The Las Vegas man was wrongfully convicted in 1985 at the age of 14 of first-degree murder. The conviction could have kept him in prison until his death.
An Ely judge has ruled that there is enough evidence for John Dabritz to stand trial in the March shooting death of Nevada Highway Patrol Sgt. Ben Jenkins.
The suspect remained at large Wednesday. He is charged with one count of murder with a deadly weapon.
Evidence suggests that the crime scene had been staged and that Paula Davis had been “murdered somewhere else,” according to the arrest report for her ex-boyfriend.
A roommate of the victim in the homicide Monday on the 6000 block of Yellowstone Avenue was questioned and released, police said.
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The three suspects in a deadly drug-related shooting last month in a Henderson neighborhood appeared in court together for the first time Wednesday morning.
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