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Also before they start calling a suspect a murderer. jobs at the time of her death. killed were Anthony Jackson's wife — Evenson's And for good reason. Surely there would be fewer The strangulation was an act of older sister Jodi — and their two young children. unsolved murders if only a police detective's opinion viciousness, McClurg says, and po- Jodi Jackson was driving at the time, trying to pass mattered. lice photographs of her beaten face another vehicle, when the Jackson vehicle went out But what of the case in which there can be no prove it. of control, slid and was rammed broadside by a judge or jury? Early on, McClurg said publicly Tract Evenson semi-trailer truck. that he believed Evenson knew her Murdered In It seems the second Evenson family tragedy within Gazette photo by Miranda Meyer CEDAR RAPIDS murderer and let him in her apart- 1997 months could have been good reason for a detective ment before the killing. to bring the murder probe quietly to an end. Sam McClurg Is a homicide detective with the The case, for instance, when the principal suspect One person emerged as a principal among sus- Principal suspect dead; case closed. Cedar Rapids Police Department who Is working has died before detectives have had a chance to pects — Evenson's 28-year-old brother-in-law, Antho- Sam McClurg didn't do that. on the 3-year-old Trad Evenson murder case. make their case? ny D. Jackson. He knew Evenson well, McClurg Instead, he headed north to Howard County and million Hispanics and 1 in 130,000 blacks, according In that instance, can a police a detective ever close says; he had been convicted of assaulting a woman; obtained tissue and fluid samples from the dead man the case file? Can the victim's family ever know the he did not appear upset about the death at the to testing by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investi- to use in the murder probe. gation. Jackson is black. truth? murder scene; and he obtained a lawyer as soon as Two and a half years later, and McClurg now can Or as R. Dean Wright, professor of sociology at McClurg asked to question him. show that DNA samples obtained from Jackson's The Police Department now counts the rape solved Drake University, puts it: How does a detective walk Another factor began to figure in, too. The Police corpse point the finger at him — not for his based on Jackson's familiarity with the victim the precipice between his own career need to have Department had a troubling unsolved case of intrud- sister-in-law's murder, but for the unsolved intruder coupled with the DNA evidence. an investigative victory and a community's need to er rape at knifepoint from a year earlier that gained rape of his relative's girlfriend 13 months before the have some kind of credible verdict. a new perspective — Jackson knew the rape victim. But can McClurg now leap to this: Did Jackson do Evenson murder. bad things to two women in or close to his family? Is Longtime Cedar Rapids homicide detective Sam She was the girlfriend of one of Jackson's relatives. DNA taken from semen left at the rape scene McClurg is wrestling with just such a case — the Investigators now felt they were on to something matches Jackson, 1 in 17 million whites, 1 in 20 • Turn to 9A: Closure Missile failure Spittin' image from Heritage Days Ul credit card deal puts pressure sours student groups By Jim Jacobson on White House Gazette staff writer IOWA CITY — A new Universi- University officials said they Chicago Tribune ty of Iowa decision to grant a limited access to the IMU WASHINGTON — A malfunction so basic that Wilmington, Del., bank exclusive to one vendor because Pentagon officials hadn't even considered it led to on-campus rights to market credit failure in a crucial test of a prototype national cards at the Iowa Memorial Union students were being missile defense system. could hurt the money-raising abili- barraged with credit card Stunned and disappointed Pentagon officials de- ty of student groups. offers and some students scribed the failure in a post-midnight news confer- For more than a decade, student ence Saturday, shortly after a missile interceptor groups have hosted credit card were saddling themselves launched from a Pacific island failed to separate companies' on-campus sales ef- with a lot of debt before from its booster rocket, rendering it incapable of forts. In exchange for setting up homing in on a dummy warhead launched minutes and staffing a table at the IMU for they graduated. earlier from a Southern California Air Force base. the companies, the groups were The test failure gives even greater impetus to the paid for each completed credit push for President Clinton to put off a decision on card application, usually between Agum said. By September or Octo- national missile defense and leave the issue to his 50 cents and $1. ber, he said, most students who successor. Clinton has said "It was one of our major sourc- want a credit