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Lynn K Jennings
617 Hayes St.
Bethlehem, PA 18015
610 867-7543
lynn_jennings2002@yahoo.com
Re: Violation under The Color of Law
Dear Professor:
What I am about to present to you is in violation of The Color of Law. This is a 35-year-old case, where my husband has been incarcerated falsely because of Police Misconduct, Prosecution Misconduct, and Medical Examiners, there is a lot of fabrication in this case, because of the misconduct and fabrication an innocent man has been incarcerated over 35 years of his life. This case truly needs to be investigated, or re-investigated. Basically what I am about to present to you is my husbands case, but there is another person that also is incarcerated innocently because of the same county, Suffolk County New York.
My husbands name Is Frederick Jennings, Keith Bush has been added onto my petition to congress, there will only be some information added in this on Keith Bush to show you comparisons. I have already contacted Keith Bush by sending him a letter letting him know what I am doing. I will provide you with so much evidence, and exhibits proving to you there has been a true injustice done here. There have been violations of constitutional rights, violations of due process, unreasonable seizure. Under the Bill of Rights, Rights of a Person Accused of a Crime, it states:
The rights of all persons, guilty as well as innocent, to protection from abusive use by government of the power to prosecute and punish persons accused of violating criminal laws. Secured by 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, and 14th Amendments. Not in my husbands case, far from it, these amendments were highly violated by parties involved in Suffolk County New York Government Agencies towards my husband Frederick Jennings. My husband was convicted on an oral confession given by Detective Edward Halverson, the very same Detective that DID NOT take any documentations or notes. My husband never confessed to this crime, he never signed any thing. Detective Edward Halverson fabricated all this.
Note: Even The Appellate Division said:
We begin our discussion of the defendants points by agreeing with him that with out his confession he could not have been convicted. A confession that my husband Frederick Jennings never gave.
A) I am enclosing our petition to congress.
B) A complete chronology of events on my husbands case.
C) Additional Information that I have researched.
D) Names, times, dates, location of the incident.
E) Alibi witness that was never called on.
F) Reports showing the Police, Prosecution, and Investigation done on Suffolk County.
I have contacted every Law School, and so many agencies across The United States, including high government agencies, pro-bono lawyers, and no one will investigate this for us. I truly hope that now I will be able to get results from your department, because if I dont get help my husband will die in prison innocently.
Besides what I have mentioned above, my husbands 6th Amendment was highly violated, he was not prosecuted before an impartial jury, he is a Black Male, and he had an all White Male Jury. Prosecution, and his Defense attorney were aware of an alibi witness, who they never called to trial because of the fabrication of the police detective. Let me begin by giving you the names of all government agencies, and personal involved.
Suffolk County Police Department:
Homicide Department:
5th Prescient
Detective Edward Halverson, badge number 274, he fabricated almost every thing.
Detective Richard Dean, badge number unknown, he never testified at trial.
They were partners
Detective Gerald Castelenetto: shield number 523
He worked in The Police Lab, and fabricated very important evidence.
These are the three most important ones that are in the trial minutes. Although there were more.
Two Suffolk County Medical Examiners:
Hugh Ashmore, State License # 60 090308
Carlos Tejo, State License # 60 095603
Dentist:
Richard Wilck
Current Address
1681 Deer Park Ave.
Deer Park, New York 11729
State License # 50 026157
Suffolk County District Attorneys Office:
Mr. John Buonora
Prosecutor
Current Location
District Attorney Executive Office North Country Complex
Building 77- Veterans Memorial Highway
Hauppauge, New York 11788
Also Involved: District Attorney Patrick Henry, Vincent A. Malito,
Now Patrick Henry is Supreme Court Judge, and Vincent A Malito is his legal secretary, location is Suffolk County, New York.
George J. Aspland and David F. Jordan
All of the above-mentioned names were Suffolk County District Attorneys Office
Legal Aid Defense Attorney:
Mr. Edward T. Tighe
Old Address was:
224 Griffing Ave.
Riverhead, New York 11901
Mr. Tighe died right before sentencing- July 1971
Alibi Witness never called to trial, she is still alive today
Annie P Carter
1029 Leslie Drive
Fayetteville, NC 28314- Phone# 910 864-2939
Note:
There are still more witnesses, but addresses are unknown, last known addresses were in Wyandanch New York, but I looked into all leads, I can not find any current addresses, but I do know that some are still alive as of today by researching. Thats if Internet sights are correct?
Bernita Williams, last known address Wyandanch, NY
Karen Freeman, I cannot find her at all
Schuyler Edgar Carman, father, born 1929, died in October of 2000
Harriet Carman, the mother, there is absolutely nothing on her that I can find
Other Witnesses who should have been called, but were not due to fabrication was:
Ann P Carter, mentioned above
Andrew Williams, brother to Bernita
The Carman brothers who stated she was seen following day, I dont know which brothers
Isabel Williams, aunt to Mary Eliose Carman, no information found
Louisa G Devine, grandmother to Mary Eliose Carman, no information found
Jervey Allen, so called boyfriend to Mary E. Carman, there is information, but I dont believe it is correct
Edna Brown, and Estelle Green, witnesses never called because Detective Edward Halverson said it was rumors that Mary E. Carman was seen about a month latter in the city of New York, stabbed, with the name Jervey Allen written on her leg.
Please remember all of my husbands appeals were done before all the evidence came out about how Corrupt Suffolk County was.
State of New York Commissioners Investigation Report
Past Location when report was done:
270 Broadway
New York, New York 10007
They have moved.
The report was completed in April of 1989
Newsday, Suffolk County Edition
The Confession Takers
December 1986
Suffolk County New York, or Melville New York
Grand Jury Report (1976)
Report Number 2 of The Second Grand Jury of the Special and Extraordinary Trial Term of The Supreme Court
Suffolk County Bar Association Report on Police Brutality (1980)
The National Law Journal January 11, 1979
Long Island University Management Report on Suffolk County Police Department (1986)
Judge Stuart Namms Complaint
October 29, 1985
Mario M Cuomo was NY Governor at the time.
POINT 1:
I have found more evidence to back up my husbands innocence, what I do not understand is, how did Patrick Henry, and his Law Assistant ever made it into the court system? I see that Patrick Henry is a Supreme Court Judge, his Legal Assistant, Vincent A. Malito, is side by side with him. I will show you in an Opposing Affidavit where there is fabrication. In The NY Commissioners Investigations of April 1989, pages one through thirty, it shows where Patrick Henry then District Attorney had mishandled an investigation of a charge of misconduct involving his office, page 17.
Page 23:
Furthermore, while the Suffolk County Police Department, with its new Commissioner and almost entirely new top staff, offers promise for reform, no such promise is yet offered by the District Attorney Henry, who most charitably can be described as having ignored the grave and demanding responsibilities of his office, despite clear danger singles and warnings, has exhibited increasing intransigence as the Commissions investigation uncovered ever more serious misconduct. He has become increasingly resistant, resorting to vituperative press statements, and even to litigation, in an unsuccessful effort to block this very report. In the Commissions view, Mr. Henry has shown himself as unwilling to reform his office and to export proper authority as the highest law enforcement officer of Suffolk County.
