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A REBUTTAL
TO DAVID KONICK At the Candidate’s Forum on October 5, certain written questions were addressed to Mr. Konick regarding his behavior at the Kidwell home after the shooting of Ranee Spellman on November 9, 1982. As a moderator of the Forum, I read the first of the questions out loud: “Isn’t it a fact that the police report stated there were no fingerprints on the murder weapon...?” When I perceived the drift of the ten questions, I stopped reading them, and ruled, in effect, that they were in the nature of an investigation and as such, too time consuming and hence not suitable for a forum with 14 other candidates in attendance. At this point, the questioner, Mr. Evans, interjected: “It’s said that Konick wiped the fingerprints off the murder weapon. I don’t think it’s appropriate for a man like that to be running for Commonwealth Attorney. ” I then gave Mr. Konick an opportunity to answer the questions in general terms, in the interest of fairness. It was well known that the records pertaining to this matter had been, and were then, sealed by Court order. All of the above facts were reported accurately on page 5 of the Rappahannock News of October 13, 1983. Mr. Konick’s answer first addressed the question that I had read. He said: “No, it is not a fact that the police repoH states that no fingerprints were found” on the weapon. Then, taking note of rumors that had been going around—rumors of the sort referred to in Mr. Evans’ question (“It’s said that...”)—he answered further: “It wouldn’t be appropriate for me to be running for Commonwealth Attorney if that were true.” Since the records were then sealed, and none present could know the true facts, Mr. Konick’s answer necessarily conveyed the impression that he had not wiped fingerprints off the weapon. Yet, when Judge Horne unsealed the documents, it was revealed that Mr. Konick had in fact wiped fingerprints off the weapon after the shooting and before handing it over to the police. In his interview with the Rappahannock News on October 25, 1983, Mr. Konick was asked to explain his answers to the two questions put to him at the Candidates’ Forum. He replied that he had not addressed Mr. Evans’ question at all, but only the first question, the one that I had read.
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