UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Friday, October 9, 1992
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FBI to examine bones
Kansan staff report
The FBI will examine the human bones found in a lawrence basement nearly two weeks ago, Lawrence police said yesterday.
Lt. Ed Brunt said that the bones would be sent to the FBI next week for DNA and chemical testing. The chemical tests could determine if the bones were previously embalmed or preserved in some way, he said.
Meanwhile, Lawrence investigators will continue to look into the history of the house where the bones were found and interview its former tenants. Brunt said.
"We're still contacting people as we find them, but they've offered nothing that would help us on this investigation," he said.
Investigators have checked out about 25 leads, he said.
Laurance Price, Douglas County deputy coroner, said Wednesday that he had viewed the bones but was unable to find anything useful.
Brunt said that after the FBI had completed its examination, the bones would be forwarded to Douglas Uebelaker, an anthropologist with the Smithsonian Institute in Washington,
D. C. Ubelaker will be asked to give his estimate of the human's characteristics, such as age, sex, weight and height. Brunt said.
the bones were discovered by Ron Worley, Wichita junior, in a basement crawl space at 732 Connecticut St. Worley has lived in the four-apartment house since Aug. 15.
Worley gave the bones Oct. 2 to David Frayer, head of KU's anthropology department. Frayer said that he examined about 15 bones, including bones from a left arm and hand and two lower-leg bones.
Man gets year for hit-and-run
By Joe Harder
Kansan staff writer
Marvin Schaal, a 19-year-old Lawrence man, was sentenced to one year in prison yesterday in Douglas County District Court for leaving the scene of an accident in March 1990.
Schaal was arrested March 1, 1992, in connection with the death of Christopher Bread, a 19-year-old Haskell Indian Junior College student. Bread was found dead on 15th Street a mile and a half east of avenice on March 2, 1990.
Schaal was charged with one felony count of aggravated vehicular homicide and one misdemeanor count of leaving the scene of an accident.
He was convicted on the misdemeanor charge in late spring, but the jury split on the felony count and forced a mistrial.
Rick Trapp, an assistant district attorney, said yesterday that his office was continuing an appeal process for a new trial on the vehicular homicide charge.
Carl Fleming, Schaal's attorney, said during court proceedings that his client would appeal the sentence. He
asked Judge Ralph King to postpone the start of the sentence until an appeal was made, but King refused.
"This case has been delayed long enough," King said. He said it would be the defendant's benefit to begin serving the sentence as quickly as possible.
Schaal will serve one year minus the 44 days he spent in prison immediately following his arrest. He has been free on bond since April.
During the trial, Fleming argued for placing Schaal on probation, saying that Schaal had matured during the past two years.
"I don't think anyone could go through something like this without being changed," he said. "I think my client has gained maturity and insight."
Trapp advocated one year in prison, the maximum penalty for the misdemeanor charge.
Trapp said that Schaal left the scene of the accident without informing authorities because he had something to hide.
"The defendant was willing to sacrifice someone else in order to avoid detection," he said.
Hearing focuses on precedents
Kansan staff report
In the seventh day of dismissal hearings for law professor Emil Tonkovich, a KU law professor offered expert testimony about civil cases involving sexual harassment.
In a lengthy testimony, Elinor Schroeder discussed several precedent-setting sexual harassment cases and what could be construed as sexual harassment in a college environment.
Whether the sexual advances were welcome is a factor in a sexual harassment case according to federal law, she said. Also the reputation of the accused should be examined.
Schroeder also described the atmosphere in the law school during Fall 1991.
"The law school was continually being disrupted by rumors and stories about Professor Tonkovich," she said. "Something needed to be done about the rumors."
The combination of the rumors about Tonkovich and the law students' apparent lack of faith in the administrative grievance process prompted Schroeder and six other professors to co-sign a letter that circulated around the school.
The letter, addressed "To Whom It May Concern," encouraged students
to come forward with their allegations about sexual harassment. The letter promised anonymous allegations would be delivered by a member of the law school faculty to Chancellor Gene Budig.
During her cross-examination, Schoeder confirmed that the unnamed professor mentioned in the letter was Tonkovich. Tonkovich pointed out that the letter combined with media attention and seminars on sexual harassment fueled more rumors.
Tonkovich said the letter prejudiced the process because a hearing for him already was pending.
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