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| DNA Leads to Release of Arizona Convict |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 04/10/2002 |
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A man serving a life prison sentence for the 1991 stabbing death of a bartender was released Monday 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 another man incarcerated for an unrelated sex crime, said prosecutor William Culbertson. Judge Alfred Fenzel ordered Krone's immediate release from a prison in Yuma. 'For 10 years I felt less than human,' Krone told Phoenix TV station KPNX-TV, standing outside the prison's gates. 'This is certainly a strange feeling, and I think it'll take a while for it to set in.' Krone's conviction was not thrown out. But Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley said if additional evidence showed Krone wasn't involved in the crime, he would ask for the case to be dismissed. 'How do you make it up to a guy who has been in custody for 10 1/2 years?' defense attorney Alan Simpson asked. 'Do you just pat him on the back and say 'oops' and send him on his way?' Kim Ancona, 36, was killed Dec. 29, 1991, at a Phoenix bar where she worked. Krone, 45, was sentenced to death in 1992, but his conviction was overturned on a technicality. He was retried and convicted in 1996 and sentenced to life. At trial, prosecution and defense experts differed over whether marks found on Ancona's body matched Krone's bite. An accident left Krone with a distinctive dental pattern. Last year, Simpson petitioned a judge to have physical evidence analyzed using the latest DNA technology. The test results returned last week showed the DNA didn't match Krone's. Simpson said the DNA extracted from Ancona's clothes was, however, an almost certain match for the other inmate's DNA. After learning of the evidence, prosecutors filed a motion seeking Krone's release. |
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