Maine man convicted in Alaska cold case killing seeks new trial
A Maine man convicted earlier this month of the 1993 rape and murder of a woman at an Alaska university is seeing a new trial.
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A Maine man convicted earlier this month of the 1993 rape and murder of a woman at an Alaska university is seeing a new trial.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A jury in Alaska found a man guilty on Thursday of the rape and murder of a woman at a university dormitory that went unsolved for more than two decades until a DNA match for the assailant was found using genetic genealogy tracing.
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Officials said the female victim was sexually assaulted, shot in the back of the head and stabbed numerous times.