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Hartford man freed because of problems with DNA evidence

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A Superior Court judge has dismissed a murder charge against a 44-year-old city man after prosecutors acknowledged DNA evidence did not prove he committed the crime.

Denzil Nurse had been awaiting trial in the September 2012 killing of Sonia Rivera.

The Hartford Courant reports Judge Carl E. Taylor dismissed the charge Friday and prosecutors indicated they have evidence linking someone else to the crime.

Nurse was charged in May 2014 after authorities said his DNA was found on the body of the 48-year-old victim, who had worked as a prostitute.

She was found beaten to death with a brick on Sept. 27, 2012 in a lot on Washington Street.

Nurse acknowledged knowing and having sex with the victim, but says he did not kill her.

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