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Published: 2011-04-13 21:44:00
Updated: 2011-04-14 09:08:23

Duke lacrosse accuser's boyfriend dies after stabbing


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Family members of a man who was stabbed in his home April 3 say he died Wednesday evening. Crystal Mangum, the Durham woman who falsely accused three Duke University lacrosse players of rape in 2006, has been charged with assaulting him.

Durham police confirmed Thursday morning that Reginald Daye, 46, had died.

"The case remains under investigation, and we do anticipate upgrading the charges. However, no new charges have been filed at this time," police spokeswoman Kammie Michael said in an e-mail to WRAL News.

Police said Mangum, 32, stabbed Daye in the torso with a kitchen knife during a dispute at 3507 Century Oaks Drive early on April 3.

Daye was taken to Duke University Hospital, and Mangum was arrested in a nearby apartment.

A man who said he was Daye's nephew called 911 to report the stabbing, saying it occurred while Daye and his girlfriend were arguing about rent money. The caller said police came to the apartment complex earlier while the couple argued, but the stabbing occurred after the officers left.

When asked for a description of the girlfriend, the caller said, "It's Crystal Mangum. THE Crystal Mangum."

He then added, "I told him she was trouble from the beginning."

Mangum was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury and was being held in the Durham County jail on a $300,000 bond.

In March 2006, Mangum claimed three white players on the Duke lacrosse team trapped her inside a bathroom at 610 N. Buchanan Blvd., where she was performing as a stripper at a team party, and raped and sexually assaulted her.

Her story about the incident was so inconsistent that state officials later declared the players innocent, saying there was no credible evidence against them.

Former Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong was later disbarred for withholding DNA evidence from defense attorneys in the case.

The three lacrosse players and some of their former teammates are suing Nifong and a police investigator, claiming their rights were violated during the case.

In February 2010, police arrested Mangum after an altercation between her and a different boyfriend. In that incident, she was accused of assaulting the man in front of her children and setting some of his clothes on fire.

She was later convicted of child abuse, injury to personal property and resisting a public officer in the case, but prosecutors dismissed an arson charge after a jury couldn't reach a verdict.


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Does this really matter - the main thing is are they gonna charge her with murder or not - she stabbed this man several times and has not been charged so far for it- what is the justice system afraid of

Signing out - You PEOPLE are TOO FUNNY!!! Sorry, I don't have anymore time to spend with Race Haters!!! Enough of my valuable time has been shared!!! Crystal Mangum regardless of the outcome everyone is not ignorant of the facts!!! STAY STRONG!

I wish the writer of this story would use Crystal Mangum in the headline instead of the Duke lacrosse accuser. The public, at least locally [golo, go local, talk local], knows her name and history. Whether she murdered or was a defending herself, she killed someone and to continue to undermine Duke is getting old.

@wildcat......The title of this article is appropriate. The readers do not know who Crystal Mangum is but they sure know about the liar that tried to ruin the lives of three young men from Duke University. The Duke incident should follow her for life. She equated the Duke students with being rich and thought she had an easy payday. And by the way, Nifong got exactly what he deserved with the exception of some jail time.

This my 4th attempt criticizing liberal society that created this whole mess. I have tried to ask if isn't the gender,diversity, poverty industry that allowed such a person to get such outrages charges even listened to. The coach is gone, Nifong disbarred, DPD disgraced, 50 Duke professors letter charging Duke is essentially a racist institution etc etc. So isn't this the real story??

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