The discovery of Wade’s DNA on the clothes of first-grader Lindsey Murdock Jr. was a watershed moment in the case. Mark Maxson, who had previously been found guilty of the murder despite forensic evidence excluding him, was released in 2016 after nearly a quarter-century behind bars. The next day, Wade appeared in court charged with murder in the boy’s death.
Man pleads guilty in 1992 murder of boy years after DNA linked him to crime and exonerated another
