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DNA excludes Douglas Carter as fight turns to who gets to test it

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More than 40 years after Eva Olesen was killed in Provo, Utah County prosecutors are moving forward with an aggravated murder case against Douglas Carter even though recent DNA testing excluded him from the crime scene. Now, Carter wants access to that DNA evidence he and his attorney say could help identify who the killer was.

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