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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2003

Joshua Wade did not rape and murder Della Brown, an Alaska Native woman, a jury in Alaska was told on Tuesday.

The defense gave three hours of closing arguments, The Anchorage Daily News reported. The main points were the lack of physical evidence tying Wade to the scene of the crime, the prosecution's shaky witnesses and a lack of a solid confession.

Brown's body was found in early September 2000.

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Defense's closing arguments take cops, witnesses to task (The Anchorage Daily News 4/9)

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