Post by susie on Feb 9, 2009 20:13:27 GMT -5
Please Read the story below the only teen girl murdered in Newport North Carolina in June 1975 was Donna Emmel the Newport police department has said all Donna's evidence has been stored in good condition and that they had a suspect Mr Allen but he had refused to give DNA in the 90's well his DNA is available now anyway I was watching TV and seen this story on Avery and when I seen a brief photo of Gregory Allen something told me he was Donna's killer and I ran to the computer and looked him up and below is what I found I hope there is DNA or hair or something that can lead to him it will be 34 years on June 16th and I want justice for Donna and her family she was the best friend anyone could want I do not want him to get out and anyone else to be hurt by him I thank you so much for any help and just for listening to me
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Man linked to rape had long criminal history
Crime persisted after Avery wrongly convicted
By TOM KERTSCHER tkertscher@journalsentinel.com
Last Updated: Dec. 9, 2003
Gregory A. Allen not only was under daily police surveillance as a suspected sex offender when a Manitowoc woman was sexually assaulted in 1985, he also already had amassed a long criminal record in four states, newly released documents show.
Allen, the man linked by DNA to the assault for which Steven Avery served 17 years in prison, had been incarcerated three times for violent and drug-related felonies prior to the attack on the Manitowoc woman, according to the records.
He also had been a suspect in the killing of a teen girl in North Carolina. In addition, the records show that Allen was suspected or convicted of at least seven crimes, ranging from suspicious person to indecent exposure to attempted rape, prior to the attack on the Manitowoc woman; and that after that attack, he was suspected or convicted of committing 10 other crimes, ranging from peeping in windows to sexual assault.
Combined, the records raise the question of whether Manitowoc County authorities - who knew at least some of Allen's past - should have investigated him before choosing to prosecute Avery. At the time, Avery had one felony conviction for burglary and was facing charges of pointing a gun at a woman.
State Rep. Mark Gundrum (R-New Berlin), who today will announce the formation of task force to investigate errors made in the Avery case, wants recommendations from the task force to be adopted statewide in order to avoid more wrongful convictions.
"This happens very, very rarely," he said. "But if there's a possibility for us to make it happen even less frequently, we have a responsibility for trying to improve our system."
The Manitowoc County Sheriff's Department identified Avery as the suspect in the Manitowoc woman's sexual assault within hours of her attack on a Lake Michigan beach July 29, 1985.
The woman chose Avery from two lineups of suspects, and Avery later was convicted by a jury, despite numerous alibi witnesses.
Background
Surveillance: Police were watching man now linked to Avery case (10/20/03) Editorial: Tragedy in a turf battle (10/20/03) Gregory Allen: Man linked to sexual assault moved to Waupun prison (9/25/03) Janz: Attack victim offers apology to Avery (9/20/03) Manitowoc: Others suspects never seriously considered, records show (9/20/03) Attorney General: State to review Avery case (9/19/03) Editorial: The Avery injustice (cont.) (9/19/03) Manitowoc County : DA Requests Avery case review (9/17/03) Editorial: What price for 18 years? (9/17/03) Hearings planned: Legislator to seek $450,000 for Avery (9/16/03) DNA: Science held key to Avery's release (9/12/03) Gregory Allen: Quick action may have left man free to continue crimes (/13/03)
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State law: Avery entitled to only $25,000 for mistake (9/13/03) After 17 years: Wrongly convicted man freed (/1//03) Support: Family never gave up fight to right a wrong Editorial: Righting a huge injustice Photos: Steven Avery's first day of freedom 9/10/03: DNA clears prisoner 17 years later
Avery was freed Sept. 11 after the Wisconsin Innocence Project won a court order for tests that matched Allen's DNA to DNA found on the victim.
Born in Minneapolis, Allen was 16 when he was arrested on suspicion of armed robbery and assault in Westminster, Calif. He was first incarcerated at 17 in June 1971, given a term of up to 10 years in a Minnesota youth lockup for robbery and aggravated assault.
A few years later, Allen became a suspect in the June 1975 strangulation death of a 15-year-old girl in Newport, N.C. Allen was not prosecuted in the killing. But less than a year later, he was arrested as a Peeping Tom, starting what would become a long list of sex-related crimes for which he would be investigated or prosecuted.
Allen served two short prison stints in North Carolina for drug crimes before coming north. In June 1983 he was convicted in Manitowoc of prowling.
But there were also more serious allegations.
Two years before the sexual assault of the Manitowoc woman, Allen was charged with indecent exposure near the same beach where the woman was attacked. And just two weeks before that attack, Allen was suspected of attempted rape in Manitowoc.
Allen's most serious crime - the 1995 sexual assault of a woman in her Green Bay home, for which Allen is serving 60 years in prison - may have been foreseen.
Then-Manitowoc County District Attorney James Fitzgerald argued for a prison term after Allen was convicted in March 1987 of assaulting police officers. They had caught him peeping into a room where women changed clothes.
