Mom never gave up hope on son wrongly accused in child rape and murder

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'Christopher Abernathy’s mom never believed her son raped and killed a 15-year-old girl back in 1984.

After he was convicted of Kristina Hickey’s murder, Abernathy’s mother, Ann Kolus, even bought a mobile home so she could stay close to him in prison. She visited her son almost every week until a few years ago — when financial problems forced her to sell the mobile home and move to southern Illinois.
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Alvarez said laboratory tests cleared Abernathy.

“There is no DNA match that would link Mr. Abernathy to any piece of evidence in this case, and in our opinion today, the DNA evidence tends to exonerate him of this crime,” she said, adding that her office will now try to find the real killer.'