Pages 25-30 in the NY Commissioners Report Of April 1989, in their findings on District Attorney Patrick Henry at that time show so much misconduct.
Finding number 4: page 28 of the report
The Suffolk County Police Department and District Attorneys Office engaged in and permitted improper practices to occur in homicide prosecutions, including perjury, as well as grossly deficient investigative and management practices.
POINT 2:
Taken From:
Http://www.fbi.gov.hq.lab.fsc.backissu/oct1999/trace.htm
Trace Evidence Recovery Guidelines
Scientific Working Group on Materials Analysis (SWGMAT) Evidence Committee
January 1998 Revision
Acknowledgments:
1.0 Scope
2.0 Significance and Use
3.0 Documentation
4.0 Contamination and Loss
5.0 Detection, Collection, and Preservation Techniques
6.0 Site and Special Collection Considerations
7.0 Evidence Security
8.0 Training Requirements for Trace Evidence Collection Personnel
9.0 Referenced Documents
10.0 Bibliography
Under acknowledgments, basically none of this was followed by Suffolk County, especially in the Homicide Division. Detective Edward Halverson was not a person to take notes, nor document any thing what so ever. There is proof in the Trial Minutes, as well as in The New York Commissioners Report, and The News Day Article.
In the Commissioners report of 1989, page 15, its states that the Detective Division has increasingly adopted its own set of performance standards for admission and promotion, rather than correlating them to standards, needs and resources of the rest of Departmentsustaining a problem that began more than 26 years ago when the Detective Division was established virtually as an independent entity with in the Department. Now this report was done in the year of 1989, minus 26 years, which means it began in the year of 1963.
Finding 5: New York Commissioners Report: Page 29
There has been a pervasive lack of documentation, and defective documentation, in Suffolk County Police and District Attorney investigations in areas which Commissions has examined: homicide and narcotic cases, misconduct cases, cases involving pen registers, and investigations by detectives in general.
The Confession Takers, Newsday 1986:
Page 22
Problems at Murder Scene, Crime Lab, this is all unbelievable reading and evidence how very corrupt and sloppy Suffolk County was in so many cases.
Page 26, same report, The Confession Takers:
There is evidence that Detective Edward Halverson was not a note taker. The worst of it all was how he, Detective Halverson destroyed a very-very important piece of evidence, the black coat, please read on and you will see. The evidence that was collected was placed into plastic bags half of the evidence was either destroyed or missing.
POINT 3: Continue fabrication in Dental Testimony. Dr Richard Wilck never confirmed his dental chart, how he never mentions 4 impacted wisdom teeth, page 40-43 in the Trial Minutes as Mr. Vincent A. Malito states that the statements in this affidavit are based on information contained in the files of this Office, which statements, on that basis, I believe to be true. The opposing affidavit is dated July 9/1980, signed by Vincent A. Malito.
Dr. Ashmore contradicts himself on cross examination, 4 impacted wisdom teeth, vs. missing impacted wisdom teeth, pages 328-335, trial minutes. I agree, the fabricated dental charts do match the first human remains, but they do not match the second human remains that there is an autopsy report done on by Dr, Tejo. According to the growth of teeth, and third molars, a person has to be at least 17 years old. Mary E. Carman was only 13 years old when her dentist Dr Wilck saw her. and 14 years of her very last visit in December of 1968. There for even though the dental chart supposing matched, the first human remains could not have been Mary E Carman.
Mary E. Carman had 15 cavities that were filled by Dr, Wilck, according to the autopsy report done by Dr, Tejo, the teeth were generally in good condition, he mentions some fillings, Mary E Carman had 15 cavities that were filled, he also states there are teeth missing in the back of the mouth, upper, and lower jaw, this does not match the dental charts.
Also in the autopsy report, which I will enclose for you, it states, The skin covering part of the chest and superior aspect of the abdomen, and most of the upper part of the posterior aspect of the back is PRESENT and DRY. No way possible, here is why. The girl disappears on June 4/1970, assumed to be dead, but is not found until August 21/1970. Hot and humid weather conditions, rainfall, thundershowers, wind; this all plays a huge part, the time of year. According to what I have researched the animals and bugs would have had pulled, or eaten the flesh away within 2 weeks, a month tops. The human remains were intact, except one leg bone, detached. Reports show that extreme scattering done by animals, of bones and body parts or physical evidence frequently occurs. There for, the area encompassing the scattered bones may be by a few feet, or several yards away, sometimes never being found. This was not the case in this human remains that were found on August 21/1970.
The body was found intact, with some of the girls clothing found right by the body. Its just not possible according to Forensic reports. This human remains could not have been there longer then a month if that, it was all to neatly done, even the clothing that was there, was all in one spot, weather conditions would have bleached out the clothing, winds would have blown some of the clothing, or animal would have possibly dragged the clothing/ bugs definitely should have been around, on the body, on, and around the soil.
There was 4 bags collected of leaves, and soil, but they were collected and stored in plastic bags, thats a no-no, all evidence at a crime scene needs to be collected, and stored in Paper Material, such as envelope, card board box, etc. They never examined that evidence on the soil and the leaves, and even if they did, it would have not been accurate because it was placed in plastic bags. You will see this on the property list from the Suffolk County Medical Examiners Office that I am enclosing for you. It was never mentioned in the Trial Minutes, about the leaf collection, never put into evidence.
Entomological investigations, and Forensic Anthropology has been out for years, this is nothing new in Scientific Studies in a Homicide Case.
This is according to human decay, anatomy reports, entomological investigations, and forensic anthropology.
POINT 4:
Page 313 in the Trial Minutes, Dr. Tejo states, The bones were negative for fractures by x-ray, and the body was apparently about 61 inches in length, and by dental it appears to be of a young person, look at the autopsy report also, A YOUNG PERSON. Thats because they could not determine the sex of the human remains, of course they couldnt because they examined TWO DIFFERENT HUMAN REMAINS, and evidence proves it.
Page 314 Trial Minutes, Dr, Tejo states there were no organs so he could not determine the SEX, of this person. Thats bogus baloney. According to Forensic Anthropology there are 4 ways you can determine the sex of a human remains:
1) The teeth
2) The skull
3) The bones in length
4) The pelvic bones
Page 315 in the Trial Minutes, Dr. Tejo states, No cause of death. Dr. Tejo goes onto say because there were no organs present, he could not determine the cause of death.
POINT 5:
Gerald Castelenetto, Detective Suffolk County Police Department, and Shield Number 523 fabricated serology and Forensics findings. He hid information; this hindered my husband a lot because of this fabricated evidence.