card from MBNA s^MSHSHMBHi he will base a decision on will have applied for one. deploying missile defense on es of revenue," said David Agum, (iWe are cost, feasibility, the nature treasurer of the UI's African Asso- Last year the African Associa- ciation. tion raised $1,700 by contracting disappointed. of the threat and .the impli- cations for arms control and MBNA signed a five-year deal in with credit card marketers, which What this tells U.S. relations with Russia. January for an undisclosed paid the group 50 cents per com- amount to have access to the UI pleted application and between $50 me is we have "This is something we Alumni Association's mailing lists and $75 "cover charge" for setting more will have to take into ac- up the table, Agum said. count as we look. at the and to issue the association's offi- engineering technical feasibility of this cial credit card. On-campus exclu- UI officials and student govern- sivity, which will go into. effect ment officials acknowledge that work to do. This program," P.J. Crowley, a spokesman for the National this fall, was not originally part of Agum's prediction could prove is a very Security Council at the the agreement and did not require correct. difficult, White House, said Saturday. MBNA pay an additional fee. "I can see where they're coming Under its agreement with the from," said Chris Linn, vice presi- challenging job. The test late Friday marked the second time in UI, MBNA will pay student groups dent of the UI Student Govern- This is rocket three tries that the missile Gazette photo by John F. Martin that sponsor and staff its table at ment. He said he and other elected the IMU $4 per completed applica- student leaders will keep an eye science. * * defense system failed to in- Jenna Nlcol, 14, of Mount Vernon, launches a watermelon seed into the air tercept its target. The lone tion. on the situation. Saturday during Heritage Days In Mount Vernon. The activity was sponsored by the The higher rate will benefit only Mi Force Lt. successful intercept last au- Seeds of Faith Lutheran Church. See story, 5B. Alice Mathis, UI director of Gen. Ronald tumn has been called into those groups that sponsor the MBNA table early in the semester, • Turn to 9A: Credit Kadish question because of the way the test was conducted. The Pentagon has 16 more flight tests planned, and later tests will use a different type of rocket than the one used Friday. Venus Williams makes history with Wimbledon victory But the next test won't take place until fall, too late for the Clinton administration's self-imposed WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — At the tournament U.S. Open. deadline for key feasibility decisions. revered for its history and tradition, Venus Williams It's the first time in tennis history that two sisters staked her claim to the future of women's tennis. "We are disappointed," Air Force Lt. Gen. have each won a Grand Slam championship. They Ronald Kadish, head of the missile defense effort, With an extraordinary display of power and will be seeking their third Grand Slam doubles title said Saturday at the Pentagon. "What this tells me athleticism, the 20-year-old Williams overpowered when they meet Ai Sugiyama and Julie-Halard-De- is we have more engineering work to do. This is a defending champion and fellow American Lindsay cugis in the women's doubles final today. very difficult, challenging job. This is rocket Davenport 6-3, 7-6 (3) to become the first black "We're breaking records and we're moving for- science." women's champion at Wimbledon since Althea ward," Venus Williams said. So unlikely was failure in the basic step of Gibson. "I always expected to win Grand Slams. This was payload separation that top military officials Gibson won the title in 1957 and 1958. meant to be." hadn't considered it a possible problem in the $100 Williams said she was honored to equal the million test. • See full coverage of Saturday's Wimbledon title match, achievement of Gibson, now 72 and living in East Kadish and Jacques Gansler, the Pentagon's 5E Orange, N.J. "I know she's somewhere watching this," Williams acquisition chief, declined to say whether they AP photo thought Defense Secretary William Cohen has By joining kid sister Serena as a Grand Slam said. "She was watching when Serena won the Open. enough information to recommend soon that champion, Williams served notice that the American ... She said that she was happy that she got to see Venus Williams laughs as she holds the Venus Clinton approve the first phase of construction of siblings could dominate the game for years to come. another black person win it in her lifetime. So now I Rosewater Dish at Wimbledon on Saturday. Wil- Eighteen-year-old Serena Williams, who lost to think it's really a privilege for me to win this liams defeated fellow American Lindsay Davenport • Turn to 9A: Missile Venus in the semifinals Thursday, won last year's Wimbledon while she's still alive." in the women's singles final.

