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Douglas Stewart Carter, 71, was released on bail late Monday after prosecutors stated that newly analyzed DNA evidence excluded him as the source of biological material recovered from key items in the 1985 killing of Eva Olesen.
Carter had spent decades on death row for the murder, which occurred in Provo, Utah. He is required to wear a GPS monitor and avoid contact with the victim's family while awaiting a new trial.
The DNA analysis, received on Sept. 22, excluded Carter as a match to blood found on a doorknob and genetic material from the handle of a knife used to stab Olesen.
Olesen was found tied up, stabbed and shot inside her home on Feb. 27, 1985, during what investigators suspected was a robbery.
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