They found a semen stain, so he performed an Acid Phosphates Test, ok, that was correct, but there was no Spermatozoa present what so ever. My husband has 3 grown children, and he never had a vasectomy. What Dr. Castelenetto failed to mention is, it could have just been a female semen stain, and both turn purple when that test is done on a semen stain. This also is nothing new in Scientific Studies, and Forensics, it just takes longer to determine if it is female or not. Before it turns purple that is.
There was a dried blood spot on the panty girdle, Gerald Castelenetto did a Teichmann-leishman crystal test on that blood stain, now I did find a Teichmann blood test, but what the detective said in the trial minutes is that he did know it was blood, but, The group and the species was unobtainable. Here is where the fabrication is, comes to play. According to my researching as early as the year of 1875, different blood types could be recognized; by 1901 Karl Landsteiner named and standardized the groups. Now we all know in a Criminal case, ABO testing is done on the defendant, its part of the procedures, funny thing is I can not find my husbands evidence of this test any where, unless it might be in the police report, which I dont have access to.
Also in the year of 1901, German biologist Paul Uhlenhuth used a test he developed; it was called The Precipitin Test, to determine whether the blood was human, or animal? Then came in ( 1908-1909) Glaister Senior, and more researching on the precipitin test, and by the year of ( 1926) Glaister Junior made a special study of the forensics applications of the precipitin test, making sure that the test was more accurate on blood stains at various stages in very small quantities.
This is also interesting, way back in the early 1900 hundreds once they took the ABO test they could work on the gender of the person from whom the blood came from. To get more thorough enzyme/protein, they use electrophoresis (a blood soaked piece of cotton placed in gelatin on a slide and submitted to electric current.)
Question would be, makes one wonder, if all this was researched, and acknowledged at Crime Labs, used in most courts by the year of 1930, then why did Dr. Gerald Castelenetto of The Suffolk County Police Department, Crime Technician clearly state he could not determine any thing else, except that it was blood?
The rest of my information on my husbands case is in the one report I did taking all information out of his trial minutes. The second one is our Petition to Congress, its up on the Internet right now.
POINT 6:
Pre-sentence report, comparing statements to trial minutes, and autopsy report as follows. On page two in his pre-sentence report it goes to say in paragraph three, under statement of the complaint part three:
The victims remains were found on August 21, 1970 by a group of children, on a corner plot of woods, with heavy undergrowth, but in the trial minutes it clearly states that the father Schuyler E Carman found this human remains.
Paragraph four very same page, The Suffolk County Police Department was contacted and a detective from The First Squad, Babylon, New York, responded to the scene, but in the trial minutes it states on page 51 that after the father found this human remains he went to a phone both to call the police, but in the meantime, a police car was coming down the street, and before he got to the phone booth he flagged down the police car, and the officer was a Sergeant.
Going back to the pre-sentence report it then states the detective, there is no mention of a sergeant, the detective called the Homicide Squad. So the question being who actually found this human remains, and who was actually contacted, who was really the first at the crime scene from the Suffolk County Police Department?
Pre-sentence report, same paragraph on page two, it states, Upon viewing the body they the police discovered the remain of a human body laying face up, skeleton, Except for decomposed flesh extending from the shoulders to the fingers on both arms, and scattered areas on the chest and around the torso. Now read the autopsy report, there is nothing-about decomposed flesh extending from the shoulders to the fingers on both arms. In the pre-sentence report there is nothing about flesh on the foot?
As you read through the trial minutes there is at least six pieces of evidence missing. The most important piece of missing, and then destroyed evidence was/is The Black Coat. I have enclosed page 370 and page 371 out of the trial minutes for you to read. Detective Edward Halverson destroyed that black coat, why, because he said the juices from the body, and all the tissue were on that black coat. Detective Edward Halverson also goes to say that the Medical Examiner confirmed this decision.
Note:
Page 370 and 371 Detective Halverson, does not give a name of which medical examiner, and in the autopsy report there were no human tissue, organs, thats because Detective Edward Halverson destroyed that black coat, a very-very important piece of evidence. Body tissue, body juices? That just goes to prove that first human remains could not have been dead that long, not under the conditions of hot and humid summer months.
POINT 7:
My husband could not have committed this crime of murder under any circumstances, why, because he was in Suffolk County Jail waiting on two other pending charges since July 20, 1970. From all the given evidence that I have, especially being that there was body juices, body fluids, flesh, intact remains except for one leg, and so much fabrication through out the entire trial, would it be possible that the girl was murdered on June 4, 1970, highly unlikely. If you piece this all together that body couldnt of been there longer then 2 to 3 weeks if that.
POINT 8:
We worked with Cardozo Innocent Project, with Barry Scheck, and two students, from the city of New York. It took them two and half years just to receive a correspondence back from Vince Crispino, Chief of Crime Laboratory in Suffolk County, New York. Evidence is enclosed from the school. Now we found out that my husbands evidence was removed from the Crime Lab on August the 28th, 1970, that was a week after this human remains was found, removed by Detective Edward Halverson. The funny thing is, this evidence was in the custody of Detective Edward Halverson on August the 21st-23rd, 1970, trial minutes, page 292, he claims the evidence was in the Homicide Squad Evidence Locker those two days, then on August the 23rd, 1970 he took them to the Police Lab, or thats what he said he did, then he claims he had the evidence present with him until August the 27th, 1970, he contradicts himself, this is on pages 291-293 in the trial minutes.
The trial wasnt held until June 14,1971, thats ten months latter, so in those ten months where was this evidence, it wasnt in the Crime Lab, it doesnt really seem as if it was ever in the Crime Lab as Vince Crispino said it was for that one week in August of 1970, not according to the trial minutes, plus there was missing articles, and there were two dental charts, one exactly as the other.
POINT 9: Detective Edward Halverson:
According to The New York Investigation Report It States:
Page 6:
Court of Appeals Cases: (1976-1981)
Between 1976 and 1981, the New York State Court of Appeals reversed, or affirmed Appellate Division reversals, in eight cases, including six homicides, all tried by the Suffolk County District Attorneys Office and involving confessions by defendants. By these decisions the Court of Appeals broadened and strengthened rules in New York State, which are highly favorable to defendants with respect to the right to counsel.
The primary cause for reversal in these Suffolk cases, according to judicial analysis, was failure by the Homicide Division of the Suffolk County Police Department to follow proper practices in questioning defendants and seeking confessions.
Page 7 in the NY Commissioners Report:
Among the cast of characters in these cases were police personnel who latter became important actors. In cases known as PEOPLE V CORSO and PEOPLE V DIAZcases became the initial focus of the Commissions Investigation. Detective Dennis Rafferty, who played a key role in the Corso and Diaz cases, also played a role in two of the eight cases, which were reversed. (Bartolomeo and Maerling)
NOTE: Detective Dennis Rafferty was the lead Detective in Keith Bush case. Keith Bush is the other man in my petition, who I came across accidentally on the Internet a few months ago. I had seen the same pattern in the Police Misconduct, so I wrote him, but as I said my main concern is my husband Frederick D Jennings. Keith Bush and his family know that I am contacting you, it is their responsibility to get his information to you.
