STORY: "Second suspect in 2001 sexual assault and robbery case appears in court," by Your 5News Team, published on May 26, 20125.
GIST: ( Tuesday marked the beginning of Adam Bowers trial. Bowers is the second man connected to a 14-year-old sexual assault and robbery case. Jury selection took place at the Harrison County Courthouse and testimonies began in the afternoon. The victim's son, and former Clarksburg detectives, Robert Matheny and David Wygal, took the stand to give their testimonies.......... Detective Matheny was asked when the investigation moved to a single perpetrator theory, which according to a police report, occurred in January of 2002, two months after the incident. This investigation stems from a 2013 finding from Joseph Buffey's attorneys that evidence matched the DNA of Bowers, not Buffey. Buffey was the man originally convicted of the crime."
GIST: ( Tuesday marked the beginning of Adam Bowers trial. Bowers is the second man connected to a 14-year-old sexual assault and robbery case. Jury selection took place at the Harrison County Courthouse and testimonies began in the afternoon. The victim's son, and former Clarksburg detectives, Robert Matheny and David Wygal, took the stand to give their testimonies.......... Detective Matheny was asked when the investigation moved to a single perpetrator theory, which according to a police report, occurred in January of 2002, two months after the incident. This investigation stems from a 2013 finding from Joseph Buffey's attorneys that evidence matched the DNA of Bowers, not Buffey. Buffey was the man originally convicted of the crime."
PUBLISHER'S NOTE:
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