He Brutally Beat the TV Anchor
Monday December 1, 2008
Just over a month ago, I asked "Who Brutally Beat the TV Anchor?" in a blog post about Anne Pressly, a Little Rock, Arkansas newscaster who was found savagely beaten in her home and later died from her injuries.
What should have been a high point in Pressly's life - a successful TV career and a small role in the Oliver Stone film "W" playing a conservative pundit à la Ann Coulter - turned into a horrific ending.
Now comes news that her alleged murderer has been found, with DNA evidence linking him to the crime. My colleague Charles Montaldo, who covers Crime/Punishment, has further information including the fact that this is not the perpetrator's first foray into violent crime.
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The Courts are convinced DNA evidence is absolute certainty. IT IS NOT. The DNA profiles use a small part of our DNA.
Raymond Easton suffers from Parkinson’s disease. By the year 2000 he was so disabled that he could not manage to dress himself alone.
In spite of this he was charged with a burglary which had taken place 200 miles away from his home.
Three years earlier Raymond was involved in a family dispute. He had been cautioned and a DNA sample was taken. Raymond’s DNA matched that found at the scene of the burglary.
Fortunately DNA testing offered a way out of the situation it had created. Once a fuller DNA analysis was made, differences between Raymond’s DNA and that of the burglar became clear and the charges against him were dropped.
Despite its increased resolution, DNA profiling is often not enough.
Mark Benecke, one of Europe’s leading consultant forensic biologists,based in Cologne, Germany, said, “Wrongful convictions can only be made if DNA is looked upon as the only evidence.”
The integration of different sources of forensic evidence and their combination with investigative and legal procedures are even more significant than progress in any single field, such as DNA testing.
It would be good to wait for at least a judge and jury to hear this before declaring “he” killed her.
Sounds to me like this crime does match the previous one he’s a suspect in. He targets young single women under the pretense of a robbery, but he’s really there to rape them. I just hope this doesn’t perpetuate the myth that fighting back increases your chances of being beaten or killed because that appears to be what happened in this case.