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The Reginald Clemons Case in Missouri

By Steve Hall

It's been a controversial case for nearly two decades.  Recent developments only add to the questions.Today's St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports, "St. Louis police say they had Clemons evidence all along," by Christine Byers.Lawyers in the Chain of Rocks Bridge murder case may or may not have seen rape-kit evidence, but it was always available from the Police Department, Chief Dan Isom insisted Tuesday. A letter from Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster's office, made public Monday, said the prosecutor of Reginald Clemons did not recall seeing the material, and that meant defense lawyers probably hadn't seen it either. What, if anything, the evidence would show is either not known or not revealed. The letter makes reference to three lab reports plus physical evidence that includes a rape examination of a victim who floated 297 miles down the Mississippi River for three weeks before being recovered...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 10, 2010 (boomark / email).