DATE  of 
INCIDENT
NAME
COUNTY
OUTCOME
Exculpatory Evidence  
Discovered after the fact
7/30/79 Carol Wright Washtenaw Convicted (NC Plea) 11/12/84 
Sentence - 10-25 yrs
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Vaginal swab contained no B+ antigens.  Ewing is B+
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Ewing never tested against vaginal swab or if tested, results withheld.
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Disposition of physical evidence unknown.  Page pulled from property log book.
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Police report (5 pgs) withheld.
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Deal cut with prisoner facing life sentence to gain his perjured testimony  against Ewing.
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Complainant coached to give positive photo ID; No corporeal lineup held.
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Alibi discovered after the fact.
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Michigan State Police (MSP) crime lab "cannot find" lab slides from case.
9/29/80 Kaye Jensen Washtenaw Convicted (NC Plea)  7/15/85 
Sentence - 10-15 yrs 
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Physical evidence destroyed.
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Rape kit never sent to lab till 4 yrs. after alleged incident.
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6 pgs of police report detailing nature of the unfounded rape withheld .
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Original suspect composite withheld; "Victim" supplied with "new" sketch.
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Complainant coached to give positive photo ID.  Failed corporeal lineup.
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Michigan State Police (MSP) crime lab "cannot find" lab slides from case.
8/2/82 Colleen Bitterman Livingston Acquitted (Jury Trial)  11/1/85
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Eskridge coached complainant to give positive photo ID.
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Rape kit destroyed in 1982.
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Michigan State Police (MSP) crime lab "cannot find" lab slides from case.
6/20/83 Judy Coltrain Jackson Convicted (Jury Trial) 5/15/85 
Sentence - Life
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Jackson County Sheriff Dept. claims physical evidence destroyed; cannot provide documentation of destruction.
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Sheriff Dept. ordered by Prosecutor's office in 1985 to "retain all evidence in Ewing case."
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Chain of physical evidence suspect.
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Original suspect composite replaced with sketch drawn to look like Ewing.
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New sketch supposedly drawn  a year after attack.
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New sketch "touched up" with lengthened mustache and chin cleft to more resemble Ewing.
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Complainant coached to give positive photo ID; No corporeal lineup held.
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Two pages of police report concerning suspect vehicle withheld.
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Michigan State Police (MSP) crime lab "cannot find" lab slides from case.
7/27/83 Stacy Arronson Livingston Case Dismissed 1/2/86
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Eskridge coached complainant to give positive photo ID.
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Attacker bled on victim's shirt when she poked him in eye with stick.  MSP crime lab claims that tests were never performed on bloody shirt.
6/23/84 Pattie Morris Washtenaw

No Charge 
No Crime 
No           Attempted Crime 
 

 Eskridge reported to News, CSC complainants, and other law enforcement personnel that Ewing tried to rape Morris.   

Morris testified that this was not the case.

 

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