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=== Real killer === {{anchor|Larry Fisher (murderer)}} The DNA evidence that exonerated Milgaard led police to Larry Earl Fisher (August 21, 1949 β June 10, 2015), who was renting the basement of the Cadrain family home in January 1969. Fisher was [[arrest]]ed on July 25, 1997, in [[Calgary]] and [[conviction (law)|convicted]] of Miller's murder on November 22, 1999.<ref name="CBC-Timeline" /> Fisher, who had previously served a total of 23 years for numerous rapes committed in [[Manitoba]] and Saskatchewan, was handed a [[life sentence]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Fisher gets life sentence |url=https://www.cbc.ca/storyview/CBC/2000/01/04/larry000104 |access-date=May 22, 2022 |work=CBC News |date=January 5, 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031221011333/https://www.cbc.ca/storyview/CBC/2000/01/04/larry000104 |archive-date=December 21, 2003 |location=web.archive.org}}</ref> The Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan unanimously denied the [[appeal]] of his conviction in September 2003.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.justice.gov.sk.ca/milgaard/pubdocs/09192005/Larry%20Fisher/067059.pdf |title=Residences and Movements of Larry Fisher |last1=Counsel |first1=D.A. |date=December 15, 1997 |access-date=June 11, 2015| url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613105903/http://www.justice.gov.sk.ca/milgaard/pubdocs/09192005/Larry%20Fisher/067059.pdf |archive-date=June 13, 2015 }}</ref> Fisher was eligible for [[parole]] on multiple occasions, but opted not to have his case heard by the [[National Parole Board]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/null-40379892.html| title=Parole board says rapist, murderer Larry Fisher has passed on June parole hearing| date=February 26, 2009| work=Winnipeg Free Press |agency=The Canadian Press}}</ref> He died on June 10, 2015, at the [[Correctional Service of Canada|Pacific Institution]] in [[Abbotsford, British Columbia|Abbotsford]], British Columbia.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/larry-fisher-killer-behind-david-milgaard-s-wrongful-conviction-dies-in-prison-1.3108684| title=Larry Fisher, Killer Behind David Milgaard's Wrongful Conviction, Dies in Prison| date=June 11, 2015| agency=[[The Canadian Press]]| work=[[CBC News]]}}</ref>
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