More: Could David Strickland be exonerated in 2012 Portland double shooting? Here's the latest. ![]() Strickland's lawyers said his DNA was found on several items at the park, including cigarette butts and an energy drink can. Though he was suspected by police for two years, he was never charged in the case. The other man, from Nevada, admitted he was at the park that night and lived in the area at the time of the shooting. San Patricio County prosecutors argued that even if the hair came from another man, it would not exonerate Strickland. In 2019, one of Strickland's attorneys said a man from Nevada, whose DNA was found at the scene, was actually responsible for the crime. She believed the testing could help exonerate Strickland. His attorney, Cynthia Orr, told the Caller-Times that the type of DNA testing technology that would be conducted on a piece of pubic hair found on Chapa was not available during the time of Strickland's trial. Strickland was sentenced to life in prison without parole in September 2016. ![]() Strickland told investigators that Olgin and Chapa were rude to his wife, who was a server at Chili's, and he followed them back to the park where he shot them, but prosecutors believed Olgin and Chapa did not visit Chili's the night of the shooting.Īdditionally, a firearms expert at the Texas Department of Public Safety testified that the bullet casing at the scene likely matched Strickland's handgun. Strickland told investigators he composed the letter two weeks before his arrest and printed it out at a public library computer.Īfter two hours of being interviewed by Portland police and Texas Rangers, Strickland confessed. The letter included details that hadn't been released to the media. The crime went unsolved for about two years before police shifted their focus to Stickland in 2014 after learning about a letter addressed to Chapa's father written from the perspective of a hitman.
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