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By the time Jane Doe met with Deputy District Attorney Mary Barron on April 11, the prosecution knew that it was indeed Randall’s DNA, not Eric’s, in Doe’s underwear. They were joined in Barron’s office by her chief investigator, Paul Kimes, who recorded the interview that was often as instructive for what wasn’t said – or asked – as for what was.
“Um, nothing happened that day,” Doe said. “Um, might’ve gone to class” – anthropology, which might have been her only class that Friday, though she didn’t really remember, having since dropped it.