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Ohio
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Kent State shooting victim asks for federal investigation to be reopened
Alan Canfora claims new audio evidence reveals an order to fire, asking US Attorney Steven Dettelbach to reopen investigation
Story by DAN NAWROCKI |
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 | | Alan Canfora with a copy of the letter he delivered to U.S Attorney Steven Dettelbach | | Courtesy of Christopher Wallis |
One of 13 students shot by National Guardsmen on the Kent campus 40 years ago went to U.S. Attorney Steven Dettlebach on Cleveland today to try to get him to reopen an investigation into the shootings.
Alan Canfora delivered a letter and CD containing a copy of an audio tape that a student recorded from a window on May 4, 1970. Canfora has long maintained that the guardsmen were ordered to fire, though early investigations discounted that.
The Plain Dealer recently asked two New Jersey forensic audio experts to analyze the tape. They say they detect an order to fire, and Canfora says he hopes new technologies can help determine who issued an order. |
Alan Canfora on reopening the investigationOther options:  MP3 Download (0:09)
Original tape recorded by KSU student Terry StrubbeOther options: MP3 Download (0:31)
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The words that the most recent analysis revealed are different that what Canfora reported when he found the tape in the Yale archives three years ago.
The U.S. attorney's office says it will review Canfora's complaint with the Justice Department's civil rights division. |
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Dean Kahler: Visitors' Center helps him move past May 4, 1970