Continuing on Page 7 in the Investigation Report:
Detective Edward Halverson, an important actor in the Corso case, also played a role in Singer, and even District Attorney Henry himself, during his service as assistant district attorney, played a small role in both Singer and Maerling.
Page 195:
Commissioners Report:
Detective Edward Halverson tried to stop the investigation:
Halverson v. Commission of Investigation, Index number 86-15104. These motions to quash Commission subpoenas have either been denied by the courts or withdrawn, (See Anonymous v. Commissions of Investigation, index number 86-19048.
There is so much more reading involved in the Newsday Article: The Confession Takers of December 1986:
District Attorney John Buonora who tried my husbands case, he knows the truth, but he will not help me now that he is once again Assistant District Attorney. He is in the Confession Takers News Article, he spoke to me while in private practice in November of 1998, but he ignores me now, he knows my husbands case very well, it was his very first murder trial according to our discussion back in 1998. If only he could be brought back in to testify, thats if he would even tell the truth, if old phone records exist, his phone number would show up on one of my old phone bills.
Even the judge made a Statement in the Confession Takers, on page 25, former Judge Ernest Signorelli, who was my husbands trial judge, now deceased stated in that report:
It is difficult for a judge to question a police officer. You assume you have a law enforcement official whose sole purpose is to protect the community from offenders, and you assume did an honest and competent job,,,,,,and you hesitate in questioning his tactics or his motives. Because of ASSUMPTION an INNOCENT MAN, or MEN are incarcerated, and will die in prison if not exonerated.
POINT 10:
CASE HISTORY:
This case is about a 14-year girl, who ran away on 2 occasions, before this so called murder was committed. June the 4th, 1970. Mary E Carman left her house around 6:00pm to attend a school concert, she sang in the choir in Wyandanch Jr High School. At the time she resided with her parents at 7 S 26th St in Wyandanch NY. Mary E Carman walked with her friend Bernita Williams to the school concert around 7:00pm that evening of June 4th, 1970. Between 10:30pm-11:00pm, Mary E Carman left the concert with two of Bernita Williams brothers, one being Andrew Williams, they walked all together to Bernita Williams home to watch TV for a little while. Around 11:45pm that night of June 4, 1970 Mary E Carman left Bernita Williams house, which was located at 16 S 21st., St.
Mary left with Bernita, Bernitas brother Andrew, and Bernitas sister Caroline.
They left Mary at the intersection of Levey Boulevard and Straight Path Road. That was supposing the last time Mary E Carman was seen alive, but there is contradicting evidence throughout the trial minutes, which I have explained to you. Karen Freeman also attended that school concert, and she could only confirm the white clogs that Mary was wearing that night. It was between June 4th, and 5th that they say Mary E Carman disappeared, but yet as you read the trial minutes she was seen the next day, and a month latter in the city of New York.
Oh, they had a funeral as far as I hear, but even if they did, who is to say what human remains if any were in a coffin, or cremated, one will never know unless the contents is removed from its burial spot, and DNA tested, and thats if there is even any one buried in the cemetery? Im coming up with totally nothing, and because of Privacy Acts, I can not confirm a death certificate, I can not confirm if she was in school the next day, nor can I confirm if she was in the city a month latter through Police or Hospital Reports. A death certificate does not prove that Mary E Carman is actually deceased, not according to all the evidence I have collected through out the years.
POINT 11: My recent contacts are Newsday newspaper, Suffolk County, my contact person was Kathy, she is employed in the library at Newsday, her contact phone number is 631 843-2337, her fax number is 631 843-2342. Kathy searched the achieves for me and micro-fiche, now she found the name Mary E. Carman BUT, when she went into the micro-fiche it was totally empty, nothing to be found what so ever, not even the newspaper articles. I paid 20.00 dollars to get a confirmation letter, but some how I have misplaced that letter, but you can see from my bank statement, a 20.00-dollar transaction was sent to Newsday in October 2005; also I am including my phone bill.
My second contact is a Mr. Richard Ashby, he is a librarian currently at Wyandanch library in Suffolk County NY, he searched old achieves for me, and nothing can be found on Mary E. Carman. Again you will see on my phone bill how many calls I made to Wyandanch library in October. He was suppose to send me a confirmation letter on what he researched, but he hasnt as of yet.
I have researched so many different sights to try to find out information about Mary E Carman, genealogy, social security deaths, people searches, obituaries, grave/ burial, class reunion, newspaper achieves, white pages, just to name a few. I am coming up with totally nothing. I also cannot find any record on the mother, Harriet Carman, although I have found the father, and I am almost sure family members. Here are the names I have found of the Carmans once listed in that area:
Morgan Carman, age 51, last known to be in Wyandanch, Wheatly Heights, and West Babylon New York
Mildred A Carman, age unknown, Wyandanch, and North Babylon
Schuyler E Carman, age 42, Wyandanch, this would have to be a son, same name
Susan Carman, age unknown, West Babylon
Martin E Carman, age 27, Wyandanch, possible nephew
Lashay Carman, age unknown, Wyandanch
According to the trial minutes they had seven children.
CONCLUSION:
This case needs to be investigated, or re-investigated, you are our last hope, you can see all the Police Misconduct, Fabrication of the Lab, Conflicting testimony of two Medical Examiners, and even falsified information in a opposing affidavit. My husband is innocent and should be exonerated before he dies in prison innocently. The alibi witness is still alive, I have given you so much evidence to back every thing up. Please help us set an innocent man free. We are poor people, can not afford a attorney, he has no family back up, he only has me, and I am at home receiving a small SS disability check monthly.
My husband was very foolish, after the years went bye, and he went in front of the Parole Board, he admitted guilt, why, thinking it would help him get released, because any one knows even if you are innocent if you tend not to admit guilt, the Parole Board will say you are in DENIAL The only denial is that a innocent man will die in prison for a crime he did not commit. Thank You for reading this, I hope to hear from you soon concerning this matter. Do not hesitate to contact me at any time.
Pre-Sentence Case Number: 6647A, date submitted was July 30, 1970
Investigated by: Raymond Datvinis
March 7, 1970: Suffolk County, Ind.#411-70
July 20, 1970: Suffolk County, Ind.# 899-70
Our petition online is:
http://petitiononline.com/71a0441/petition.html
They tried to convict my husband in all three cases on felony rape charges, but they couldnt, the evidence was just not there. Please re-investigate this before it is to late and he dies innocently in prison.
