DNA Find Could Free Lesbian
Matching traces of DNA found at separate murder sites in southern Spain yesterday looked likely to prove the innocence of Dolores Vazquez, facing a second trial for the 1999 murder of her former partner's daughter. Supporters claim Ms Vazquez has been subjected to a "homosexual...
Matching traces of DNA found at separate murder sites in southern Spain yesterday looked likely to prove the innocence of Dolores Vazquez, facing a second trial for the 1999 murder of her former partner's daughter.
Supporters claim Ms Vazquez has been subjected to a "homosexual witch-hunt" after details of her relationship with the mother of 18-year-old murder victim Rocio Wanninkhof were made public. State attorneys admitted that if the DNA from skin found under the nails of a girl murdered nearby last month matched that found on a cigarette at the first murder site, the case against Ms Vazquez may be dropped. Newspapers yesterday reported that the DNA samples matched but did not come from Ms Vazquez.
Ms Vazquez was found guilty and sentenced to 15 years but a higher court found the verdict unsafe and ordered that Ms Vazquez, who had been in prison for two years, be bailed until a retrial could be arranged.
Supporters claim Ms Vazquez has been subjected to a "homosexual witch-hunt" after details of her relationship with the mother of 18-year-old murder victim Rocio Wanninkhof were made public. State attorneys admitted that if the DNA from skin found under the nails of a girl murdered nearby last month matched that found on a cigarette at the first murder site, the case against Ms Vazquez may be dropped. Newspapers yesterday reported that the DNA samples matched but did not come from Ms Vazquez.
Ms Vazquez was found guilty and sentenced to 15 years but a higher court found the verdict unsafe and ordered that Ms Vazquez, who had been in prison for two years, be bailed until a retrial could be arranged.
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