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A man on Utah’s death row for 40 years may not match the DNA profile developed for the first time in a Provo killing

“This confirms what we have always known,” Douglas Carter’s attorney said Friday evening. “Doug did not murder Eva Olesen.”

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Douglas Carter appears in 4th District Court in Provo, Friday, April 3, 2026. Carter was sentenced to death for a 1985 murder, which was overturned in 2025.