Sincerely,
Lynn K Jennings
C/C
Frederick Jennings
#71 A 0441
2911 Arthurkill Road
Staten Island, New York 10309
617 Hayes St.
Bethlehem, PA 18015
610 867-7543
lynn_jennings2002@yahoo.com
Re: Violation under The Color of Law
Dear Professor:
What I am about to present to you is in violation of The Color of Law. This is a 35-year-old case, where my husband has been incarcerated falsely because of Police Misconduct, Prosecution Misconduct, and Medical Examiners, there is a lot of fabrication in this case, because of the misconduct and fabrication an innocent man has been incarcerated over 35 years of his life. This case truly needs to be investigated, or re-investigated. Basically what I am about to present to you is my husbands case, but there is another person that also is incarcerated innocently because of the same county, Suffolk County New York.
My husbands name Is Frederick Jennings, Keith Bush has been added onto my petition to congress, there will only be some information added in this on Keith Bush to show you comparisons. I have already contacted Keith Bush by sending him a letter letting him know what I am doing. I will provide you with so much evidence, and exhibits proving to you there has been a true injustice done here. There have been violations of constitutional rights, violations of due process, unreasonable seizure. Under the Bill of Rights, Rights of a Person Accused of a Crime, it states:
The rights of all persons, guilty as well as innocent, to protection from abusive use by government of the power to prosecute and punish persons accused of violating criminal laws. Secured by 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, and 14th Amendments. Not in my husbands case, far from it, these amendments were highly violated by parties involved in Suffolk County New York Government Agencies towards my husband Frederick Jennings. My husband was convicted on an oral confession given by Detective Edward Halverson, the very same Detective that DID NOT take any documentations or notes. My husband never confessed to this crime, he never signed any thing. Detective Edward Halverson fabricated all this.
Note: Even The Appellate Division said:
We begin our discussion of the defendants points by agreeing with him that with out his confession he could not have been convicted. A confession that my husband Frederick Jennings never gave.
A) I am enclosing our petition to congress.
B) A complete chronology of events on my husbands case.
C) Additional Information that I have researched.
D) Names, times, dates, location of the incident.
E) Alibi witness that was never called on.
F) Reports showing the Police, Prosecution, and Investigation done on Suffolk County.
I have contacted every Law School, and so many agencies across The United States, including high government agencies, pro-bono lawyers, and no one will investigate this for us. I truly hope that now I will be able to get results from your department, because if I dont get help my husband will die in prison innocently.
Besides what I have mentioned above, my husbands 6th Amendment was highly violated, he was not prosecuted before an impartial jury, he is a Black Male, and he had an all White Male Jury. Prosecution, and his Defense attorney were aware of an alibi witness, who they never called to trial because of the fabrication of the police detective. Let me begin by giving you the names of all government agencies, and personal involved.
Suffolk County Police Department:
Homicide Department:
5th Prescient
Detective Edward Halverson, badge number 274, he fabricated almost every thing.
Detective Richard Dean, badge number unknown, he never testified at trial.
They were partners
Detective Gerald Castelenetto: shield number 523
He worked in The Police Lab, and fabricated very important evidence.
These are the three most important ones that are in the trial minutes. Although there were more.
Two Suffolk County Medical Examiners:
Hugh Ashmore, State License # 60 090308
Carlos Tejo, State License # 60 095603
Dentist:
Richard Wilck
Current Address
1681 Deer Park Ave.
Deer Park, New York 11729
State License # 50 026157
Suffolk County District Attorneys Office:
Mr. John Buonora
Prosecutor
Current Location
District Attorney Executive Office North Country Complex
Building 77- Veterans Memorial Highway
Hauppauge, New York 11788
Also Involved: District Attorney Patrick Henry, Vincent A. Malito,
Now Patrick Henry is Supreme Court Judge, and Vincent A Malito is his legal secretary, location is Suffolk County, New York.
George J. Aspland and David F. Jordan
All of the above-mentioned names were Suffolk County District Attorneys Office
Legal Aid Defense Attorney:
Mr. Edward T. Tighe
Old Address was:
224 Griffing Ave.
Riverhead, New York 11901
Mr. Tighe died right before sentencing- July 1971
Alibi Witness never called to trial, she is still alive today
Annie P Carter
1029 Leslie Drive
Fayetteville, NC 28314- Phone# 910 864-2939
Note:
There are still more witnesses, but addresses are unknown, last known addresses were in Wyandanch New York, but I looked into all leads, I can not find any current addresses, but I do know that some are still alive as of today by researching. Thats if Internet sights are correct?
Bernita Williams, last known address Wyandanch, NY
Karen Freeman, I cannot find her at all
Schuyler Edgar Carman, father, born 1929, died in October of 2000
Harriet Carman, the mother, there is absolutely nothing on her that I can find
Other Witnesses who should have been called, but were not due to fabrication was:
Ann P Carter, mentioned above
Andrew Williams, brother to Bernita
The Carman brothers who stated she was seen following day, I dont know which brothers
Isabel Williams, aunt to Mary Eliose Carman, no information found
Louisa G Devine, grandmother to Mary Eliose Carman, no information found
Jervey Allen, so called boyfriend to Mary E. Carman, there is information, but I dont believe it is correct
Edna Brown, and Estelle Green, witnesses never called because Detective Edward Halverson said it was rumors that Mary E. Carman was seen about a month latter in the city of New York, stabbed, with the name Jervey Allen written on her leg.
Please remember all of my husbands appeals were done before all the evidence came out about how Corrupt Suffolk County was.
State of New York Commissioners Investigation Report
Past Location when report was done:
270 Broadway
New York, New York 10007
They have moved.
The report was completed in April of 1989
Newsday, Suffolk County Edition
The Confession Takers
December 1986
Suffolk County New York, or Melville New York
Grand Jury Report (1976)
Report Number 2 of The Second Grand Jury of the Special and Extraordinary Trial Term of The Supreme Court
Suffolk County Bar Association Report on Police Brutality (1980)
The National Law Journal January 11, 1979
Long Island University Management Report on Suffolk County Police Department (1986)
Judge Stuart Namms Complaint
October 29, 1985
Mario M Cuomo was NY Governor at the time.
POINT 1:
I have found more evidence to back up my husbands innocence, what I do not understand is, how did Patrick Henry, and his Law Assistant ever made it into the court system? I see that Patrick Henry is a Supreme Court Judge, his Legal Assistant, Vincent A. Malito, is side by side with him. I will show you in an Opposing Affidavit where there is fabrication. In The NY Commissioners Investigations of April 1989, pages one through thirty, it shows where Patrick Henry then District Attorney had mishandled an investigation of a charge of misconduct involving his office, page 17.
Page 23:
Furthermore, while the Suffolk County Police Department, with its new Commissioner and almost entirely new top staff, offers promise for reform, no such promise is yet offered by the District Attorney Henry, who most charitably can be described as having ignored the grave and demanding responsibilities of his office, despite clear danger singles and warnings, has exhibited increasing intransigence as the Commissions investigation uncovered ever more serious misconduct. He has become increasingly resistant, resorting to vituperative press statements, and even to litigation, in an unsuccessful effort to block this very report. In the Commissions view, Mr. Henry has shown himself as unwilling to reform his office and to export proper authority as the highest law enforcement officer of Suffolk County.
