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Stephanie Hummer case

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http://dispatch.com/news-story.php?story=160727

1994 beating death
Police charge man in slaying of Stephanie Hummer
The Columbus Dispatch
Wednesday, January 18, 2006 6:27 PM

Columbus police said they arrested a suspect Wednesday in the beating death of Stephanie Hummer almost 12 years ago. Jonathan J. Gravely, 35, has been charged with murder in the death of Hummer, a 19-year-old freshman at Ohio State University when she was abducted off the street. Gravely was arrested at his job at GFS Chemicals on River Street in Franklinton, police said.
Authorities said DNA taken from Gravely while in prison matched that on evidence in the case.
Police believe that Hummer, who was a honors student from the Cincinnati area, was abducted about 3:30 a.m. March 6, 1994, as she walked down Pearl Alley from the Evans Scholars House at 52 E. 14th Ave., where she lived, to a friend's house on 10th Avenue near the OSU campus.
Her partially clothed body was found 10 hours later in a brushy field near the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers.
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There has been a full confession to the police. The Hummers are some of the finest people you will ever meet, and no one deserved closure more than them.

I know that the Columbus police took this one personal--and they never gave up hope. Thank God that Ohio passed the bill that allowed them to match the DNA of any felons--that monster failed to pay child support and got arrested and that's how he was caught.

http://www.wcpo.com/news/2006/local/01/18/hummer_family.html
 
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Anyone who was a student then or for the first few years after I'm sure remembers this. I was because of this case that the call boxes witrh the blue lights got put in all around campus.

I agree about thank god that they passed the law about the testing DNA of felons.
 
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What's even better about the new DNA Law is that this guy's name never came up in the last 12 years and b/c of his DNA sample being submitted, he was located.

Wonder how long it is until every citizen is required to donate a DNA sample at birth to be put into a national database?
 
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I lived at 52 E 14th in the 70s. We used to get drunk at The Castle and walk around Pearl Alley back there. In the "hippy days" Pearl Alley had so many neat things going on. I have so many happy memories that involve walking up and down that alley with friends, on the way to this or that, as I am sure many of you do.

I despise people who are violent toward women. Ugly crimes such as this seem even more gruesome when someone violates a place that holds happy memories. I am glad this family gets closure and that this beast is put away, hopefully, forever.
 
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MililaniBuckeye said:
Why not? It would be no more "invasive" than making you get your photo taken for your drivers license. They have to take blood samples of infants to check for diseases and other conditions anyway, so why not simply use a small sample to register their DNA? I would totally support it.
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While your intentions are good, there would be countless concerns over the access to a person's DNA as genetic research progresses. The ability for insurers to screen potential insureds is a huge concern that would necessitate legislation. Then there are the issues that could arise as the genome is further unlocked. If a gene is discovered that affects whether a person is socially normal or could have abnormal or violent behavior, should the folks with the latter be more closely monitored by authorities despite the environment they are raised in?
 
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