– Perpetrators of violent crimes like rape almost always have a violent past.
– No evidence was found at the crime scene that linked the crime to Mr. LaGuer.
– Fingerprints on the phone that was ripped from the wall just before the assailant left were recovered, and they were NOT Mr. LaGuer’s.
– These fingerprints were never shared with the defense, and they have now been lost due to mismanagement of evidence. These could have been run through the crime banks and matched to the assailant had they not been lost.
– The detective that collected the crime scene evidence kept it in his patrol car trunk for two weeks before entering it into custody.
– The same detective took items from Mr. LaGuer’s apartment without a warrant, then kept them in the same trunk with the crime scene evidence.
– The DNA evidence that has everybody so convinced that Mr. LaGuer is guilty amounts to 0.03 nanograms. 1 nanogram is about the same as a floating dust particle.
– Some of the most knowledged people on the subject of DNA forensics have come out and publicly said that this amount of DNA is likely from contamination, and not the crime scene.
– Blood evidence was incorrectly typed as “B” (coincidentally that was Ben LaGuer’s type) when it was actually type “O”. This revelation seems to continue to elude ADA, who continues to state the original findings as fact.
– Articles of Mr. LaGuer’s clothing have been entered into evidence that were taken from his apartment, and labelled as found at the crime scene.
– Det. Carignan destroyed his original notes on the case, then rewrote them two weeks into the case.
– Det. Carignan told the grand jury at the endictment hearing that the crime occured in Mr. LaGuer’s apartment, when in fact it happened in Mrs. Plante apartment.
– Det. Carignan said that the victim identified Mr. LaGuer by name; a statement which Mrs. Plante contradicted under oath.
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