Attorney for accuser in Patrick Kane case says evidence was tampered with - Chicago Tribune

An attorney for the woman who has accused Blackhawks star Patrick Kane of sexual assault claimed the police evidence bag that once contained the accuser's rape kit showed up on her mother's doorstep, an explosive allegation that could taint the ongoing investigation.

Criminal defense attorney Thomas J. Eoannou said the accuser's mother noticed the empty brown bag on her doorstep when she returned home from work around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. At a news conference in Buffalo, he provided a photograph of the purported bag, which contained the accuser's name as well as the initials of the nurse who performed the evidence collection at the hospital in Erie County.

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