Maureen Maher

Leiterman had never been accused of a violent crime before.

Leiterman had never been accused of a violent crime before.

Leiterman had never been accused of a violent crime before.

But he did have one scrape with the law in 2001, when he was caught writing himself fake prescriptions. He had become addicted to painkillers during a bout with kidney stones. He was ordered to a treatment program, which he successfully completed. But his DNA was put in a database. And that is how he now finds himself accused of murder. Did you kill Jane Mixer? No, I did not.

But he did have one scrape with the law in 2001, when he was caught writing himself fake prescriptions. He had become addicted to painkillers during a bout with kidney stones. He was ordered to a treatment program, which he successfully completed. But his DNA was put in a database. And that is how he now finds himself accused of murder. Did you kill Jane Mixer? No, I did not.

But he did have one scrape with the law in 2001, when he was caught writing himself fake prescriptions. He had become addicted to painkillers during a bout with kidney stones. He was ordered to a treatment program, which he successfully completed. But his DNA was put in a database. And that is how he now finds himself accused of murder. Did you kill Jane Mixer? No, I did not.

Did you take her body to the cemetery and dump her there? Were you with anyone who did that?

Did you take her body to the cemetery and dump her there? Were you with anyone who did that?

Did you take her body to the cemetery and dump her there? Were you with anyone who did that?

Did you have anything to do with the murder?

Did you have anything to do with the murder?

Did you have anything to do with the murder?

Prosecutor Stephen Hiller doesn't buy that and believes Leiterman should pay for this crime. What would be the motive for him to kill a woman?

Prosecutor Stephen Hiller doesn't buy that and believes Leiterman should pay for this crime. What would be the motive for him to kill a woman?

Prosecutor Stephen Hiller doesn't buy that and believes Leiterman should pay for this crime. What would be the motive for him to kill a woman?

But there was no physical evidence of sexual assault. And that is just one of the many challenges Hiller faces in this old case.

But there was no physical evidence of sexual assault. And that is just one of the many challenges Hiller faces in this old case.

But there was no physical evidence of sexual assault. And that is just one of the many challenges Hiller faces in this old case.

The state's biggest challenge may be that Gary Leiterman's DNA isn't the only DNA that was found on Jane Mixer. Remember that tiny drop of blood scraped from Jane's left hand back in 1969? Well, the state's own lab says the DNA in that matches another man, a convicted killer named John Ruelas. But the prosecutor insists he is absolutely sure that Ruelas did not murder Jane for one simple reason.

The state's biggest challenge may be that Gary Leiterman's DNA isn't the only DNA that was found on Jane Mixer. Remember that tiny drop of blood scraped from Jane's left hand back in 1969? Well, the state's own lab says the DNA in that matches another man, a convicted killer named John Ruelas. But the prosecutor insists he is absolutely sure that Ruelas did not murder Jane for one simple reason.