Man loses bid for DNA testing he claimed would clear him of 1986 murder Updated Dec 21, 2020; Posted Dec 21, 2020 Scott R. Schaeffer, left, speaks with Tim Wolfe outside the Northumberland County courthouse in June 2019. Wolfe, whose father Rickey was murdered in 1986, supports Schaeffer’s claim he was wrongly convicted. Facebook Share SUNBURY – A Northumberland County man has lost an attempt to clear himself of a 1986 murder for which he claims he was wrongly convicted. Specially assigned Lycoming County Senior Judge Dudley N. Anderson ruled Monday that Scott R. Schaeffer failed to make a prima facie showing that the DNA testing he requested would establish actual innocence.