This is total incompetence. If I was Eliza’s family I would be outraged! She Coll would still be here if only these people did their jobs and took rape seriously. It’s my opinion, that the person who accused him last year was not taken seriously and here we are. I’d sue, I’d protest, I’d never shut up if I was her family. This is unfathomable & egregious! I’m pissed!
It might seem minor in the scheme of things here, but this victim had their wallet and ID stolen and nearly $1,000 racked up on their credit/debit card. They deserve justice, too. IMO
This was the charge resulting from the theft he committed the day before the abduction and it's one of the sources of evidence in the Eliza Fletcher case (because the shoes that were found at the scene of her abduction are seen in the security video from the theft).
Police obtained a partial plate from other video, and they sent the Champion slides sandals for DNA testing on Friday, and got a hit: Cleotha Abston (Henderson) in the CODIS database.
sorry wasn't meaning to be vague. I mean if they found a hit on him from CODIS on the slide in Liza's abduction why was the DNA from the 2021 rape not run against CODIS where they would have gotten the same sort of hit that LE in this case did. When exactly was Mr. A-H added to CODIS is what I am wondering. Because with one of his previous crimes being rape, he should have been added to the database upon his release from prison. I mean I get backlogs on DNA testing but I also find if very convenient that suddenly and magically they have now solved this rape from 2021, when they had or should have had this perp already in CODIS to locate. Liza's death could have been prevented is what it is sounding like to me.
It seems that maybe LE had some knowledge of the sexual assault in 2021 and rushed that kit.
Yes! What an amazing legacy this would be for Liza - to have thousands of people improve their lives through fitness just as she did. You don't have to win the race. You don't even have to run. You can walk or roll instead. The point is to get out there and move. Break a sweat, get out of breath at first, and enjoy the moment when you realize your fitness is improving and you can do things you never thought you could.
I thought that's exactly how they identified a suspect from the slides..his shoes left at the scene had his DNA
But that's not any different at all from the failure to timely test *any* rape kit, because rapists are often 'one man crime sprees' who don't limit themselves to rape. Every kit that goes untested is a potential failure to prevent a rape, murder, theft or other crime.
which is exactly my point. Someone upthread did the math based on the numbers provided in the article. It's not mathing for me. There shouldn't be such delays in testing samples collected or what is the point in collecting them? If not to prosecute and yes, in some cases prevent?
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Absolutely!! And this has happened before - 2 other instances have been mentioned on this thread even.
