Court Report

N.J. Convict Charged in 1968 Killing

FREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) - Four years ago, prosecutors stood before the cameras and announced that they had solid evidence tying a convicted sex offender to the decades-old murder of 13-year-old Jane Durrua. But that case crumbled two years later amid concerns that DNA samples might have been contaminated in a crime laboratory with evidence from an unrelated case. Now, prosecutors once again say they're certain that DNA has pointed the finger at the true killer: a man already serving a 98-year prison term for murdering a teenage girl. Read more...
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