An investigation into the murder of an Irish priest in Texas more than 40 years ago has been reopened | Read more:
The police investigation led to the arrest and conviction of James Harry Reyos.
Odessa Police said that the new review"revealed evidence that tends to show that Reyos could not have been present at the crime scene" and that"fingerprint cards within the original case file revealed latent fingerprints at the crime scene that did not belong to Mr Reyos". The Odessa Police Department presented its review findings to the Ector County District Attorney's Office.
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