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NOTE: Pro-Lifers were first suspects. Not domestic problems. Not patient problems. Not gambling problems. Not competitor problems. Pro-Life. Also: If his car had Vermont plates, why did the FBI go to New Jersey and confiscate some of his personal belonings the next day?

Slain New York doctor mourned; police ask for information

Family and friends gather for Slepian's funeral

Terror tactics haunt abortion doctors

Anyone with any information on Dr. Slepian's killing is asked to contact: Amherst, New York Police Dept: 716-689-1390 New York State Police: 716-343-2200 FBI (Buffalo, New York office): 716-856-7800

October 27, 1998
Web posted at: 6:30 a.m. EST (1130 GMT) http://europe.cnn.com/US/9810/26/doctor.killed.03/ In this story:

'I want him remembered as a birth doctor'

Canadian-American task force investigating

No description of shooter

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AMHERST, New York (CNN) -- As family and friends mourned Dr. Barnett Slepian on the day of his funeral Monday, police and the FBI held a news conference to ask for help in finding his killer, offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.

(ME:Did this reward “jog” any memories?)

Anyone with information, "even if seemingly unrelated," is asked to contact authorities, said John Askey, chief of police in Amherst, New York, the Buffalo suburb where Slepian was gunned down at his home by a sniper Friday night.

Investigators speculate that the killer, who remains at large, is someone opposed to the abortions the 52-year-old obstetrician-gynecologist performed as part of his practice. Authorities did not reveal any leads in the case during the news conference.

CNN's Susan Candiotti reports on the continuing investigation of the shooting death of a doctor in New York

The police chief said the sniper hid in a wooded area near Slepian's home "for an undetermined period of time" before firing one shot from a high-powered rifle. FBI Agent Bernard Tolbert said the agency may include some anti-abortion Internet sites in its investigation

Thanks for the details on Stauber and Gingerich, a real pair of charmers.
So what's up with the DNA evidence? Does the fibbing FBI have a physical link to Kopp that wasn't obviously planted, after all?

The FBI / APD extradition affidavits contain no mention that DNA tests were performed on the wrist watch or ear muffs — two items virtually certain to contain DNA samples — and there is no mention that an attempt was made to lift fingerprints from any of the items recovered

...nowhere in the FBI / APD documents is there a mention of whether a handwriting analysis was ever done on this piece of paper, and there was no mention about fingerprints or DNA evidence on the rifle.

and yet, on 5/6/99,

Authorities said DNA tests linked a hair found near Slepian's house to the 44-year-old suspect, who vanished shortly after a rifle shot struck the doctor as he stood in his kitchen

DNA or nada DNA? And who are these confused 'authorities'?
Maybe the feds gave up on DNA, after the OJ travesty? ..... (B^)>