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DNA evidence found Ininii 8 ra
sentence!
Convicted rapist may be pardoned, freed
CONROE (AP) — New DNA evi
dence that could free a man convict
ed of the 1986 rape of a Houston-area
teen has stirred up painful memories
for the victim's mother.
But Patricia Ogg said if the new evi
dence points to the innocence of Roy
Crinep lie should be released, the Conroe
Courier reported in Sunday editions.
Criner was sentenced to 99 years in
prison for the rape of Patricia Ogg's 16-
year-old daughter Deanna, whose
nude body was found bludgeoned to
death in a wooded area east of Mont
gomery County. Criner, 35, originally
was charged with murder, a count
dropped for lack of evidence.
On Friday, Montgomery County
District Attorney Michael McDougal,
Sheriff Guy Williams and state district
Judge Mike Mayes signed a statement
asking the Texas Board of Pardons and
Paroles to recommend a pardon that
would free Criner because of new
DNA evidence that points to his inno
cence. They hope Criner will be re
leased within a month upon the ap
proval of Gov. George W. Bush.
"Myself, my husband and my sons
all feel that if he is innocent that he
needs to be out," Patricia Ogg said.
"But if (he's) innocent then there is a
murderer out there — a very cruel and
vicious murderer. I don't know how
anyone could live with themselves for
what they did to that young girl."
it
Myself, my hus
band and my
sons all feel that
if he is innocent
that he needs to
be out."
— Patricia Ogg
Victim's mother
Newly discovered evidence on a
cigarette someone shared with Dean
na Ogg before her death suggests
Criner is innocent.
Tests on the cigarette butt showed
the presence of two types of DNA—one
sample that matched Deanna Ogg, and
a second that matched semen found in
her body. Tests in 1997 determined that
the semen did not come from Criner.
The new evidence proves that who
ever had sex with Deanna Ogg that
night is also the one who killed her —
after they shared a cigarette together at
the scene of the murder, said Criner's
Houston attorney, Michael B. Charlton.
In addition, Criner's family has un
covered witnesses who cast doubt on
Criner's conviction.
Since 1997, Bush has pardoned
three inmates convicted of rape or
sexual assault after DNA evidence
ruled them out.
Two of Criner's previous appeals to
the state's highest criminal court, one
of which cited DNA evidence on the
semen, were turned down, but that
was before the cigarette butt analysis
had been performed.
"Going through all of this again is
just heartbreaking," Ogg said. "We
don't keep pictures out in the house be
cause it just hurts too much."
However, Ogg did show the
newspaper a photo of the 16-year-
old taken only a few days before her
death. "She was wearing her broth
er's shirt that day," Ogg said.
"Even though it has been 14 years
we still love and miss her very
much," the mother said.
FORT WORTH (AP)-Aim
grant who illegally entered thellii
ed States must serve 20 yearsij
U.S. federal prison before heiss
turned to Mexico.
Lorenzo Santa Ana-Valdespinoii
migrated to Texas from Juarez, Me;
co, and is now at the Federal
Center in Fort Worth, awaitingta
ter to a federal prison.
Federal prosecutors and publicf
fenders in Fort Worth told the fr
Worth Star-Telegram that it is the long
sentence they have ever heard of. U:
ally, people are deported immediatel
This year, only 10 people werecrii:
inally prosecuted in the Dallas-Fo:
Worth area for illegally enteringii
country after deportation, immigrate
officials said. The typical prisonscri
fence ranged from 1 to 4 years.
But federal prosecutors cracki
down because Santa Ana-Valdespi
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had previous felony convictions,
eluding burglary and two convictior.
for illegal entry after deportation.
U.S. District Judge Terry Means
who sentenced him, says the man
mum sentence was necessary.
"His record suggests, butforinca:
ceration, he will commit more crimes
Means said. "By giving him thissen
fence. I'm going to prevent him from
maiming or killing somebody."
Santa Ana-Valdespino was arrestee
Jan. 19 in Fort Worth on suspicion of pen-
session of a controlled substance. Ute
state charges were dismissed, however
and he was turned over to immigration
officials after a Border Patrol agent found
him at the Tarrant County'Jail.
News in Brief
QUEEN BEA
BY NOTORIOUS
if you throw a oat out the car
window, does It become Kilty Inter?
if {Juperman is so smart, why
does he wear his underpants
on the outside ol his trousers?
V/hal tf the H^ey P»kcy
IS what It s all about?
Man fatally shot
in parking lot
LONGVIEW (AP) —A40-year-
Monday, July 31.2001
Ag
Fornu
old East Texas man was shot and
killed in the parking lotofabusy
shopping center Saturday evening,
police said.
According to Longview police
spokespoerson Wade Turner, an
unidentified man approached an
other man entering a car at the
French Quarter Shopping Center
and fired two shots into the back of
his head.
The victim, whose name was be
ing withheld until family members
could be notified, died almost in
stantly, Turner said.
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