NEW YORK (AP) - A suspect on trial for the 1987 murder of a Brooklyn woman has been found not guilty.
The jury announced the verdict on Thursday in the trial of 54-year-old Edwin Alcaide, of Manhattan.
Alcaide was arrested in connection with the death of 19-year-old Lisette Torres. The woman was found stabbed multiple times in a car lot near the Gowanus Express in Brooklyn.
Police said the two were acquaintances. They said Alcaide is a registered sex offender with an extensive criminal background whom authorities suspected from the start. He was linked to the 25-year-old crime through DNA testing.
The Daily News reports (https://nydn.us/1fDzCGQ ) that jurors said DNA traces found under the victim’s fingernails didn’t prove that Alcaide stabbed the victim 15 times, only that they may have had a fight.
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Information from: Daily News, https://www.nydailynews.com
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