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Defense says DNA proves someone else killed victim stabbed ‘with such force that the blade broke off in her neck’

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PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (Court TV) — A man accused of killing a woman found stabbed to death says that new DNA testing proves he isn’t the killer and is asking a judge to release him from house arrest. Michael McKinney III is charged with the murder of Amber Spradlin. (Rowan County Detention Center) Michael “MK” McKinney III, 26, is charged with murder and complicity in tampering with physical evidence in the death of Amber Spradlin, 38. Spradlin was …

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Court TV broke the news in Atlanta, United States on Monday, November 2, 2026.
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