Former lacrosse players returning

Reade Seligmann, one of the three accused in the Duke lacrosse case, arrived at Raleigh-Durham International Airport this afternoon.

A spokeswoman at the state Attorney General’s office has said for weeks that special prosecutors were close to wrapping up their interviews and review of the kidnapping and sexual assault cases against Seligmann, Dave Evans and Collin Finnerty. Finnerty's father, Kevin Finnerty, said he and his family were flying to Raleigh today.

But they declined to say when State Attorney General Roy Cooper would be making an announcement about the case. Noelle Talley, a spokeswoman for Cooper, said late today that “nothing is scheduled at this point.”

Special prosecutors Jim Coman, a former director of the State Bureau of Investigation and head of the attorney general’s Special Prosecution Section, and Mary D. Winstead, a prosecutor in that section, have spent the past three months examining evidence and interviewing witnesses.

More than a year has passed since an escort service dancer told police she was gang-raped by three men at a Duke University lacrosse team party.

Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong, who faces ethics and misconduct charges over his handling of the case, turned over the case in January to special prosecutors because of a conflict of interest. He is fighting to keep his law license.