Pages 25-30 in the NY Commissioners Report Of April 1989, in their findings on District Attorney Patrick Henry at that time show so much misconduct.
Finding number 4: page 28 of the report
The Suffolk County Police Department and District Attorneys Office engaged in and permitted improper practices to occur in homicide prosecutions, including perjury, as well as grossly deficient investigative and management practices.
POINT 2:
Taken From:
Http://www.fbi.gov.hq.lab.fsc.backissu/oct1999/trace.htm
Trace Evidence Recovery Guidelines
Scientific Working Group on Materials Analysis (SWGMAT) Evidence Committee
January 1998 Revision
Acknowledgments:
1.0 Scope
2.0 Significance and Use
3.0 Documentation
4.0 Contamination and Loss
5.0 Detection, Collection, and Preservation Techniques
6.0 Site and Special Collection Considerations
7.0 Evidence Security
8.0 Training Requirements for Trace Evidence Collection Personnel
9.0 Referenced Documents
10.0 Bibliography
Under acknowledgments, basically none of this was followed by Suffolk County, especially in the Homicide Division. Detective Edward Halverson was not a person to take notes, nor document any thing what so ever. There is proof in the Trial Minutes, as well as in The New York Commissioners Report, and The News Day Article.
In the Commissioners report of 1989, page 15, its states that the Detective Division has increasingly adopted its own set of performance standards for admission and promotion, rather than correlating them to standards, needs and resources of the rest of Departmentsustaining a problem that began more than 26 years ago when the Detective Division was established virtually as an independent entity with in the Department. Now this report was done in the year of 1989, minus 26 years, which means it began in the year of 1963.
Finding 5: New York Commissioners Report: Page 29
There has been a pervasive lack of documentation, and defective documentation, in Suffolk County Police and District Attorney investigations in areas which Commissions has examined: homicide and narcotic cases, misconduct cases, cases involving pen registers, and investigations by detectives in general.
The Confession Takers, Newsday 1986:
Page 22
Problems at Murder Scene, Crime Lab, this is all unbelievable reading and evidence how very corrupt and sloppy Suffolk County was in so many cases.
Page 26, same report, The Confession Takers:
There is evidence that Detective Edward Halverson was not a note taker. The worst of it all was how he, Detective Halverson destroyed a very-very important piece of evidence, the black coat, please read on and you will see. The evidence that was collected was placed into plastic bags half of the evidence was either destroyed or missing.
POINT 3: Continue fabrication in Dental Testimony. Dr Richard Wilck never confirmed his dental chart, how he never mentions 4 impacted wisdom teeth, page 40-43 in the Trial Minutes as Mr. Vincent A. Malito states that the statements in this affidavit are based on information contained in the files of this Office, which statements, on that basis, I believe to be true. The opposing affidavit is dated July 9/1980, signed by Vincent A. Malito.
Dr. Ashmore contradicts himself on cross examination, 4 impacted wisdom teeth, vs. missing impacted wisdom teeth, pages 328-335, trial minutes. I agree, the fabricated dental charts do match the first human remains, but they do not match the second human remains that there is an autopsy report done on by Dr, Tejo. According to the growth of teeth, and third molars, a person has to be at least 17 years old. Mary E. Carman was only 13 years old when her dentist Dr Wilck saw her. and 14 years of her very last visit in December of 1968. There for even though the dental chart supposing matched, the first human remains could not have been Mary E Carman.
Mary E. Carman had 15 cavities that were filled by Dr, Wilck, according to the autopsy report done by Dr, Tejo, the teeth were generally in good condition, he mentions some fillings, Mary E Carman had 15 cavities that were filled, he also states there are teeth missing in the back of the mouth, upper, and lower jaw, this does not match the dental charts.
Also in the autopsy report, which I will enclose for you, it states, The skin covering part of the chest and superior aspect of the abdomen, and most of the upper part of the posterior aspect of the back is PRESENT and DRY. No way possible, here is why. The girl disappears on June 4/1970, assumed to be dead, but is not found until August 21/1970. Hot and humid weather conditions, rainfall, thundershowers, wind; this all plays a huge part, the time of year. According to what I have researched the animals and bugs would have had pulled, or eaten the flesh away within 2 weeks, a month tops. The human remains were intact, except one leg bone, detached. Reports show that extreme scattering done by animals, of bones and body parts or physical evidence frequently occurs. There for, the area encompassing the scattered bones may be by a few feet, or several yards away, sometimes never being found. This was not the case in this human remains that were found on August 21/1970.
The body was found intact, with some of the girls clothing found right by the body. Its just not possible according to Forensic reports. This human remains could not have been there longer then a month if that, it was all to neatly done, even the clothing that was there, was all in one spot, weather conditions would have bleached out the clothing, winds would have blown some of the clothing, or animal would have possibly dragged the clothing/ bugs definitely should have been around, on the body, on, and around the soil.
There was 4 bags collected of leaves, and soil, but they were collected and stored in plastic bags, thats a no-no, all evidence at a crime scene needs to be collected, and stored in Paper Material, such as envelope, card board box, etc. They never examined that evidence on the soil and the leaves, and even if they did, it would have not been accurate because it was placed in plastic bags. You will see this on the property list from the Suffolk County Medical Examiners Office that I am enclosing for you. It was never mentioned in the Trial Minutes, about the leaf collection, never put into evidence.
Entomological investigations, and Forensic Anthropology has been out for years, this is nothing new in Scientific Studies in a Homicide Case.
This is according to human decay, anatomy reports, entomological investigations, and forensic anthropology.
POINT 4:
Page 313 in the Trial Minutes, Dr. Tejo states, The bones were negative for fractures by x-ray, and the body was apparently about 61 inches in length, and by dental it appears to be of a young person, look at the autopsy report also, A YOUNG PERSON. Thats because they could not determine the sex of the human remains, of course they couldnt because they examined TWO DIFFERENT HUMAN REMAINS, and evidence proves it.
Page 314 Trial Minutes, Dr, Tejo states there were no organs so he could not determine the SEX, of this person. Thats bogus baloney. According to Forensic Anthropology there are 4 ways you can determine the sex of a human remains:
1) The teeth
2) The skull
3) The bones in length
4) The pelvic bones
Page 315 in the Trial Minutes, Dr. Tejo states, No cause of death. Dr. Tejo goes onto say because there were no organs present, he could not determine the cause of death.
POINT 5:
Gerald Castelenetto, Detective Suffolk County Police Department, and Shield Number 523 fabricated serology and Forensics findings. He hid information; this hindered my husband a lot because of this fabricated evidence.
