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DURHAM - Investigator Michelle Soucie of the Durham Police Department was working the phones the afternoon of April 17, trying to set up DNA tests on evidence in the Duke lacrosse case. A private laboratory in Burlington gave a price, and Soucie immediately contacted District Attorney Mike Nifong. - snip - In examining the files Nifong has produced in the case, The News & Observer found that the accuser gave at least five different versions of the alleged assault to different police and medical interviewers and made shaky identifications of suspects. To get warrants, police made statements that weren't supported...

COUSIN DEFENDS HUSH MONEY CLAIM, WEEK OF AUGUST 3-9, 2006 by CASH MICHAELS The Wilmington Journal Originally posted 8/4/2006 [DURHAM, NC.] The cousin of the accuser in the controversial Duke lacrosse rape case insists that she was told by the alleged victim of a $2 million hush money attempt to have the woman back away from her charges, even though a newly uncovered Durham police memo, which purportedly was part of the prosecution’s discovery evidence to the defense, suggests otherwise. “Jakki,” the alleged victim’s older cousin and designated spokesperson for her and the family, was shocked and outraged last week...