Summary

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.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 68008
Story Slug ACCUSED ANN ARBOR SERIAL RAPIST (3/38/1995)
Location ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN
Format VO SOT
Date 3/28/1995
Archive Time 2:41
TRT 1:22
Supers ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN VOICE OF: RAPE VICTIM DR. BRIAN ZINK,EXAMINED RAPE VICTIM
Video Description DOCTOR ON STAND, COURTROOM SHOTS OF LAWYER QUESTIONING RAPE VICTIM (RAPE VICTIM NOT PICTURED)
Description 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.
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Keywords

CRIME
SERIAL RAPIST
RAPE
SEXUAL ASSAULT
ERVIN MITCHELL
UNIVERSITY OD MICHIGAN
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