Palma was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the 1997 murder of eight-year-old Kirsten Hatfield in Midwest City, Oklahoma.
Kirsten went missing from her home in the middle of the night, but blood was found on her windowsill and her underwear was found in the backyard.
New testing found Palma’s DNA on both the windowsill and Kirsten’s underwear in 2015.
According to The Charley Project, Kirsten disappeared in May 1997. She was last seen at her home on the 1100 block of Jet Drive in Midwest City, Oklahoma.
Her mother, Shannon Hazen, said she put her daughter to bed around 11.30am and, when she checked in again between 6am and 6.30am, Kirsten was missing.
Blood was discovered on the bedroom windowsill and Kirsten’s underwear was found in the backyard.
Her body has never been found.
Prosecutors say Palma, who lived two doors down from the home, abducted and sexually assaulted Kirsten before murdering her, reported The Oklahoman.
In October 2015, Palma was arrested after new testing found his DNA on Kirsten’s bedroom windowsill and on her underwear.
Palma insisted he was at home on the night of Kirsten’s disappearance when he was questioned back in 1997 and in 2015, and had maintained his innocence.
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