They found a semen stain, so he performed an Acid Phosphates Test, ok, that was correct, but there was no Spermatozoa present what so ever. My husband has 3 grown children, and he never had a vasectomy. What Dr. Castelenetto failed to mention is, it could have just been a female semen stain, and both turn purple when that test is done on a semen stain. This also is nothing new in Scientific Studies, and Forensics, it just takes longer to determine if it is female or not. Before it turns purple that is.
There was a dried blood spot on the panty girdle, Gerald Castelenetto did a Teichmann-leishman crystal test on that blood stain, now I did find a Teichmann blood test, but what the detective said in the trial minutes is that he did know it was blood, but, The group and the species was unobtainable. Here is where the fabrication is, comes to play. According to my researching as early as the year of 1875, different blood types could be recognized; by 1901 Karl Landsteiner named and standardized the groups. Now we all know in a Criminal case, ABO testing is done on the defendant, its part of the procedures, funny thing is I can not find my husbands evidence of this test any where, unless it might be in the police report, which I dont have access to.
Also in the year of 1901, German biologist Paul Uhlenhuth used a test he developed; it was called The Precipitin Test, to determine whether the blood was human, or animal? Then came in ( 1908-1909) Glaister Senior, and more researching on the precipitin test, and by the year of ( 1926) Glaister Junior made a special study of the forensics applications of the precipitin test, making sure that the test was more accurate on blood stains at various stages in very small quantities.
This is also interesting, way back in the early 1900 hundreds once they took the ABO test they could work on the gender of the person from whom the blood came from. To get more thorough enzyme/protein, they use electrophoresis (a blood soaked piece of cotton placed in gelatin on a slide and submitted to electric current.)
Question would be, makes one wonder, if all this was researched, and acknowledged at Crime Labs, used in most courts by the year of 1930, then why did Dr. Gerald Castelenetto of The Suffolk County Police Department, Crime Technician clearly state he could not determine any thing else, except that it was blood?
The rest of my information on my husbands case is in the one report I did taking all information out of his trial minutes. The second one is our Petition to Congress, its up on the Internet right now.
POINT 6:
Pre-sentence report, comparing statements to trial minutes, and autopsy report as follows. On page two in his pre-sentence report it goes to say in paragraph three, under statement of the complaint part three:
The victims remains were found on August 21, 1970 by a group of children, on a corner plot of woods, with heavy undergrowth, but in the trial minutes it clearly states that the father Schuyler E Carman found this human remains.
Paragraph four very same page, The Suffolk County Police Department was contacted and a detective from The First Squad, Babylon, New York, responded to the scene, but in the trial minutes it states on page 51 that after the father found this human remains he went to a phone both to call the police, but in the meantime, a police car was coming down the street, and before he got to the phone booth he flagged down the police car, and the officer was a Sergeant.
Going back to the pre-sentence report it then states the detective, there is no mention of a sergeant, the detective called the Homicide Squad. So the question being who actually found this human remains, and who was actually contacted, who was really the first at the crime scene from the Suffolk County Police Department?
Pre-sentence report, same paragraph on page two, it states, Upon viewing the body they the police discovered the remain of a human body laying face up, skeleton, Except for decomposed flesh extending from the shoulders to the fingers on both arms, and scattered areas on the chest and around the torso. Now read the autopsy report, there is nothing-about decomposed flesh extending from the shoulders to the fingers on both arms. In the pre-sentence report there is nothing about flesh on the foot?
As you read through the trial minutes there is at least six pieces of evidence missing. The most important piece of missing, and then destroyed evidence was/is The Black Coat. I have enclosed page 370 and page 371 out of the trial minutes for you to read. Detective Edward Halverson destroyed that black coat, why, because he said the juices from the body, and all the tissue were on that black coat. Detective Edward Halverson also goes to say that the Medical Examiner confirmed this decision.
Note:
Page 370 and 371 Detective Halverson, does not give a name of which medical examiner, and in the autopsy report there were no human tissue, organs, thats because Detective Edward Halverson destroyed that black coat, a very-very important piece of evidence. Body tissue, body juices? That just goes to prove that first human remains could not have been dead that long, not under the conditions of hot and humid summer months.
POINT 7:
My husband could not have committed this crime of murder under any circumstances, why, because he was in Suffolk County Jail waiting on two other pending charges since July 20, 1970. From all the given evidence that I have, especially being that there was body juices, body fluids, flesh, intact remains except for one leg, and so much fabrication through out the entire trial, would it be possible that the girl was murdered on June 4, 1970, highly unlikely. If you piece this all together that body couldnt of been there longer then 2 to 3 weeks if that.
POINT 8:
We worked with Cardozo Innocent Project, with Barry Scheck, and two students, from the city of New York. It took them two and half years just to receive a correspondence back from Vince Crispino, Chief of Crime Laboratory in Suffolk County, New York. Evidence is enclosed from the school. Now we found out that my husbands evidence was removed from the Crime Lab on August the 28th, 1970, that was a week after this human remains was found, removed by Detective Edward Halverson. The funny thing is, this evidence was in the custody of Detective Edward Halverson on August the 21st-23rd, 1970, trial minutes, page 292, he claims the evidence was in the Homicide Squad Evidence Locker those two days, then on August the 23rd, 1970 he took them to the Police Lab, or thats what he said he did, then he claims he had the evidence present with him until August the 27th, 1970, he contradicts himself, this is on pages 291-293 in the trial minutes.
The trial wasnt held until June 14,1971, thats ten months latter, so in those ten months where was this evidence, it wasnt in the Crime Lab, it doesnt really seem as if it was ever in the Crime Lab as Vince Crispino said it was for that one week in August of 1970, not according to the trial minutes, plus there was missing articles, and there were two dental charts, one exactly as the other.
POINT 9: Detective Edward Halverson:
According to The New York Investigation Report It States:
Page 6:
Court of Appeals Cases: (1976-1981)
Between 1976 and 1981, the New York State Court of Appeals reversed, or affirmed Appellate Division reversals, in eight cases, including six homicides, all tried by the Suffolk County District Attorneys Office and involving confessions by defendants. By these decisions the Court of Appeals broadened and strengthened rules in New York State, which are highly favorable to defendants with respect to the right to counsel.
The primary cause for reversal in these Suffolk cases, according to judicial analysis, was failure by the Homicide Division of the Suffolk County Police Department to follow proper practices in questioning defendants and seeking confessions.
Page 7 in the NY Commissioners Report:
Among the cast of characters in these cases were police personnel who latter became important actors. In cases known as PEOPLE V CORSO and PEOPLE V DIAZcases became the initial focus of the Commissions Investigation. Detective Dennis Rafferty, who played a key role in the Corso and Diaz cases, also played a role in two of the eight cases, which were reversed. (Bartolomeo and Maerling)
NOTE: Detective Dennis Rafferty was the lead Detective in Keith Bush case. Keith Bush is the other man in my petition, who I came across accidentally on the Internet a few months ago. I had seen the same pattern in the Police Misconduct, so I wrote him, but as I said my main concern is my husband Frederick D Jennings. Keith Bush and his family know that I am contacting you, it is their responsibility to get his information to you.