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Closure: Detective aims to give family answers Credit: Exclusive deal with MBNA scrutinized From page 1A • From page 1A a man who allegedly rapes a there was no sign of forced entry. of investigations into their com- student life, said it is her under- know how to use credit cards tioned the impact of having ah relative's girlfriend capable of kill- McClurg suggests the murder munity's most heinous crimes. standing that MBNA will address ing a wife's sister? wisely, Agum said. exclusive credit card marketer. happened when Evenson rebuffed "The police have a moral obliga- the problem, should it arise. "But That investigators have used However, an important compo- Who is to say that the cafd a sexual advance. tion to ensure the public that they I guess in my mind (the new nent of the MBNA deal with the being offered is the best product samples of Jackson's DNA in both The murder scene revealed no are safe and that (investigators) arrangement) will be a positive in the unsolved rape and the un- UI is that it will provide educa- out there? asked Dennis Meunieh semen and, McClurg contends, it have solved the crime 'beyond a terms of financial gain," she said. tional materials about the proper president of United College Mar- solved murder shows they came to was staged to look like a stranger reasonable doubt,'" the professor think it was possible. In addition to possibly hurting way to use credit cards when keting Services of Oak Brook, HI. rape. The injuries to Evenson, he says. student groups financially, Agum students sign up for the card. "It tells you something. And we His firm markets by going di- says, suggest rage, not rape. The concept of reasonable doubt said the MBNA's exclusive deal "Clearly that's the piece we're rectly to a student group, having were right in the (rape) case," "Just the viciousness of it," can be the standard for investiga- won't solve the problem it was McClurg says. excited about," Mathis said. that group host what he described McClurg says. tors even when, because of a meant to. The UISG's Linn raised some as an educational seminar present- Stephen Evenson, the brother of It is true that murder happens suspect's death, the case never can University officials said they questions about the quality of the ed by his company. After the murder victim Traci Evenson and so infrequently in Cedar Rapids — make it into a courtroom, Wright limited access to the IMU to one educational materials from MBNA seminar, his representative seeks crash victim Jodi Jackson, says he on average a few times a year — says. vendor because students were be- that he has seen. has come a long way toward to get people to apply for the that one case perceived as un- "Homicide," the TV detective ing barraged with credit card of- He said they address "obvious" credit card, he said. believing that Anthony Jackson solved can leave a blemish on the show set in Baltimore, features a fers and some students were sad- issues, like what signs a student While he doesn't particularly murdered Traci because of the Police Department's detective bu- huge scoreboard in the detective dling themselves with a lot of debt DNA evidence in the earlier rape might look for to indicate he or like the new UI-MBNA arrange- reau and on the detective in squad room with the names of before they graduated. she has amassed too much debt. case. charge of a case. ment, he acknowledged that it each detective on it and each of But students will still receive But "I don't think the materials do probably will help his business at Stephen Evenson suspects Traci There is an incentive for a the cases for which he or she has telephone and mail solicitations a very good job of explaining how caught Jackson, who he says was the UI because he conducts his homicide detective to want to been responsible. The last names for credit cards. So taking away interest accrues," Linn said. education-marketing seminars off possessive of Jodi, cheating on his clear a case. of victims whose murders have the tables at the IMU will do little wife and was about to tell her. Another credit card issuer that campus and the policy will limit McClurg concedes the Evenson been solved are written in black to help those students who don't targets college students has ques- competition. "He didn't want to lose Jodi," murder probe has some complica- on the board and those of victims says Stephen Evenson, of West St, tions: whose murders remain unsolved Paul, Minn. "That might have • Jackson's wife said he was are in red. The board serves as a been the motive (for killing Traci). home with her at the time of the constant reminder of which detec- Parents schooled on credit info at UI "You want to say yes, but murder. tive has too much red — too much By Jim Jacobson there's still some doubt. Because • Maybe Jackson had reason yet to solve. Doug, would have to cover before standing credit card balance at 18 you know him." Gazette staff writer they sent their daughter, Alaina, percent interest will take a person not to talk to detectives. Maybe he "This has nothing to do with IOWA CITY — University of In May, the Federal Bureau of was right to fear being railroaded the scoreboard or another point in off to college. 