DNA Test Frees Man Convicted in Slaying
A man serving a life sentence for the 1991 stabbing death of a bartender was released from a Yuma prison after prosecutors said DNA tests indicated he wasn’t responsible for the crime.
Authorities said a DNA sample taken from saliva and blood found on the stabbing victim didn’t match inmate Ray Krone’s DNA. Those samples matched the DNA of a man incarcerated for an unrelated sex crime, a prosecutor said.
Judge Alfred Fenzel ordered Krone’s immediate release from a prison in Yuma.
Krone’s conviction was not thrown out. But the Maricopa County attorney said if additional evidence showed Krone wasn’t involved in the crime, he would ask for the case to be dismissed.
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