No DNA match for sperm found on Channon Christians underwear

Right: Channon Christian

Knoxville Tennessee

October 8, 2009

knoxnews.com

Knoxville News Sentinel

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KNOXVILLE - A specialized test shows sperm found on a pair of torture-slaying victim Channon Christian's underwear does not match the DNA of any defendants or suspects in the case or the DNA of boyfriend and fellow slaying victim Chris Newsom.

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...For now, the sperm source remains unknown. Defense attorneys for alleged ringleader Lemaricus Davidson, facing trial this month in Knox County Criminal Court, sought the testing with hopes of clarifying the source of the sperm...

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Authorities allege Davidson led his brother, Letalvis Cobbins, and two other defendants in carjacking, raping and killing Christian and Newsom.

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Eric Boyd has been identified by prosecutors as a suspect in the killings but so far has only been convicted of related federal accessory charges. So it couldn't be Eric Boyd?

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Christian's body was found in a trash can in Davidson's rental home and Newsom's burned body was found along railroad tracks near the house.

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Davidson, who faces the threat of the death penalty, is to be tried Oct. 19 in Knox County.

Cobbins has been convicted and faces life in prison without a chance for parole.
Co-defendants George Thomas and Vanessa Coleman are awaiting trials.
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read article here

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While my heart did thud for a second when I read the above article, after having pondered 'n such, I don't worry about this development as detrimental to the case against Lemaricus Davidson. His sperm was found in her vagina and rectum.

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Now, wording could be everything in this report. In paragraph one it is stated that the sperm does not match any defendant or suspect in this case. OK. But Eric Boyd, has been tried and sentenced to 17 years as an accessory and aiding and abetting in carjacking. Are they not counting him as a suspect in this case because he has been incarcerated already? LE certainly works in mysterious ways at times.

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Or did the Feds, as I suspect, just tuck him away on those charges and are waiting for additional information to be revealed during the trials of Cobbins, Davidson, Thomas and Coleman. Then they can file murder charges on Boyd as well.

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From what I've read about the case, Channon was undressed and redressed more than once, twice to go to the bathroom she put clothes on and, off the top of my head I can't remember whether Channon was dressed when she went in the trash can. Seems like she was.

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My point being, the panties she was wearing could have been any ones. Lemaricus' girlfriend, Vanessa's, whatever woman may have been there in the last month or so.

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Remember in the Brianna Dennison case in Reno, Nevada, the murderer left another woman's panties with her body to confuse the police. It worked for a while. I imagine if they ran the DNA that was found through CODIS, they might find a crack-ho in Knoxville who actually owned and wore these panties.