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CONUS Archive
68008
ACCUSED ANN ARBOR SERIAL RAPIST (3/38/1995)
ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN
VO SOT
3/28/1995
2:41
1:22
ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN VOICE OF: RAPE VICTIM DR. BRIAN ZINK,EXAMINED RAPE VICTIM
DOCTOR ON STAND, COURTROOM SHOTS OF LAWYER QUESTIONING RAPE VICTIM (RAPE VICTIM NOT PICTURED)
HEARING CONTINUES ON ALLEGED SERIAL RAPIST. ERVIN MITCHELL JUNIOR IS ACCUSED IN A SERIES OF RAPES ON AND AROUND THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN CAMPUS. THE 33-YEAR-OLD ERVIN IS ACCUSED OF THREE RAPES AND A RAPE/SLAYING. THE WASHTENAW COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S CASE RELIES HEAVILY ON PRELIMINARY D-N-A TEST RESULTS THAT LINK MITCHELL TO THE ASSAULTS. BUT YESTERDAY, THE MEDICAL EXAMINER WHO TESTED SAMPLES OF BODY FLUIDS FROM ONE OF THE VICTIMS ADMITTED THAT THEY WERE LEFT IN A LAB FOR MORE THAN A DAY BEFORE BEING HANDED OVER TO POLICE. THE RAPES OCCURED BETWEEN 1993 AND 1994. MITCHELL INSISTS HE'S INNOCENT. HE WAS ARRESTED AFTER AN ATTEMPTED PURSE SNATCHING IN ANN ARBOR ON CHRISTMAS EVE.
TAG: DNA
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Keywords

CRIME
SERIAL RAPIST
RAPE
SEXUAL ASSAULT
ERVIN MITCHELL
UNIVERSITY OD MICHIGAN
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