"I believe that Mr. Allen is the sort of individual who is a great danger to people in our community, particularly female members of our community," Fitzgerald said before a 3 1/2-year prison term was imposed.
Allen told the judge - Fred Hazelwood, the same judge who presided over Avery's trial - he didn't see how prison could help.
"I just fail to understand," he said.
JS Online Weblogs
Man linked to rape had long criminal history
Crime persisted after Avery wrongly convicted
By TOM KERTSCHER tkertscher@journalsentinel.com
Last Updated: Dec. 9, 2003
Gregory A. Allen not only was under daily police surveillance as a suspected sex offender when a Manitowoc woman was sexually assaulted in 1985, he also already had amassed a long criminal record in four states, newly released documents show.
Allen, the man linked by DNA to the assault for which Steven Avery served 17 years in prison, had been incarcerated three times for violent and drug-related felonies prior to the attack on the Manitowoc woman, according to the records.
He also had been a suspect in the killing of a teen girl in North Carolina. In addition, the records show that Allen was suspected or convicted of at least seven crimes, ranging from suspicious person to indecent exposure to attempted rape, prior to the attack on the Manitowoc woman; and that after that attack, he was suspected or convicted of committing 10 other crimes, ranging from peeping in windows to sexual assault.
Combined, the records raise the question of whether Manitowoc County authorities - who knew at least some of Allen's past - should have investigated him before choosing to prosecute Avery. At the time, Avery had one felony conviction for burglary and was facing charges of pointing a gun at a woman.
State Rep. Mark Gundrum (R-New Berlin), who today will announce the formation of task force to investigate errors made in the Avery case, wants recommendations from the task force to be adopted statewide in order to avoid more wrongful convictions.
"This happens very, very rarely," he said. "But if there's a possibility for us to make it happen even less frequently, we have a responsibility for trying to improve our system."
The Manitowoc County Sheriff's Department identified Avery as the suspect in the Manitowoc woman's sexual assault within hours of her attack on a Lake Michigan beach July 29, 1985.
The woman chose Avery from two lineups of suspects, and Avery later was convicted by a jury, despite numerous alibi witnesses.
Background
Surveillance: Police were watching man now linked to Avery case (10/20/03) Editorial: Tragedy in a turf battle (10/20/03) Gregory Allen: Man linked to sexual assault moved to Waupun prison (9/25/03) Janz: Attack victim offers apology to Avery (9/20/03) Manitowoc: Others suspects never seriously considered, records show (9/20/03) Attorney General: State to review Avery case (9/19/03) Editorial: The Avery injustice (cont.) (9/19/03) Manitowoc County : DA Requests Avery case review (9/17/03) Editorial: What price for 18 years? (9/17/03) Hearings planned: Legislator to seek $450,000 for Avery (9/16/03) DNA: Science held key to Avery's release (9/12/03) Gregory Allen: Quick action may have left man free to continue crimes (/13/03)
www2.jsonline.com/news/state/dec03/191490.asp
02/08/2009
JS Online: Man linked to rape had long criminal history
Page 2 of 2
State law: Avery entitled to only $25,000 for mistake (9/13/03) After 17 years: Wrongly convicted man freed (/1//03) Support: Family never gave up fight to right a wrong Editorial: Righting a huge injustice Photos: Steven Avery's first day of freedom 9/10/03: DNA clears prisoner 17 years later
Avery was freed Sept. 11 after the Wisconsin Innocence Project won a court order for tests that matched Allen's DNA to DNA found on the victim.
Born in Minneapolis, Allen was 16 when he was arrested on suspicion of armed robbery and assault in Westminster, Calif. He was first incarcerated at 17 in June 1971, given a term of up to 10 years in a Minnesota youth lockup for robbery and aggravated assault.
A few years later, Allen became a suspect in the June 1975 strangulation death of a 15-year-old girl in Newport, N.C. Allen was not prosecuted in the killing. But less than a year later, he was arrested as a Peeping Tom, starting what would become a long list of sex-related crimes for which he would be investigated or prosecuted.
Allen served two short prison stints in North Carolina for drug crimes before coming north. In June 1983 he was convicted in Manitowoc of prowling.
But there were also more serious allegations.
Two years before the sexual assault of the Manitowoc woman, Allen was charged with indecent exposure near the same beach where the woman was attacked. And just two weeks before that attack, Allen was suspected of attempted rape in Manitowoc.
Allen's most serious crime - the 1995 sexual assault of a woman in her Green Bay home, for which Allen is serving 60 years in prison - may have been foreseen.
Then-Manitowoc County District Attorney James Fitzgerald argued for a prison term after Allen was convicted in March 1987 of assaulting police officers. They had caught him peeping into a room where women changed clothes.
"I believe that Mr. Allen is the sort of individual who is a great danger to people in our community, particularly female members of our community," Fitzgerald said before a 3 1/2-year prison term was imposed.
Allen told the judge - Fred Hazelwood, the same judge who presided over Avery's trial - he didn't see how prison could help.
"I just fail to understand," he said.