More DNA Testing Ordered in 2003 Rape, Burn, Attempted Homicide Case

Brown County - More than a decade after a Brown County woman was brutally attacked and left for dead, one of the men convicted is again trying to get the case reopened.

Action 2 News has learned the Wisconsin Innocence Project is currently sending evidence to a private lab, trying to prove Juan Nieto was not involved.

What happened in a rural area of Brown County in 2003 is so horrific, it's unimaginable to most people.

Investigators say two men kidnapped a woman from outside a Green Bay bar, raped her and set her on fire.Somehow she survived and got help.

More than a year later, investigators tracked down Gregario Morales and Juan Nieto.

DNA linked Morales to the crime. He pleaded guilty and agreed to testify against Nieto as part of the deal.

That helped a jury convict Nieto, even though none of his DNA was ever found on any evidence.

He's always maintained innocence.

"He has never indicated at any time that he is anything but completely innocent," Timothy Geary, Nieto's trial attorney told Action Two News after sentencing in November of 2005.

Last year, Nieto's case took a turn when the Wisconsin Innocence Project convinced a judge to allow further DNA testing.

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More DNA Testing Ordered in 2003 Rape, Burn, Attempted Homicide Case