John Klene and Eduardo Dumbrique were exonerated 3 years ago by the DA’s Office after a decade of investigation by a nonprofit group
Torrance-based attorney Deirdre O’Connor is pictured here with John Klene , and Eduardo Dumbrique, shortly after they were released from prison in 2021 after being exonerated for a 1997 murder in Hawthorne that they did not commit. O’Connor and volunteers for her nonprofit, Innocence Matters, spent nearly a decade working pro-bono for the two men in clearing their names.
The LASD had no immediate comment. The District Attorney’s Office said any response regarding the settlement would come after the matter is decided at the board meeting. According to their lawsuit, Klene and Dumbrique were in another city the night of the murder, at the home of Klene’s parents watching the heavyweight title fight between Mike Tyson and Evander Hollyfield, with a number of witnesses present.
In March 2012, Klene learned for the first time that another man had admitted he had murdered Alarcon. Klene reached out to Innocence Matters, a Torrance-based non-profit organization that investigates wrongful convictions. In October 2012, Klene filed a state petition for a writ of habeas corpus.
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