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Randolph "Randy" Arledge
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Randolph "Randy" Arledge
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Post Convection
The Crime
The Aftermath
In 2011, the Innocence Project secured DNA testing the physical evidence with the cooperation of the Navarro County District Attorney's Office. The testing conducted by Cellmark Forensics, included hair samples from the hairnet and washings from the victims pubic hairs. Every item excluded Arledge and a CODIS database search revealed a match to felon David Sims. Sims pled "no contest" to the 1985 attempted murder of a Dallas woman who was stabbed over 90 times.
On February 11, 2013 Judge James Lagomarsino and the Navarro County District Attorney's office agreed to release Arledge on bond during the process of overturning his convection. Arledge was officially exonerated by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on May 3, 2013 after more than 30 years behind bars, 14 of them for a murder that he never committed. His compensation was a state statue
On August 30, 1981, 21 year old Carolyn Armstrong was found dead on a dirt road off of highway 22. She was naked from the waist down with 40 stab wounds. Her car was found with the keys in the ignition with a half smoked joint and a black hair net.
Investigation
The 3 were apprehended in Tennessee in connection with an armed robbery charge. On a plea deal Lucas and Lamas testified that Arledge's Texas murder trail that Arledge told them he had murdered a woman in Corsicana, Texas. In return, Lucas received favorable consideration at sentencing for the armed robbery an was given probation. despite lack of physical evidence connecting Arledge to the crime and alibi testimony from several witnesses, he was convicted of murder and sentenced to 99 years in prison on March 27, 1984.