DNA evidence again?
My condolences to the Yarmolenko family.
But heaven help the next male Yankee found in NC who gets falsely charged with an inter-racial rape.
Because nobody in NC will accept any evidence that clears him.
In some cases the social consequences are so important that innocence cannot be allowed as a defense.
(insert sarcasm smiley)
That was so relevant and edifying. Thanks!
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