07-07-2011, 08:57 AM
HYDE PARK — In his second exclusive interview with the Poughkeepsie Journal, the teenager who identified himself as Kathryn Filiberti's boyfriend said he is not a suspect in her homicide investigation.
Mike Delarm, 19, of Hyde Park said he voluntarily gave police a DNA sample and showed investigators he had no bruises or cuts that could be associated with a physical altercation after the young woman's body was discovered.
He also said in an email that his older brother, Tyler Delarm, 21, gave a DNA sample to police.
Police declined to confirm Delarm's statements to the Poughkeepsie Journal.
Filiberti was found dead in Greentree Park on March 19 — 110 days ago. The 18-year-old Hyde Park resident was studying at Dutchess Community College.
Police have not said how the 2010 Franklin D. Roosevelt High School graduate died or if anyone is suspected in the killing, but they have said the FBI is helping analyze data.
Officials initially said they would release autopsy results, but then did an about-face and kept details of that and other investigative elements confidential, saying releasing the results could compromise the probe.
The homicide has spurred a range of unconfirmed reports and questions regarding why information has been withheld. While some have said the police should be given the time they need to investigate, others have called for more and immediate disclosure.
New details regarding how police discovered Filiberti's body were revealed in the Dutchess County Sheriff's Department police blotter, a log of events reported by or to a police department, which is subject to the state's Freedom of Information law.
A blotter entry at noon March 19 shows a 911 call was placed by a cellphone caller, identified as Tyler Clark, alerting police to North Greentree Drive near Greentree Park to a homicide.
The entry shows six sheriff's deputies responded.
A Freedom of Information request for the Hyde Park police blotter and other police documents is pending.
Police also have repeatedly declined to comment regarding whether another local newspaper accurately quoted Hyde Park Police Chief Charles Broe last week that two of his officers submitted DNA as part of the investigation.
At the police station Wednesday, Broe told a Journal reporter: "The media coverage of this case has gotten so far off from where it should be."
Lt. John Watterson of the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office, the joint investigating agency with Hyde Park police, said, "I'm not going to get into specifics as far as the identities of people who submitted DNA. There were over 30 samples taken and I can't comment on identities."
Watterson said if anyone from the investigating police agencies released the names of those who gave DNA samples, "it could damage the investigation."
A blotter entry at noon March 19 shows a 911 call was placed by a cellphone caller, identified as Tyler Clark, alerting police to North Greentree Drive near Greentree Park to a homicide.
The entry shows six sheriff's deputies responded.
A Freedom of Information request for the Hyde Park police blotter and other police documents is pending.
Police also have repeatedly declined to comment regarding whether another local newspaper accurately quoted Hyde Park Police Chief Charles Broe last week that two of his officers submitted DNA as part of the investigation.
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Mike Delarm, 19, of Hyde Park said he voluntarily gave police a DNA sample and showed investigators he had no bruises or cuts that could be associated with a physical altercation after the young woman's body was discovered.
He also said in an email that his older brother, Tyler Delarm, 21, gave a DNA sample to police.
Police declined to confirm Delarm's statements to the Poughkeepsie Journal.
Filiberti was found dead in Greentree Park on March 19 — 110 days ago. The 18-year-old Hyde Park resident was studying at Dutchess Community College.
Police have not said how the 2010 Franklin D. Roosevelt High School graduate died or if anyone is suspected in the killing, but they have said the FBI is helping analyze data.
Officials initially said they would release autopsy results, but then did an about-face and kept details of that and other investigative elements confidential, saying releasing the results could compromise the probe.
The homicide has spurred a range of unconfirmed reports and questions regarding why information has been withheld. While some have said the police should be given the time they need to investigate, others have called for more and immediate disclosure.
New details regarding how police discovered Filiberti's body were revealed in the Dutchess County Sheriff's Department police blotter, a log of events reported by or to a police department, which is subject to the state's Freedom of Information law.
A blotter entry at noon March 19 shows a 911 call was placed by a cellphone caller, identified as Tyler Clark, alerting police to North Greentree Drive near Greentree Park to a homicide.
The entry shows six sheriff's deputies responded.
A Freedom of Information request for the Hyde Park police blotter and other police documents is pending.
Police also have repeatedly declined to comment regarding whether another local newspaper accurately quoted Hyde Park Police Chief Charles Broe last week that two of his officers submitted DNA as part of the investigation.
At the police station Wednesday, Broe told a Journal reporter: "The media coverage of this case has gotten so far off from where it should be."
Lt. John Watterson of the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office, the joint investigating agency with Hyde Park police, said, "I'm not going to get into specifics as far as the identities of people who submitted DNA. There were over 30 samples taken and I can't comment on identities."
Watterson said if anyone from the investigating police agencies released the names of those who gave DNA samples, "it could damage the investigation."
A blotter entry at noon March 19 shows a 911 call was placed by a cellphone caller, identified as Tyler Clark, alerting police to North Greentree Drive near Greentree Park to a homicide.
The entry shows six sheriff's deputies responded.
A Freedom of Information request for the Hyde Park police blotter and other police documents is pending.
Police also have repeatedly declined to comment regarding whether another local newspaper accurately quoted Hyde Park Police Chief Charles Broe last week that two of his officers submitted DNA as part of the investigation.
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http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/artic...ournal.com