By MEGAN REYNOLDS

Tribune Staff Reporter

mreynolds@tribunemedia.net

A SENIOR police officer accused of raping a mentally-challenged woman and fathering her child has not been positively identified in DNA tests.

The family of the claimant, now 26, who has Down's Syndrome, said they do not have any faith in the tests and now want police to conduct an independent test with fresh blood samples from all three parties.

However, they were told they have to pay for the tests themselves and the high-ranking police officer accused of rape could not be forced to provide another blood sample.

Blood was taken from the child for testing days after he was born in December 2009, and the family wer ...

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