The deceased had sex with another man, not the guy in prison. Article wasn’t clear if it was rape. If it wasn’t rape, not sure if it helps the guy other than the case largely depended upon circumstantial evidence. It is hard to put a guy on death row on just circumstantial evidence.
“The new DNA evidence also points to two potential participants in Rodgers’ killing, though their identities are currently unknown.
One unidentified person’s DNA was found on the sleeves of a T-shirt that was used to bind Rodgers, on a chrome bar that was used to strike her, on a glove discovered on top of her right foot and on parts of her body and her clothes, according to the defense letter. A second unidentified person’s DNA was found on the fly of Rodgers’ jeans and on a cigarette butt that was recovered from the waterbed where the killing occurred, the defense added.”
Time will tell to whom the two unknown DNA samples belong.