Company Commanders and Adultery

[stevenat10]

What is the name of your state? Louisiana

I need some help here. I am a civilian and my wife is an Active Duty Company Commander preparing to deploy to Iraq. I know that she is commiting adultery with another company commader (infantry) who is also deploying and will be located at the same place as her. I have phone records showing how often they have called and texted each other (189 texts and 50 calls totaling over 5 hours) in a two week period. They call and text each other during the duty day, at night, and on weekends. When I confronted her about this, she told me that they were just friends. However, as I was doing the laundry, I found almost all of her panties had a white stain in the crouch (excuse my bluntness). As a biology major, I borrowed a microscope, took a pair of her panties, prepped a slide and looked at it. It showed sperm cells. I had a vasectomy years ago, so I know that is not mine. I found a DNA testing lab and sent a sample to them to confirm my findings and type the sperm DNA.

My question is: Are the results of the DNA testing lab legally admissable as evidence, or what do I need to do to be able to legally use these results?

Thanks for any responses.

 

[SHORTY LONG]

What is the name of your state? Louisiana

I need some help here. I am a civilian and my wife is an Active Duty Company Commander preparing to deploy to Iraq. I know that she is commiting adultery with another company commader (infantry) who is also deploying and will be located at the same place as her. I have phone records showing how often they have called and texted each other (189 texts and 50 calls totaling over 5 hours) in a two week period. They call and text each other during the duty day, at night, and on weekends. When I confronted her about this, she told me that they were just friends. However, as I was doing the laundry, I found almost all of her panties had a white stain in the crouch (excuse my bluntness). As a biology major, I borrowed a microscope, took a pair of her panties, prepped a slide and looked at it. It showed sperm cells. I had a vasectomy years ago, so I know that is not mine. I found a DNA testing lab and sent a sample to them to confirm my findings and type the sperm DNA.

My question is: Are the results of the DNA testing lab legally admissable as evidence, or what do I need to do to be able to legally use these results?

Thanks for any responses.

About using the evidence [DNA] that is sticky business; no pun intended. The Rules of Evidence is different in the Military
than to a Civilian Court. I am not sure if the Military still accepts DNA or not. It has been a while since I have dealt with this issue!

If you are 100% sure that she is having an affair, then, contact her Commanding Officer,
and report it. Be advised, if proven, there goes her career, monies, benefits, etc.

Hopefully one will respond with more information to your question.

 

[HomeGuru]

What is the name of your state? Louisiana

I need some help here. I am a civilian and my wife is an Active Duty Company Commander preparing to deploy to Iraq. I know that she is commiting adultery with another company commader (infantry) who is also deploying and will be located at the same place as her. I have phone records showing how often they have called and texted each other (189 texts and 50 calls totaling over 5 hours) in a two week period. They call and text each other during the duty day, at night, and on weekends. When I confronted her about this, she told me that they were just friends. However, as I was doing the laundry, I found almost all of her panties had a white stain in the crouch (excuse my bluntness). As a biology major, I borrowed a microscope, took a pair of her panties, prepped a slide and looked at it. It showed sperm cells. I had a vasectomy years ago, so I know that is not mine. I found a DNA testing lab and sent a sample to them to confirm my findings and type the sperm DNA.

My question is: Are the results of the DNA testing lab legally admissable as evidence, or what do I need to do to be able to legally use these results?

Thanks for any responses.

**A: in general yes, in your case no.

 

[stevenat10]

Por Que

Thanks for the response, but why is it not acceptable?

Or better yet, in your opinion, would the fact that there is sperm on the panties (I don't have the ability to do that anymore) be enough evidence for adultery?

It seems obvious that there is another man, but would it be admissible since I took the panties from my house?

 

[DRTDEVL]

No chain of custody.

 

[fozzy2]

The first point is that "you" don't get to use any evidence. You can report a violation of the UCMJ, but it is up to the military to determine if charges will be pressed, and then ultimately how to proceed if they are. It is unlikely the military would resort to DNA testing to prove adultery even if they did decide to charge it. This is for a variety of reasons, both technical and legal (as has been pointed out, chain of evidence is one).

 

[GeorgeSpelvin]

Report to the CO

You need to report this matter to her CO. Your DNA evidence isn't going to be admissable in court but if you tell the CO about it, I am willing to be that he'll be impressed enough to not waver on pursuing the matter and bringing charges. If he does, you can also report the matter above him, to make sure they don't whitewash it.

 

[SOLDIERFIRST]

How did things end up?

What is the name of your state? Louisiana

I need some help here. I am a civilian and my wife is an Active Duty Company Commander preparing to deploy to Iraq. I know that she is commiting adultery with another company commader (infantry) who is also deploying and will be located at the same place as her. I have phone records showing how often they have called and texted each other (189 texts and 50 calls totaling over 5 hours) in a two week period. They call and text each other during the duty day, at night, and on weekends. When I confronted her about this, she told me that they were just friends. However, as I was doing the laundry, I found almost all of her panties had a white stain in the crouch (excuse my bluntness). As a biology major, I borrowed a microscope, took a pair of her panties, prepped a slide and looked at it. It showed sperm cells. I had a vasectomy years ago, so I know that is not mine. I found a DNA testing lab and sent a sample to them to confirm my findings and type the sperm DNA.

My question is: Are the results of the DNA testing lab legally admissable as evidence, or what do I need to do to be able to legally use these results?

Thanks for any responses.

How have things turned out for you?

 

[fairisfair]

How have things turned out for you?

don't drag out old dirty laundry (yuk) this poster is long gone.

 

[SHORTY LONG]

I agree with you Fairisfair. You reckon the poster must have been out soldiering.

 

[fairisfair]

I agree with you Fairisfair. You reckon the poster must have been out soldiering.

actually, I can't think about anything but that guy and his microscope. shiver.

 

[SOLDIERFIRST]

sounded familiar

don't drag out old dirty laundry (yuk) this poster is long gone.

Sorry, but this post sounded like something I read or heard about a month or so ago. A county or government employee had taken her husbands undergarmets to test for DNA other than his. She found some, confronted him, used it in divorce, and agency she worked for put her under investigation for misuse of equipment.

 

[fairisfair]

Sorry, but this post sounded like something I read or heard about a month or so ago. A county or government employee had taken her husbands undergarmets to test for DNA other than his. She found some, confronted him, used it in divorce, and agency she worked for put her under investigation for misuse of equipment.

Yeah, well this guy set up his own lab .

 

[redleg17]

A charge for adultery under the UCMJ has very specific requirements. A pair of panties in the custody of the service-members dependant does not PROVE sexual contact between the parties....maybe he mailed them. Any explanation they give that excludes sex between them would be a defense to the adultery charge (but maybe open them up for different ones).