Robert Denney was convicted of the first-degree murder of Corey Parker, who was brutally murdered in her apartment in 1998. When officers found her body in her apartment, they said she died after being stabbed more than 100 times.
After interrogating several people, the investigators got the lead in the case involving Robert. While interrogating him at first, they did not have any clue, but their suspicion grew when he denied providing his DNA sample.
But, in November 2000, Denney was detained after the investigators collected his DNA samples from his saliva when he had spitted near his workplace. The DNA matched the blood and hair strands found on Corey’s body.
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During his trial, Denney defended himself on the witness stand but could not avoid the sentence. His attorney, Patrick McGuinness, claimed that a collection of multiple fingerprints did not belong to Denney or anybody else.
He also questioned how the authorities handled the evidence, and they were asked if they could guarantee that the evidence had not been handled improperly.
However, the judges gave him a life sentence after being found guilty of first-degree murder. He is currently serving his jail sentence at the Desoto Annex.