Murderer asked for DNA test to prove innocence; the result surprised him

Robert Earl Hayes became known in the 1990s after being accused of murdering Pamela Albertson, a horse stylist who worked at the Pompano Beach racetrack in Broward County, Florida (USA). It was the year 1990.

This earned him to go to trial, in which he was sentenced to death. However, the Florida Supreme Court annulled his sentence in 1995, after an appeals court showed that some of the genetic evidence found in Albertson’s body was not entirely reliable, because, in those times, the type of test that was performed in that case was not yet fully established in the state.

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Given this, the jury found him not guilty in a second trial, held in 1997. This was because Hayes’s defense held to the view that the DNA evidence was wrong.according to the newspaper ‘The New York Times’.

It was presumed from the beginning that it was that the woman had taken her own life; however, the case was reopened. Hayes was seen with Albertson shortly before her death and it was he who pretended to have come across her body.

For some reason, the MSM is shy about showing who this murdering SOB is – this is taken after Robert Earl Hayes’s release from prison after “exoneration” from his first known murderous act. pic.twitter.com/58IOFvKytn

— Romans EightTwentyEight (@Isa5_20) June 17, 2022

Despite this, Hayes was found guilty of a previous crime, that of involuntary manslaughter for the death of Leslie Dickenson, who was also a horse stylist, but at the Vernon Downs racecourse, 10 years ago. This earned him a sentence of between 10 and 45 years in prison with the right to parole until 2025.

“One of my biggest regrets is that he took her from us and she never got to meet her nieces and nephews,” said Donna Dickenson-Helps, Leslie’s sister, in an official statement shared by state authorities. “But Most of all, I still miss her and cry when I think of her.”

However, Pamela’s crime remained unsolved, to such an extent that the case became the inspiration for a play called ‘The Exonerated’ and a film of the same name starring Brian Dehenny, Danny Glover, Susan Sarandon and Delroy Lindo.

Introducing the cast of ‘The Exonerated’!

James Singletary as Delbert Tibbs@lauralockwood77 as Sunny Jacobs
Alphonso Walker Jr. as Robert Earl Hayes
Chelsea Davis as Georgia Hayes
@MKActor as Gary Gauger#secrettheatre #notsosecret #theexonerated #queens #nyc #theater pic.twitter.com/i4p5AZorS8

— The Secret Theater (@SecretTheatreNY) May 18, 2018

However, in 2020, the ‘Innocence Project’, an agency dedicated to investigating convictions considered unfair, wanted to dust off the case. Agency attorneys were able to contact the Broward County Conviction Review Unit, convinced that some hair found on the hands of Albertson’s body could help solve the case.

This process led to negotiations with Hayes’ defense, which chose the laboratory in which the corresponding genetic analyzes of the remaining hair found at the crime scene were to be carried out. The results showed that part of said hair belonged to Pamela herself.

Despite this, DNA analysis was also carried out on several remaining sperm that were found inside the victim’s vagina and anus, which showed that, indeed, it belonged to Hayes, reaching the conclusion that the man if he murdered the woman.

State justice seeks a way to prevent him from going free. (Broward County State Attorney / iStock /)

Given this, Hayes’ lawyer told the AP agency that Hayes admitted to having had sexual relations with Albertson the same night he died, thus ignoring the presence of his DNA in his body. The case, then, continued to advance.

Nor was he short and stated that the evidence presented is compelling enough to convict Hayes as Albertson’s murderer: “We went in with an open mind, no preconceived ideas, and follow the evidence wherever it goes. In this case, new DNA evidence implicates Robert Earl Hayes in a 1990 homicide for which juries found him guilty.”

Now, the objective of the court is to prevent Hayes from going free at all costs, since in three years he may be eligible for parole. “We believe it is equally relevant to tell the truth about what happened in this case and to try to hold Mr. Hayes accountable, to the extent possible.”

However, Hayes could not have double jeopardy due to the provisions of the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment of the US Constitution, which establishes that no person may be prosecuted a second time for committing the same crime. For this reason, the only thing that seeks to avoid state justice is that Albertson’s murderer can enjoy the benefit of being released on condition.

Source: Elcomercio