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DNA test doesn't tie serial killer to nun's murder

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The Associated Press 9:06 AM Monday, August 31, 2009

TOLEDO, Ohio — An independent DNA test has failed to connect a serial killer to the 1980 death of an Ohio nun, whom a jury said was murdered by a Roman Catholic priest.

Attorneys for Rev. Gerald Robinson are trying to overturn his 2006 conviction and 15-years-to-life prison sentence. The Ohio Innocence Project ordered testing of male DNA found on the victim's fingernails to see if there was a match to Coral Eugene Watts, a confessed serial killer who died two years ago. Police said he may have been responsible for dozens of deaths in several states.

The test results recently came back negative.

Previous analysis found the DNA was not Robinson's.

Sister Margaret Ann Pahl was strangled and stabbed in a Toledo hospital chapel where she and Robinson both worked.

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Information from: The Blade, http://www.toledoblade.com/

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August 31, 2009 01:04 PM EDT

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It says that the DNA was not a match to the Priest nor was it a match to the Serial Killer. Maybe there is someone else out there that the DNA belongs to that was found under her fingernails. They should keep searching.

lbbr
12:40 PM, 8/31/2009

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As if the wrong Priest is in jail. No I think the the guilty one is in jail.

In Las Vegas when a priest brained a lady with a wine bottle. The priest was found on the run with a gun in Arizona.

Paul
10:40 AM, 8/31/2009

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Does the DNA testing change the facts of the case?

Aline Frybarger
10:32 AM, 8/31/2009

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