golfmom
Former Member
We all take for granted how much DNA has revolutionized law enforcement. I don't know how many people remember this case, but it was the very first exoneration through DNA. Cathleen Crowell Webb recanted her rape & kidnapping accusation against Gary Dotson after he had spent years in prison. No one believed her when she said it didn't happen. What saved Dotson was her panties were kept in evidence all those years. I remember being so shocked when he was finally exonerated through DNA.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-webb-obit-web-may21,0,6000708.story
Cathleen Crowell Webb, a former south suburban woman who in the mid-1980s recanted a rape allegation that sent Gary Dotson to prison for eight years, died of breast cancer at her home in Harrisville, N.H., her husband confirmed Tuesday.
"Her faith is what got her through a 6-year battle with cancer," David Webb said. "The issue with Gary was more painful for her, I believe, because she didn't know what would happen to him after she came forward and tried to make things right."
Webb said his wife, 46, a receptionist at a local religious school, died in her sleep May 15. She died knowing she had done the right thing for Dotson, he added, even though coming forward took six "grueling years of her life."
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-webb-obit-web-may21,0,6000708.story
Cathleen Crowell Webb, a former south suburban woman who in the mid-1980s recanted a rape allegation that sent Gary Dotson to prison for eight years, died of breast cancer at her home in Harrisville, N.H., her husband confirmed Tuesday.
"Her faith is what got her through a 6-year battle with cancer," David Webb said. "The issue with Gary was more painful for her, I believe, because she didn't know what would happen to him after she came forward and tried to make things right."
Webb said his wife, 46, a receptionist at a local religious school, died in her sleep May 15. She died knowing she had done the right thing for Dotson, he added, even though coming forward took six "grueling years of her life."
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