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Monday, February 21, 2011

DNA MAY CLEAR NOTORIOUS UK KILLER AFTER 100 YRS

NEW DNA evidence is casting doubt on the guilt of one of England's most notorious killers--after more than a century. According to The Detroit News, evil poisoner Dr. Hawley Crippen--sometimes mentioned on a par with Jack The Ripper may be innocent.
Crippen--originally from Michigan--was hanged in 1910 after he was found guilty of dpoisoning his wife Cora Turner, dismembering her body and then stashing the corpse under their London house.
The dastardly doc intended to flee to America with a young lover but was caught. It was an international sensation
Now, DNA evidence is reopening questions about the killing. The evidence was discovered by a Michigan State University forensic scientist.

"The popular perception of Crippen, fairly or unfairly, is that he did it," said Joseph Sanderson, a resident of the United Kingdom who understands DNA through his work at Cambridge University's Innocence Project. "The U.S. analogy is to O.J. Simpson — most people continue to believe that he did it, and unless the contrary can be proven, they will continue to believe that."
BUT MSU forensic scientist David Foran said he can prove Crippen didn't do it by comparing a DNA analysis of Turner's grand-nieces with century-old evidence from the trial.
ACCORDING TO THE DETROIT NEWS: He studied homeopathic medicine and moved to England in 1900 with his second wife, Cora Turner, who appeared on the music hall stage under the name of Belle Elmore.
She reportedly had many affairs during their marriage. Ten years later, Turner disappeared.
Crippen and his secretary, Ethel LeNeve, began an affair. 
THE DETROIT NEWS HAS ALL THE DETAILS 

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