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Douglas Carter seeks DNA testing to clear his name in Utah aggravated murder case

By Salt Lake Tribune · November 2, 2026 · 1 min read
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Crime scene DNA didn't match a former death row inmate. Now he wants to find whose it is but prosecutors are pushing back. Prosecutors say it's the police's job to investigate who killed Eva Olesen in 1985 not Douglas Carter's. Carter now wants further DNA testing in an effort to prove his innocence.

Crime scene DNA didn't match a former death row inmate. Now he wants to find whose it is but prosecutors are pushing back. Prosecutors say it's the police's job to investigate who killed Eva Olesen in 1985 not Douglas Carter's. Carter now wants further DNA testing in an effort to prove his innocence.

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