22 years to pay off if the person Iowa officials hope that when it just made the minimum payment. Investigation agreed to perform because of a criminal record that my favor," McClurg says of his comes to consumer credit, they While she chuckled about hav- sophisticated DNA testing on hair included assault of a woman. continued pursuit of Evenson's can begin to reach students by ing to add another topic to the It also pointed out that buying samples found at the Evenson • Jackson moved his family to murderer. reaching parents. must-cover list, the Collinses said an item at a rent-to-own place will murder scene using a technique West St. Paul, Minn., soon after In this case, with no access to after an orientation presentation cost a student a lot more than not available to the Iowa Division the murder. But that's where his arrest or trial, McClurg says he is As part of the university's annu- in late June that they are well paying cash for that item. of Criminal Investigation (DCI). wife's mother and other relatives left with one standard to meet: al orientation, parents of incoming aware of the seriousness of the For instance, a $380 television For now, the DCI has concluded lived. That he knows so certainly of a students are receiving a little issue. only that the hair found at the costs $1,062 when someone pays There is always a danger, says suspect's guilt that he one day can schooling themselves in how to $59 a month for 18 months at a murder scene is that of a black Drake University's Wright, in let- walk into the Evenson living room talk to their children about the As insurance agents, they have person, the detective says. access to credit reports. They plan rent-to-own store, according to the ting police departments set the and tell the family this is who pros and cons of buying on credit. information packet. standard for deciding when a killed young Traci Evenson in to get a copy of Alaina's and talk McClurg repeats that the perpe- National statistics show that about how important a good credit trator of the rape must have crime is solved. It lets them be- 1997 and why. Eventually the university plans when students graduate they car- history is. to offer a similar seminar for known the victim as the murderer come enforcer, judge and jury, he "What counts is having the ry more than $2,000 in credit card must have known Evenson. In the says. satisfaction of telling the family The material handed out during students during their orientation, debt at interest rates ranging from said Monique DiCarlo, director of rape, the attacker entered an un- At the same time, though, that when they counted on us, we 18 percent to 22 percent. That is in the orientation presentation by the locked front door and maneuvered Wright says police departments came through," the detective says. Paper or Plastic project, a con- the Women's Resource and Action addition to student loans they Center. with familiarity around the apart- have a duty in this day of victim's He hasn't made that visit to the accrue. sortium of groups led by the UI's ment in the dark. In the murder, rights to make public the details living room yet. Women's Resource and Action In addition, the Paper or Plastic The Christian Science Monitor Center, will be helpful to Ellen project has received $20,000 from reported last year that one in five Tjarks of Aurora, UI. "This gives the UI Alumni Association to have Missile: Supporters say Clinton's plan not enough college students has $10,000 or me something to show her," she a credit counselor on campus 10 more in credit card debt. said, referring to her daughter hours a week, beginning this fall. • From page 1A Kalen, who will start college in "We thought it was just binge the fall. The group has scheduled an a radar station in Alaska. least two successful intercepts be- include interceptors launched drinking and sex," joked Barbara advertising campaign that will fea- fore passing judgment on the pro- from ships, is needed. Collins of De Witt, referring to the For instance, the information ture financial tips to run in the The Pentagon wants a decision posed missile defense. subjects she and her husband, pointed out that an $1,800 out- UI's student newspaper. this summer so it can begin work "The technology is ready. Clin- on an X-Band radar system to be Supporters of missile defense ton's policy is not ready," said built on a remote Aleutian Islands say Clinton's plan is weak and retired Adm. J.D. Williams. "We site. Top military officials have ineffective. They argue that a larg- need a sea-based system as well as said they wanted to achieve at er missile defense, one that would a land-based system." to Our PACE SETTERSi

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