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Rape case information
stifled pending charges
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| by Audrey Thomasson |
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LANCASTER—If results of DNA testing are back from the lab in the rape and sexual assaults of two women in Kilmarnock, Lancaster County Commonwealth’s Attorney Jeffrey Schmidt isn’t saying.
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At least not until suspect Donald Vaughan is charged in court and the forensic analysis becomes public record, he said.
“In criminal cases, I like to have the cases tried in court instead of in the newspapers,” Schmidt said last week, after sealing all information in the cases.
Schmidt said charges will be filed in the next few weeks either through a grand jury indictment or a warrant issued by the magistrate.
Police said Vaughan confessed to the Kilmarnock crimes after his arrest in Baltimore on December 22. He became a suspect soon after local police found him walking on the streets in Kilmarnock at 4:30 a.m. December 2, the day after the second attack.
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