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Stites. but the investigator knew what reed did not know at the time, that his dna was found on stacy stites. this may reed the prime suspect. reed has long said he was having a consensual affair with the 19-year-old. in a death row interview, reed said he lied because stites was engaged to a small town white police officer named jimmy fennel. >> it wam up she was seeing a police officer. that's why we tried to be as discreet as possible. she said if jimmy found out we were together, he would kill me. >> reporter: fennel's lawyer -- denying first, then admitting to knowing the victims. >> oh, ...