Prosecutors state that they are currently working through over 45,000 exchanges between Boston Police investigators concerning the probe into this matter. Matthew Nilo a New Jersey attorney charged with attacking eight women in Boston over ten years ago.
In a short court document requesting an extension of the hearing in Nilo’s case, Assistant District Attorney Lynn Feigenbaum mentioned that the prosecution has received 45,000 communications since Nilo’s previous court appearance. These communications amount to about 500,000 pages. To date, prosecutors have provided 1,200 documents to Nilo’s legal team, which adds up to approximately 9,000 pages.
Feigenbaum stated that there are still more than 30,000 communications to be examined by the prosecution, which might be provided to Nilo’s defense team.
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In December, a judge initially established January 24 as the deadline for prosecutors to submit the messages.
Nilo faces charges for raping and assaulting eight women in Boston during 2008 and 2009. Law enforcement pinpointed him as a suspect when they matched DNA collected from his victims' rape kit tests against profiles in myHeritage, an internet genealogy platform.
The DNA evidence directed law enforcement to Nilo, as his genetic material was obtained from drinking glasses and multiple utensils utilized during a corporate function, according to the prosecution’s filing in court documents.
The DNA extracted from one of the glasses matched the suspect's profile linked to the assaults. Additionally, a glove employed by one of the victims to prod her assailant’s eyes had DNA that was 314 times more probable to be Nilo's rather than someone else's, according to what the prosecution stated.
Nilo's attorney, Rosemary Scapicchio, placed significant emphasis on the DNA evidence as a cornerstone of his defense.
"It seems...that there was an unwarranted search conducted without permission into a DNA genealogy database before Nilo's arrest or formal charges were filed," she stated in a legal document submitted in 2023. She further noted that Nilo had been informed of no relatives contributing to such a database.
The hearing was rescheduled for May 27.
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