A former Akron police captain convicted of killing his ex-wife will get a new trial as a result of DNA evidence.
Judge Judy Hunter approved Douglas Prade’s motion for a new trial after reviewing DNA collected from a lab coat at the area of a bite mark left by Margo Prade’s killer. Those new results exclude Prade as a contributor to DNA collected at the scene.
Douglas Prade was convicted of killing his ex-wife Margo, an Akron doctor, in September 1998.
During his trial, expert testimony that a bite mark impression left by the killer was made by Douglas Prade led to his conviction, said his attorney David Alden.
Later tests showed the DNA on the clothing above the bite mark does not belong to Prade. DNA found under Margo Prade’s fingernails also does not belong to Prade, said Alden.
Margo Prade was shot six times with a .38-caliber pistol and found dead inside her van in the parking lot behind her Akron medical office in November 1997.
Prade had an appeal pending before the 9th District Court of Appeals for Ohio. He has always maintained his innocence.
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