Prosecutor’s review finds new suspects in 1996 double killing and no ties to man tried 5 times
Associated PressNEW YORK — For 16 years, a suburban New York prosecutor’s office insisted it had the right man in a notorious 1996 double killing. On Monday, the office’s current leader, Westchester County District Attorney Mimi Rocah, said a reinvestigation identified two suspects and “no connection” to the man her predecessors tried and retried in the deaths of Archie Harris, 79, and home health aide Betty Ramcharan, 35. The statement appears to mark the first time that the DA’s office has publicly said guilt lies with anyone other than Selwyn Days, the man jurors eventually acquitted in 2017. “He is truly innocent, and it’s important to fully put this matter to rest,” Garber said, adding that the public also is entitled “to a fair and just closure of this heinous case.” Rocah took office in 2021 and didn’t work in the DA’s office when it prosecuted Days.
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