Police: Duke accuser 'passed-out drunk'

Not only clean up the room but also clean her up.

I thought last night what it would take to clean a crime scene in my smallest bathroom. A typical 2nd bathroom, standard sink, vanity, toilet and shower/tub combination. It’s about the size of a small closet as described by the “victim”.

Trace evidence that would be found and need to be cleaned:

Hair, fibers and fingerprints - The entire bathroom would need to be vacuumed with a high-powered machine, making sure every single hair, even the smallest eyelash is picked up. Including all places where hair/dust etc tend to gather; corner of walls, base of toilet, inside tubs, drain pipes windowsills and any air conditioning/heating/fan vents.

Alternative light sources would need to be brought it to detect any small hairs almost invisible to the naked eye. This process would also be done for trace fibers from the rapist’s clothes. The light would also detect latent fingerprints around the bathroom, those would need to be cleaned or at least smeared until they could not be recognized. It would help to dust the bathroom with mag powder to make sure the light didn’t miss any prints.

Semen, blood and saliva - The floors, walls and all surfaces would need to be wiped down with bleach and rinsed well. An alternative light source would need to be brought in and run using various light waves to assure no body fluids remained. Then, on areas where the bleach was showing, an acidic material would need to put over the bleach to bring the residual areas of bleach at a 12.7ph closer to a ph of 7.0. This same process would need to be done for any blood and saliva present from the supposed attack.

Once the room was “cleaned” she would need to be cleaned.

First she would need to take a long and careful shower where every part of her body was scrubbed and rinsed well. She would need to douche to remove any residue of sperm/and or latex, lubricant or powder left from the use of a condom.

Her clothes would need to be laundered and then using an alternative light source searched for traces of semen, blood, saliva and most important trace fibers/hairs from the attackers. If any fibers/hairs were found, they would need to be removed using tweezers to assure the presence of adhesive material was not detected.

To assure all hairs were removed from the victim, her public and body hairs would need to be combed with a small-toothed comb to remove any hairs that remained.

Of the top of my head this would be a start on cleaning a crime scene where a rape took place. I am positive if I gave it more though, I’d remember ways of detecting evidence that I’ve forgotten about. Does anyone think these kids could have done even ½ of this in the time allotted, or in an intoxicated state?

That's what I meant - clean her up. The bathroom could be cleaned later.

She's saying now that it could have been as little as three minutes. The time stamps on the photos narrow the window to seven minutes.

There would be a lot of cleaning of the bathroom as you say, to remove every trace of her, but that wouldn't be necessary in this case because there's no dispute she was in the house. We don't know if she detailed her movements inside the house to the cops. She may have put herself using the bathroom at some point anyway. If the bathroom was cleaned of every trace of her, that could look suspicious.

Maybe not every trace of her but every trace of her mixed with biological materials from the accusers. ie, their salvia/sperm/blood mixed with any of her biological material.

Funny though, they didn't even find a stray pubic hair on her...no DNA match, no signs of sexual intercourse. Her time frame keeps changing, no positive ID until weeks later, she painted her nails in the bathroom (shown on the pictures) and yet some people still believe her story. Incredible.