Steven H. Downs of Auburn, Maine, is charged with murder and sexual assault in the death of Sophie Sergie, 20, at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1993.
Steven H. Downs of Auburn, Maine, is charged with murder and sexual assault in the death of Sophie Sergie, 20, at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1993.
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The defense was seeking Monday to cast doubt on the guilt of an Auburn man who is charged with the rape and murder of an Alaskan woman in 1993 by introducing half a dozen alternative suspects.
A judge in the case heard arguments from Lewiston defense attorney James Howaniec in support of a motion allowing him to present evidence to a jury at trial that at least six other men may have been involved somehow in the rape and murder of 20-year-old Sophie Surgie.
Each of those men was viewed by investigators as a person of interest, Howaniec told Fairbanks Alaska Superior Court Judge Thomas Temple on Monday via videoconference.