MURDER SUSPECT EYED IN RAPES DNA ORDERED FROM LOCAL MAN.Byline: KAREN MAESHIRO Staff Writer A Palmdale ex-convict charged with murdering his girlfriend's 3-year-old son was ordered Tuesday to give DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. samples after Gardena police got a possible match on two unsolved rape cases from 1999. Ladrill Bogan, 33, was ordered by a judge to give a cheek swab after Gardena police got a "cold hit," matching his DNA on file with the state with evidence from the rape cases. "We had to confirm that it was his DNA. We're not sure it's him. There's a suggestion it's him," Gardena Sgt. Mike Bartlebaugh said. "We've got to get a known sample from him and make a comparison with the DNA we got from the original crimes." "You are talking eight years ago. To actually hit on something that's in the databank, it's satisfying," Bartlebaugh added. Bogan has not been arrested or charged in connection with the rape cases. Records show Bogan was paroled in 2001 after being convicted of a Gardena residential burglary burglary, at common law, the breaking and entering of a dwelling house of another at night with the intent to commit a felony, whether the intent is carried out or not. in 2000. He had been convicted in Norwalk in 1994 of being an accessory after the fact Noun 1. accessory after the fact - a person who gives assistance or comfort to someone known to be a felon or known to be sought in connection with the commission of a felony accessary, accessory - someone who helps another person commit a crime to robbery, records also show. In the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley case, Bogan has pleaded not guilty to charges he murdered Jeremiah McKenney, who coroner officials said died from blunt-force trauma to his abdomen abdomen, in humans and other vertebrates, portion of the trunk between the diaphragm and lower pelvis. In humans the wall of the abdomen is a muscular structure covered by fascia, fat, and skin. . Jeremiah died Sept. 20 in a hospital where he was taken by authorities after a 911 call reporting a child not breathing at a Palmdale Boulevard motel where the mother, child and Bogan had been staying. Investigators said Bogan told them the tot was injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. when he fell out of his car seat and hit his chest on the door frame of a sport utility vehicle as Bogan was getting ready to drive away from a friend's home. karen.maeshiro@dailynews.com (661) 267-5744 |
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