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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, December 5, 1993

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 5, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 8 the stars and stripes . 1 sunday december 5,1993 Palm print ties Man to girl s abduction Petaluma Calif. A a parolees Palm print in the bedroom of Polly Klaas is Only part of the sub Stantial. Evidence linking the Man to the girls abduction authorities say Quot that would indicate the presence of our prime sus act in that bedroom on the night of kidnapping Quot said in Freeman the agent in charge of the Fri in san Francisco. Richard Allen Davis 39, has not been charged in the oct. 1 abduction. He is in the Mendocino county jail serving a 30-Day sentence for Drunken driving. The 12-year-old Petaluma girl taken at knife to Iii from her Home As or Mother slept in a nearby bedroom remains missing. Investigators said they would continue to Davis search saturday in a three Square mile area about 15 Miles North of Petaluma where Davis was seen the night of the kidnapping. Petaluma police and the Fri said they have gathered enough evidence to turn a Strong Case Over to the Sonoma county District attorney next week. Polly was abducted by a bearded stranger As she and two friends held a slumber party in her room. The Man bound and gagged Polly s companions before taking her away. Police declined to comment on conflicting news reports that Davis had been identified by the two girls who were shown police lineups and photos. Asked Why charges had not yet been filed against Davis Petaluma police chief Dennis Dewitt said Quot there has been a great Deal of work done on this Case and that has to be documented for the District  on Friday divers began searching water towers and reservoirs in the area where a woman complained that Davis was trespassing oct. 1. Investigators also looked for evidence at an Indian reservation where authorities on tuesday arrested Davis who has a Long criminal history that includes two kidnapping convictions. His most serious sentence was 16 years for kidnapping a woman in 1984. He was paroled this summer Jackson said ready to give a deposition by the los Angeles times. Los Angeles a Michael Jackson has agreed to give a deposition Jan. 18 about allegations that he sexually molested a 13-year-old boy lawyers on both sides of the Case said Friday. Jackson a attorneys have said he is eager to Tell his Side of the Story under oath but they also have warned that they May oppose efforts to take Jackson a deposition if criminal charges Are filed against the entertainer or still Are under consideration when the Date for his deposition arrives. A in a hearing last month Superior court judge David Rothman ordered Jackson s deposition scheduled before the end of january but Rothman also noted that he might reconsider that order if Jackson is indicted on criminal charges. Bertram Fields one of Jackson a lawyers said Friday that the entertainer might request a change in the deposition Date if there Are significant changes in the status of the criminal investigation before the end of january. Quot we do want him to testify in the civil Case for sure a Fields said Quot if things change in the criminal Case we would reconsider the whole question of the civil Case. We want the criminal Case to go  a even if Jackson a deposition goes ahead As scheduled it does not necessarily mean that the Singer would need to return to the United states by that time because depositions sometimes Are done in police sgt. Mike Kerns of Petaluma Calif., reports Friday on the Progress in the Hunt for kidnapped 12-year-old Polly Klaas near the search site outside Ulvah. Authorities have a prime suspect in the abduction. After serving Only eight years. In a strange encounter Davis was questioned by Sonoma county sheriffs deputies responding to the trespassing complaint about an hour after the abduction. A authorities said his behaviour was Odd he told deputies he was sightseeing even though it was pitch and blurted out that be had just changed shirts Al though he had not been asked. But he deputies were unaware of an All Points bulletin just out on the kidnapping and were listening to a different radio frequency. They called in the Many a Drivers License and fun Ching no outstanding warrants let him go. Weeks went by in which 8 million fliers showing a composite sketch of Polly a Abductor were sent All Over news Crews arrive Friday at the Silver Hajj Hospital in new Canaan Conn in response to reports a later denied a that Michael Jackson was being treated at the site. Foreign countries. But the boys lawyer Larry r. Feldman said he expected Jackson to give his deposition in the United states. Quot i expect or. Jackson to comply with lawful court orders Quot Feldman said. Quot i expect to do this deposition  Jackson who abruptly aborted his world tour last month and has not been heard from since is said to be recovering from an addiction to painkillers. A Connecticut newspaper reported last week that Jackson had returned to the United states to undergo treatment at the Silver Hill Hospital in new Canaan conn., but sources close to the Case said the report was incorrect Jackson is recovering in Europe the singers lawyers said. Depositions Are under Way in the boys lawsuit. Jackson a chauffeur Gary Hearne was deposed last week and a maid was questioned Friday. Lawyers declined to comment on what the maid said during her deposition. The world from Petaluma which is 45 Miles North of san Francisco. The break in the Case came last weekend when the woman who had reported Davis trespassing called deputies again to say she had found suspicious items on her property. The items included a sweat shirt strapping tape with strands of hair stuck to it and a bit of what appeared to be a Pillowcase smeared with makeup numerous local Media reported citing unidentified sources. A Deputy checked Davis criminal history and sent the items to an Fri lab. So far police have said Only that evidence found was linked to the abduction. Abducted woman in trunk signals with bloody Bra Mesa Ariz. Apr a woman who was abducted and left in the trunk of her car squeezed her bloody Bra through a Small opening and was finally rescued after seven hours. Charlene Thompson 57, was collecting boxes behind a drugstore thursday when she was approached by an armed Man who demanded her purse and Bank card then put her in the trunk said a police spokesman sgt. Earle Lloyd. Thompson said Friday that she struggled with the Man but he hit her twice with a pistol and put her in the trunk. He drove the car to a supermarket parking lot about five Miles away and abandoned the vehicle. She said she was bleeding from where she was hit. Using her fingernails and part of an umbrella she scraped rubber molding from the inside of the trunk. Thompson said she first stuck out pieces of cardboard on which she wrote la help Quot in blood. When there was no response she put blood from her wound on her Bra and squeezed it out through the trunk opening. Quot i Felt like if i kept my Cool 1 would be a survivor Quot she said. Thompson was inside the trunk for j seven hours before a passer by noticed i her Bra and someone freed her with a key left in the cards ignition Lloyd said. Quot she was screaming All Day Quot he said Quot it was difficult for her screams to be  Thompson said her Bra was outside the trunk for about two hours before she was rescued. She was treated at Hospital and released  
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