DNA Roadblock In NYC Student Slay

Carpet Fibers Linked To Ex-Con, But DNA Evidence Inconclusive

(CBS/AP) 
The state Parole Board denied his release in May 2004. "Your violent and out-of-control behavior shows you to be a menace to society," the board found. "Your continued incarceration remains in the best interest of society."

St. Guillen was last seen alive at The Falls bar, where a manager recalled instructing Littlejohn to remove the patron at the 4 a.m. closing time after she lingered too long over a drink. The manager said he overheard the two arguing before they exited a side door.

Newsday reports detectives now believe a racially tinged comment by an apparently inebriated St. Guillen, may have sent Littlejohn into a murderous rage.

Just before Littlejohn was ordered to escort St. Guillen out of The Falls bar on the night she was raped and killed, witnesses told police she said, "That's why all you black people are in jail." The remark came after a brief, contentious discussion with Littlejohn, police sources said.

Told of the comments witnesses say she made, St. Guillen's family said in a statement that they found it difficult to believe she would say such a thing.

"Imette was a kind and loving person," the family said. "She was not the type of person who would ever make such a comment about anyone."

Littlejohn shouldn't have been working at the bar because the job kept him out past his 9 p.m. parole curfew. Officials say they only knew about a second job he had at a mortgage company. It was still not clear yesterday whether the Falls or its principal, listed in state records as Michael J. Dorrian, would face a penalty for allowing Littlejohn, a felon on parole, to work as a bouncer there.

Kimberly Morella, a spokeswoman for the State Liquor Authority, told the New York Times that the agency was "looking into the matter."

St. Guillen had been set to graduate this semester from John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan. She graduated with honors from George Washington University in Washington.

Less than two nights before her murder, Saint Guillen's family and friends gathered in Florida to celebrate her upcoming birthday.

Saint Guillen's mother, Maureen, tells the Daily News that "Our last words were, 'I love you, always I love you"' as the graduate student left Florida from a vacation with her family just days before she was killed.

She was buried last weekend outside of Boston where her family lives. Friends and relatives at her funeral on Saturday remembered her for her infectious smile, bold confidence, love of board games and penchant for high heels.

St. Guillen's family has appealed for the public's help in finding the killer. Police say anyone with information about St. Guillen should call 1-800-577-TIPS.