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Dennis DeChaine

This is one of those cases that I am unsure exactly how I feel about, especially as I start this. Upon starting my research the first article I have come across spoke of Dennis DeChaine's defenders in believing in his innocence. At this point DeChaine has spent more than twenty-five years in prison for a horrendous crime that he and his supporters claim he did not commit. But, apparently DeChaine has not always proclaimed his innocence And, then there is the issue of if you believe that coincidences can be just that in a murder case, and if so, just how many can there be before you decide they are not just coincidences? On July 6, 1988 twelve year old Sarah Cherry was babysitting for the first time near her home in Bowdoin Maine. When Jennifer Henkel returned to her home, where Sarah was watching her children, she would not find Sarah there. Strangely in her driveway she would find the receipt for a car repair and a notebook with the name Dennis DeChaine on them. ...