Source: DNA clears man jailed 28 years for rape, murder

Published December 14, 2009 5:00am ET



A man who has spent 28 years in prison for the rape and murder of a Georgetown law student might walk out of prison on Tuesday after DNA evidence implicated another man.

Donald Gates was convicted of the savage 1981 attack on 21-year-old Catherine Schilling as she walked home from work through Rock Creek Park. He has always maintained his innocence.

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