Legal Opinion
Whalen v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 10, 1977No. 8583PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YEAGLEY, Associate Judge:
At 12:30 p. m. on September 10,1972, the partially clothed body of 26-year-old Rebecca Rieser was found lying on the floor of her room at the McLean Gardens complex in northwest Washington, D. C. The medical examiner’s office determined that Ms. Rieser died sometime between 10:30 a. m. and 12:30 p. m. on that day. They discovered abrasions and signs of trauma about her neck and face, and concluded that death was caused by manual strangulation. In the course of autopsy, swabs of fluid were taken from Ms. Rieser’s vagina, which when examined revealed the presence of…
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