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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON
According to court records opened early Saturday morning, attorney David L. Koniek wiped fingerprints off t he shotgun used to kill Rarice SpeHman before turning the weapon over to police.
In addition, the records show that Koniek, who was initially counsel for Diane Kidwell, failed to admit that he had wiped the gun clean when originally questioned on that that point by Commonwealth’s Attorney Douglas Baumgardner.
At 1 a.m. on October 22, Judge Thomas Horne unsealed the-recerds-'df'prior hearings and motions filed in the case after a Rappahannock jury returned a verdict of not guilty against Diane Kidwell for the November 9 shotgun slaying of Spellman (see separate story). The Rappahannock News had previously sought to have the record opened and currently has an appeal for the closure before the State Supreme Court.
At a candidates’ forum on October 5, Koniek, a candidate for commonwealth’s attorney, was asked if he had wiped the fingerprints from the murder weapon. While not specifically denying the charge, he replied “It would not be appropriate for me to be running for commonwealth’s attorney if that were true. It would not be appropriate for me to be practicing law in the state of Virginia if that were true.”
On December 10, 1982, Kidwell dismissed Koniek as her attorney.
According to the court records, both Koniek and Baumgardner reported the fingerprint wiping incident to the State Bar Association on December 16.
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