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Scott County treasurer expresses concerns about funds for Lawless case DNA workFriday, October 30, 2009
But Glenda Enderle, Scott County treasurer, said she hasn't yet been able to disperse any of the funds. She recently sent a letter to the sheriff's department, requesting a revised bill by Nov. 30. "This money needs to be paid out," said Enderle. Enderle said she is unsure how to handle the donations, as there are no statutes for paying bills through donations. "This is something we've never done before," said Enderle. She expressed concern the donations never should have been accepted. "We are a government, not a business," said Enderle. "Everything has to be regulated by statute." In an August meeting, commissioners and the sheriff, as well as Enderle, met about the issue. Then, they decided it was in the county's best interest to carefully account for all monies received and all expenditures. Concerns were also raised by the state auditor. Independent Forensic Services, based in the Netherlands, was selected to test the DNA recovered in evidence when the crime occurred. In August, that bill was $39,795.46 At that point, payments of $9,200 from the Law Enforcement Restitution Fund and $15,000 from the Sheriff's Civil Fee Fund had been made, leaving the unpaid balance at $15,595.46. "I think that, as the money comes in, we need to pay it toward the bill," said Presiding Commissioner Jamie Burger. Without a revised bill from the sheriff's department detailing the expenses used toward that case, Enderle said she cannot make any payments yet. Commissioners advised Enderle to wait until the Nov. 30 deadline she gave the department for a detailed bill. Then, there will be a meeting including all involved parties to discuss how to allocate the funds, they said. Comments  Note: The nature of the Internet makes it impractical for our staff to review every comment. If you feel that a comment is offensive, please Login or Create an account first, and then you will be able to flag a comment as objectionable. Please also note that those who post comments on semissourian.com may do so using a screen name, which may or may not reflect a website user's actual name. Readers should be careful not to assign comments to real people who may have names similar to screen names. Refrain from obscenity in your comments, and to keep discussions civil, don't say anything in a way your grandmother would be ashamed to read.
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How would these private donations differ from the Kiwanis Club donations and children raising money to cover the cost of police canines? http://www.semissourian.com/story/155186...
The whole point is to solve the case. The dept. could not pay for it, so the family held benefits and now they are not sure how to do it. Ridiculous. I hope this is resolved quickly.
My dad worked for Marvin lawless and they were friends. We hope you get the right person so the family and Mischelle can have peace. They deserve to be at peace. Good luck! The Gregory family.
Independent Forensic Services, based in the Netherlands, was selected to test the DNA recovered in evidence when the crime occurred. In August, that bill was $39,795.46 At that point, payments of $9,200 from the Law Enforcement Restitution Fund and $15,000 from the Sheriff's Civil Fee Fund had been made, leaving the unpaid balance at $15,595.46.
Geez! You're telling me no one in the USA can test this DNA for less than $40K?? Jesus Christ! That's outrageous!
Egotistical_Bigot: Our country is lucky it still has the capacity to have DO's staff those Doc in the Boxes. The United States is not turning out the scientists like they did in the 40-50's. The type of DNA recovery that is being used (please excuse the layman's explaination) will identify minute bits of DNA left just by coming in contact with a surface-----dead skin cells.
Um, wasn't there blood from an outside party (not Mischelle's) at the crime scene? And yes, there are plenty of labs in the US that can test DNA from dead skin cells.
mcgavin,
I got to agree. There MUST be plenty of those labs in the USA.
From what I remember it is called touch DNA and only a handful in the world can do this test. Netherlands was probably the cheapest.
It seems that the government has money for everything else except when it comes to solving crime. This was a MURDER all resources should be utilized to find the killer. What is the deal??
The treasurer says they shoukd not accept the donation because they are goverment not a business. If thats the case then politicians should not be allowed to accept any more donations for their elections.
Bottomline is get this case solved. The county should pay the remaining balance of this bill and complete the DNA testing. Waiting on donations you will be waiting forever, Scott County step forward and pay the bill so this case can move forward and get resolved, fine the money in the up-coming budget by cutting somewhere else and pay this so the crime is solved it is time for closure this has dragged on far to long.
"The treasurer says they shoukd not accept the donation because they are goverment not a business. If thats the case then politicians should not be allowed to accept any more donations for their elections."
-- Posted by newman90 on Sat, Oct 31, 2009, at 7:33 AM
Ohhh great point Newman! But let's take this a step further. Could it not be said that the Taxes we pay are also donations? Manditory that is...
i just hope after all of the this the killer or killers will be found. My guess the ones responsible are dead,or already in prison.
Finally, someone speaks up! Listen up Scott County I think she is trying to tell you something about our sheriff. I bet you there is a commissioner and sheriff squirming in their seats. I bet there are other Scott County elected officials looking on carefully because they no about the incompetent sheriff. How about an audit??????
First let me say that everything possible should be done to find the person or persons that did this. This has gone on far to long and it needs to be finalized. With that said, I agree with ifurlucky, I am glad that one of our elected officals has come out and questioned some of the practices of the sheriff. More need to!! I think that alot of people are opening their eyes a little in regards to what the Sheriff is doing or has done and they dont like it.
I don't know about costs but the lab in Netherlands is very well respected and has solved some very high profile cases and has been able to interpret DNA that other labs were unable. It's kind of like if they can't do it nobody can.
The state was more than happy to keep the wrong individual incarcerated many years for this crime.
How much did that cost?
I bet it was far more than the cost of the testing needed to help determine who might have actually committed this crime.
Ridiculous!! Let's get this settled for the family.
This is a wonderful family. They deserve to know what happened to their daughter and loved one just like anyone else would no matter the cost.
I have never heard of such needing money to solve a crime isnt that the police or fbi's responsibility to the family and public. Very sad they just keep dragging this out.
Wonder why.