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Students made sno-cones, played darts, took part in a cakewalk, took swings at pihatas and engaged in face painting, accompanied by a va riety of mariachi music. Lori Guzman, Hispanic Busi ness Students Association treasur er, publicity chair for Hispanic Presidents’ Council and a sopho more business administration and international management major, said she thinks this celebration is a great way to start off Hispanic Her- itage Month. “This celebration raises aware ness about other Mexican celebra tions besides Cinco de Mayo. It also helps the lesser known Hispanic Organizations gain exposure,” Guzman said. Angela Castro, program advisor for the Committee for the Aware ness of Mexcian-American Culture, said the Diez y Seis Septiembre cel ebration is a source of pride for His panic culture. “Today signifies an indepen dence that started to guide us in the direction that Mexico went," Cas tro said. “We also just want to share it with others across campus." Margaret Pena, a member of CAMAC and a sophomore business major, said students of Hispanic background and members of the Hispanic community should re member their roots. “This is just a small celebration reflecting on our past," Pena said. “More importantly, we have to re member where we came from to know where we are headed." ")k Sp i. BY J DNA may help solve Austin murder 14-year-old case will use new gene analyzing technology AUSTIN (AP) — Police say a new DNA test may have helped them solve a 14-year-old murder. Officers on Tuesday arrested a man in connection with the 1984 rape and murder of secretary Lau ren Marie McCarty. They believe it’s the first homi cide in Texas solved by an updated process that matches genetic blue prints found in human cells from tiny amounts of blood, saliva, se men, skin or hair samples. “We never stop investigating a homicide, no matter how old it is,” Lt. David Parkinson told the Austin American-Statesman in Wednes day’s editions. “This is a case where technology finally caught up with a crime.” Richard Alan Woods, 42, was being held in a TYavis County jail without bond Hiesday, facing charges of capital murder in Mc Carty’s death and sexual assault. The 21-year-old was found beat en to death in her car behind West- gate Mall in South Austin on Dec. 22,1984, five days after she was re ported missing. McCarty was last seen leaving her job at the Texas Municipal Court TYaining Center to run an errand during lunch. Her family in Lubbock had ex pected her home for the Christ mas holidays. Based on other evidence, police said. Woods was a suspect in the murder shortly after it occurred. In the following months, ac cording to news accounts, police took blood, saliva and hair samples from the suspect, but lab tests were inconclusive. Police kept the samples, hoping developments in forensic analysis would give them the scientific evi dence they needed in court. Those hopes were realized two weeks ago when the Texas Depart ment of Public Safety purchased 10 new genetic analyzers for $780,000. Austin Police Detective Paul Johnson, who had been assigned to review McCarty’s death, de cided to have the Woods samples re-examined. In an arrest affidavit for Woods, filed in Municipal Court, the detec tive said DPS lab technician Jodie Williams called him Sept. 9 and re ported that the state lab had matched samples from McCarty’s case to Woods. The likelihood of the samples matching someone else is 1 in 16,000, Johnson said. season tl Y iTeam’s ie wide rtf— ig the /\^t_ |s, and roc_ bpiller e s t. hh ^t endsiit 1 Javier Valdes r star teci a laying i n tudiesi ,r ^y one p«— at yesterda, then Spilll bration at R. s become mght 14 oubled h i Donors ,or 4 f ; 6 v - l “ ?r offers an his rece= inds, lie haH e to the li ir his posit el that I ight ends, in advant,*» Continued' "We have surgeries ha canceled, bit uated,” Way Sharp sa.: collect aroi of blood ft “ How tween 7,( ickk this demands, the holiday te Nutter sa:; across the aw people from nation sites. Sharp sate the state hav mand forblooi “ W( age over their Sharp said “Also, in & hospitals incre orders in ants:: Man gets life sentence for killing grandchild Storm France: HOUSTON (AP) — A man convicted of strangling his 3-year-old granddaughter after she licked icing off cupcakes was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday after jurors rejected the death penalty. The sentence means David Andrew Douglas, 49, a restaurant dishwasher, must serve 40 years before he becomes eligible for parole. ‘‘Realistically, he’ll die in prison,” said his attorney, Poppy Northcutt. Douglas was convicted of capital murder Monday in the Jan. 10,1997, slaying of Shelby Lynne Barrackman. Prosecutors said he strangled Shelby in a drunken rage after finding she had eaten the icing off cupcakes while baby-sitting at his daughter’s house. When he scolded the child, she began crying and Douglas ‘‘squeezed the life” out of her, prosecutors said. The child’s body was found later that day in a near by field and Douglas eventually confessed to the crime, although his attorneys argued the confession was coerced. At trial, Douglas testified he did not remember killing his grandchild. He claimed he had gotten drunk off of brandy and blacked out. ‘He did not recall a substantial portion of that morning” Northcutt said. “It’s entirely possible he had a blackout.” But detectives found a paper bag bearing a finger print of Douglas and containing an empty brandy bot tle within feet of the girl’s body, buried in leaves. Harris County Assistant District Attorney Casey O’Brien rejected Douglas’ blackout story and said he was disappointed jurors chose life over a death sentence. ‘‘Absolutely he deserved it,” O’Brien said. “Any body who kills their own fiesh-and-blood grandchild by strangling them, that’s a pretty violent crime.” Jurors deliberated four hours before handing down the sentence. Northcutt said she believed Douglas’ testimo ny and his age convinced them to choose a life sentence. 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