12-29-2014, 09:48 PM
The Legal Case: Background / Refresher
For anyone new to the case or looking for a refresher, this article is a good reference. http://www.toledoblade.com/Courts/2012/0...icide.html
Both families, the Straubs and the Clarkes, and the attorneys for both the convicted defendant (Samuel Williams) and the prosecution, have stated that it's likely Samuel Williams did not act alone. There is yet unmatched DNA for a male and a female on the duct-tape used to bind the couple.
Williams was convicted based on DNA found on a cigarette butt at the Straub home, his statements to police officers (no confession), statements made during recorded jailhouse phone calls, and the testimony of a jailhouse snitch. While his co-defendant's (Cameo Pettaway) DNA was also found on a cigarette butt at the Straub home, there was no other evidence against him and he reportedly passed a lie detector test. Pettaway was acquitted by a judge for lack of evidence, while Williams was convicted of double murder by a jury and is serving two life sentences (the jury could not agree on the death penalty).
Whose DNA was left on the duct tape? That is the question which appears to be driving the Clarkes crazy. That is the subject of their vigilante "investigation".
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For anyone new to the case or looking for a refresher, this article is a good reference. http://www.toledoblade.com/Courts/2012/0...icide.html
Both families, the Straubs and the Clarkes, and the attorneys for both the convicted defendant (Samuel Williams) and the prosecution, have stated that it's likely Samuel Williams did not act alone. There is yet unmatched DNA for a male and a female on the duct-tape used to bind the couple.
Williams was convicted based on DNA found on a cigarette butt at the Straub home, his statements to police officers (no confession), statements made during recorded jailhouse phone calls, and the testimony of a jailhouse snitch. While his co-defendant's (Cameo Pettaway) DNA was also found on a cigarette butt at the Straub home, there was no other evidence against him and he reportedly passed a lie detector test. Pettaway was acquitted by a judge for lack of evidence, while Williams was convicted of double murder by a jury and is serving two life sentences (the jury could not agree on the death penalty).
Whose DNA was left on the duct tape? That is the question which appears to be driving the Clarkes crazy. That is the subject of their vigilante "investigation".
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