Developments in murder case of Dr. Margo Prade
Dr. Margo S. Prade was shot and killed in the parking lot of her Wooster Avenue office building on Nov. 26. 1997.
In this November 26, 1997, file photo a member of a local law enforcement angency looks for evidence with a metal detector after the body of Margo Prade was discovered in the parking lot of the Professional Center West on Wooster Road in Akron.(Akron Beacon Journal file photo)
In this March 1998 file photo, former Akron police captain Douglas Prade leaves Judge Mary Spicer's courtroom after a hearing.Prade was arrested and charged with his ex-wife's murder. (Akron Beacon Journal file photo)
In this September 23, 1998, former Akron Police Capt. Doug Prade is escorted from the courtroom in handcuffs after he was found guilt on all counts including aggravated murder of his ex-wife Margo Prade.(Akron Beacon Journal file photo)
In this 2010 file photo, Mary Ann Kovach, Summit County Prosecutor chief legal counsel (left) and David Booth Alden, head of the defense team of Douglas Prade, listen to a question from Judge Judy Hunter while presenting arguments to determine whether new DNA testing will or will not proceed in the long-running murder case of the former Akron police captain. (Akron Beacon Journal file photo)
In this 2010 file photo, Brad Gessner, head of the Criminal Division of the Summit County Prosecutors Office presents arguments (listed on the board) to show why new DNA testing should not proceed in the long-running murder case of former Akron police captain Douglas Prade. (Akron Beacon Journal file photo)
In this 1998 file photo, assistant prosecutor Alison McCarty (left) holds the lab coat that Dr. Margo Prade was wearing the day of her death during the aggravated murder trial of Douglas Prade. Thomas Callaghan, a forensic DNA examiner with the FBI, explains to the jury the procedures used in taking samples of the coat for DNA testing. In 2012, forensic expert Dr. Rick Staub said that the DNA evidence from the lab coat excludes Douglas Prade. (Akron Beacon Journal file photo)
In this 2012 file photo, Summit County Common Pleas court of Judge Judy Hunter addresses the court during a hearing to determine whether former Akron Police Capt. Douglas Prade will get a new trial in the 1997 slaying of his ex-wife, Dr. Margo Prade. (Akron Beacon Journal file photo)
