HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - New DNA testing has cast doubt on the murder conviction of a man found guilty in the 1991 strangling of a Hartford woman.
The Hartford Courant (https://cour.at/2mr5Fll ) reported Thursday that court records say the testing ruled out Alfred Swinton as the source of bite marks on the woman’s body.
Swinton was convicted of murder in 2001 and sentenced to 60 years in prison for the killing of Carla Terry. A forensic orthodontist testified at trial that the bite marks matched Swinton’s teeth, but he later recanted saying the science that led to his initial opinion was invalid.
The Connecticut Innocence Project has filed a petition seeking a new trial for Swinton.
Police unsuccessfully have tried to connect Swinton to four other killings in the Hartford area in the 1990s.
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