2014 August 2 News Article – Inmate argues for DNA tests to clear murder charges

August 02, 2014 7:00 am • Edith Brady-Lunny [email protected]

Barton at his August 1st, 2014 DNA hearing. 

Bart McNeil waves to family and friends as he attends a hearing to answer his request for DNA testing of evidence collected from the scene of his daughter Christina’s murder in 1999.

BLOOMINGTON — Lawyers for a man serving life in prison for the 1998 death of his daughter argued Friday that forensic tests on crime scene evidence — including her clothing and a spider web on a window screen — could clear his name and expose the child’s true killer….CLICK THE BELOW LINK TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE

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