Neighbor’s lawyer says client not involved in Lauren Giddings murder
An attorney representing a neighbor of slain Mercer University law graduate Lauren Giddings issued a statement Monday night clarifying the man’s in the homicide investigation.
Attorney Brett Steger wrote that allegations that David Dorer was on Lauren Giddings’ balcony on one of the days before she disappeared are false.
“At no time in the days leading up to Ms. Giddings’ disappearance and death was David on her balcony, and numerous people have provided investigators with information and evidence that fully corroborates his whereabouts,” Steger said.
Steger said Dorer isn’t a person of interest or a suspect in Giddings’s death.
“David is in no way involved in the death of Ms. Giddings,” he said.
Another of Giddings’ neighbors, 25-year-old Stephen McDaniel, was charged with murder in the case last week.
Dorer, a Mercer law student who lived at the same Barristers Hall apartment complex as Giddings and McDaniel, has “completely cooperated with detectives in their efforts to apprehend and to bring to justice Ms. Giddings’ killer,” Steger wrote.
As reported in The Telegraph on Saturday, Steger said that Dorer briefly met with homicide detectives on Friday. The attorney additionally says that the meeting was in response to the accusations against Dorer.
“David was completely responsive to the questions asked by the detectives,” he said.
Giddings’ torso was discovered outside a building at the complex June 30.
Authorities found a hacksaw at the complex that contained traces of Giddings’ DNA. Packaging for the saw was found in McDaniel’s apartment, according to McDaniel’s arrest warrant.
McDaniel also is reported to have had a master key to the apartments and a key to Giddings’ unit. He allegedly also had made statements that he could commit murder and avoid detection, according to the warrant.
This story was originally published August 9, 2011 at 12:00 AM with the headline "Neighbor’s lawyer says client not involved in Lauren Giddings murder."