A Maine man convicted of killing a 12-year-old girl more than three decades ago has launched his latest bid for a new trial
A Maine man convicted of killing a 12-year-old girl more than three decades ago launched his latest bid on Thursday for a new trial by trying to convince a judge that advances in DNA testing raise questions about his guilt. The attorney for Dennis Dechaine called his first witness at the start of a two-day hearing in Knox County Superior Court.
Dechaine, 66, is serving a life sentence for the murder and sexual assault of Sarah Cherry, who disappeared while babysitting in Bowdoin in July 1988. Her body was found two days later. A car repair receipt and notebook belonging to Dechaine were found outside the Bowdoin home where the victim was babysitting before her abduction. Yellow rope used to bind her hands matched rope in Dechaine’s truck, which was parked near the location where the girl’s body was found.
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