PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey said Monday that new DNA testing hasn't shaken his confidence in a man's conviction for the killing of a 12-year-old girl more than three decades ago.
New DNA tests failed to link Dennis Dechaine to the murder of 12-year-old Sarah Cherry, but the Maine Attorney General said other evidence supports his conviction.
New DNA tests failed to link Dennis Dechaine to the murder of 12-year-old Sarah Cherry, but the Maine Attorney General said other evidence supports his conviction.
An evidence examination report from the California-based Serological Research Institute says Dechaine is excluded from four key items. The report also indicates he "could be included" as a contributor on two other items, but his attorney, John Nale, says those particular DNA samples are too small to rule him out.