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Monday, January 21, 2013

Rape Charges Dismissed in Joliet Man's Case

DNA proved Nakita Ulmer could not have been responsible for the sexual assault and an appellate court upheld a judge's ruling that new evidence couldn't be introduced.

Charges have been dismissed against a Joliet man who spent 17 months in the Will County jail for a sexual assault that DNA showed he did not commit. Nakita Ulmer, 26, was arrested Oct. 15, 2009, and charged with home invasion, robbery, aggravated criminal sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual abuse in connection with the attack of a 62-year-old Joliet woman, according to a story in the Joliet Herald News. He was released from jail in March 2011 when a DNA expert said the evidence collected could not have belonged to Ulmer, the story said. The Will County State's Attorney's Office attempted to later introduce new evidence showing that Ulmer had an erectile disfunction pill in possession at the time of his arrest, supporting the …

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Friday, September 7, 2012

Vaughn's Blood Found on His Wife's Clothes, Seat Belt, DNA Expert Testifies

Blood from both spouses found on Kimberly Vaughn's seat belt, which may have been unlatched after her death, could be a blow to the defense.

Drops of Christopher Vaughn's blood were found on his wife's shirt, shorts and the floorboard near her feet, a DNA specialist testified Friday. And drops of Kimberly Vaughn's blood were found on her husband's jacket, Illinois State Police forensic scientist Kelly Krajnik said. Taken alone or together, both seem to contradict Christopher Vaughn's story that his wife, perhaps angered by his alleged infidelity, shot him in the wrist and thigh as he sat in the driver's seat of their SUV and then -- after he fled the scene -- shot herself and their children. Perhaps just as damaging to Vaughn's defense was evidence Krajnik presented about blood from both Christopher and Kimberly Vaughn being found on the seat belt and buckle on Kimberly Vaughn'…

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