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Spirko May Get Sixth Reprieve
Northwest
Mar 06 2007 8:21AM
The Columbus Dispatch reported Tuesday the state has yet to match any of the DNA evidence from the crime scene to death row inmate John Spirko.
He was convicted for the 1982 murder of Betty Jane Mottinger in northwest Ohio.
For the sixth time, Spirko may get a reprieve. Ohio Governor Ted Strickland was asked to grant another 120 day delay to allow for more DNA testing.
So far, testing has been done on more than 150 items.
"Ranging from cigarette butts to the tarp that wrapped Mottigner's body, duct tape, all kinds of things," said Columbus Dispatch reporter Alan Johnson. "And what they've found so far is they found nothing. Nothing conclusively to show John Spirko did this crime or to show John Spirko did not do this crime."
The DNA testing in the Spirko case will continue for another two to three months.
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