Continuing on Page 7 in the Investigation Report:
Detective Edward Halverson, an important actor in the Corso case, also played a role in Singer, and even District Attorney Henry himself, during his service as assistant district attorney, played a small role in both Singer and Maerling.
Page 195:
Commissioners Report:
Detective Edward Halverson tried to stop the investigation:
Halverson v. Commission of Investigation, Index number 86-15104. These motions to quash Commission subpoenas have either been denied by the courts or withdrawn, (See Anonymous v. Commissions of Investigation, index number 86-19048.
There is so much more reading involved in the Newsday Article: The Confession Takers of December 1986:
District Attorney John Buonora who tried my husbands case, he knows the truth, but he will not help me now that he is once again Assistant District Attorney. He is in the Confession Takers News Article, he spoke to me while in private practice in November of 1998, but he ignores me now, he knows my husbands case very well, it was his very first murder trial according to our discussion back in 1998. If only he could be brought back in to testify, thats if he would even tell the truth, if old phone records exist, his phone number would show up on one of my old phone bills.
Even the judge made a Statement in the Confession Takers, on page 25, former Judge Ernest Signorelli, who was my husbands trial judge, now deceased stated in that report:
It is difficult for a judge to question a police officer. You assume you have a law enforcement official whose sole purpose is to protect the community from offenders, and you assume did an honest and competent job,,,,,,and you hesitate in questioning his tactics or his motives. Because of ASSUMPTION an INNOCENT MAN, or MEN are incarcerated, and will die in prison if not exonerated.
POINT 10:
CASE HISTORY:
This case is about a 14-year girl, who ran away on 2 occasions, before this so called murder was committed. June the 4th, 1970. Mary E Carman left her house around 6:00pm to attend a school concert, she sang in the choir in Wyandanch Jr High School. At the time she resided with her parents at 7 S 26th St in Wyandanch NY. Mary E Carman walked with her friend Bernita Williams to the school concert around 7:00pm that evening of June 4th, 1970. Between 10:30pm-11:00pm, Mary E Carman left the concert with two of Bernita Williams brothers, one being Andrew Williams, they walked all together to Bernita Williams home to watch TV for a little while. Around 11:45pm that night of June 4, 1970 Mary E Carman left Bernita Williams house, which was located at 16 S 21st., St.
Mary left with Bernita, Bernitas brother Andrew, and Bernitas sister Caroline.
They left Mary at the intersection of Levey Boulevard and Straight Path Road. That was supposing the last time Mary E Carman was seen alive, but there is contradicting evidence throughout the trial minutes, which I have explained to you. Karen Freeman also attended that school concert, and she could only confirm the white clogs that Mary was wearing that night. It was between June 4th, and 5th that they say Mary E Carman disappeared, but yet as you read the trial minutes she was seen the next day, and a month latter in the city of New York.
Oh, they had a funeral as far as I hear, but even if they did, who is to say what human remains if any were in a coffin, or cremated, one will never know unless the contents is removed from its burial spot, and DNA tested, and thats if there is even any one buried in the cemetery? Im coming up with totally nothing, and because of Privacy Acts, I can not confirm a death certificate, I can not confirm if she was in school the next day, nor can I confirm if she was in the city a month latter through Police or Hospital Reports. A death certificate does not prove that Mary E Carman is actually deceased, not according to all the evidence I have collected through out the years.
POINT 11: My recent contacts are Newsday newspaper, Suffolk County, my contact person was Kathy, she is employed in the library at Newsday, her contact phone number is 631 843-2337, her fax number is 631 843-2342. Kathy searched the achieves for me and micro-fiche, now she found the name Mary E. Carman BUT, when she went into the micro-fiche it was totally empty, nothing to be found what so ever, not even the newspaper articles. I paid 20.00 dollars to get a confirmation letter, but some how I have misplaced that letter, but you can see from my bank statement, a 20.00-dollar transaction was sent to Newsday in October 2005; also I am including my phone bill.
My second contact is a Mr. Richard Ashby, he is a librarian currently at Wyandanch library in Suffolk County NY, he searched old achieves for me, and nothing can be found on Mary E. Carman. Again you will see on my phone bill how many calls I made to Wyandanch library in October. He was suppose to send me a confirmation letter on what he researched, but he hasnt as of yet.
I have researched so many different sights to try to find out information about Mary E Carman, genealogy, social security deaths, people searches, obituaries, grave/ burial, class reunion, newspaper achieves, white pages, just to name a few. I am coming up with totally nothing. I also cannot find any record on the mother, Harriet Carman, although I have found the father, and I am almost sure family members. Here are the names I have found of the Carmans once listed in that area:
Morgan Carman, age 51, last known to be in Wyandanch, Wheatly Heights, and West Babylon New York
Mildred A Carman, age unknown, Wyandanch, and North Babylon
Schuyler E Carman, age 42, Wyandanch, this would have to be a son, same name
Susan Carman, age unknown, West Babylon
Martin E Carman, age 27, Wyandanch, possible nephew
Lashay Carman, age unknown, Wyandanch
According to the trial minutes they had seven children.
CONCLUSION:
This case needs to be investigated, or re-investigated, you are our last hope, you can see all the Police Misconduct, Fabrication of the Lab, Conflicting testimony of two Medical Examiners, and even falsified information in a opposing affidavit. My husband is innocent and should be exonerated before he dies in prison innocently. The alibi witness is still alive, I have given you so much evidence to back every thing up. Please help us set an innocent man free. We are poor people, can not afford a attorney, he has no family back up, he only has me, and I am at home receiving a small SS disability check monthly.
My husband was very foolish, after the years went bye, and he went in front of the Parole Board, he admitted guilt, why, thinking it would help him get released, because any one knows even if you are innocent if you tend not to admit guilt, the Parole Board will say you are in DENIAL The only denial is that a innocent man will die in prison for a crime he did not commit. Thank You for reading this, I hope to hear from you soon concerning this matter. Do not hesitate to contact me at any time.
Pre-Sentence Case Number: 6647A, date submitted was July 30, 1970
Investigated by: Raymond Datvinis
March 7, 1970: Suffolk County, Ind.#411-70
July 20, 1970: Suffolk County, Ind.# 899-70
Our petition online is:
http://petitiononline.com/71a0441/petition.html
They tried to convict my husband in all three cases on felony rape charges, but they couldnt, the evidence was just not there. Please re-investigate this before it is to late and he dies innocently in prison.
Sincerely,
Lynn K Jennings
C/C
Frederick Jennings
#71 A 0441
2911 Arthurkill Road
Staten Island, New York 10309
Sorry you're going through all this, MamaBear. Hope my response is at least somewhat helpful....