Mar 17, 2008 11:57 pm US/Eastern
Jitney Driver Seeks Justice After Two Trials
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ―
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Ulysses Cager, 49, spent 44 months in the Allegheny County Jail charged with the murder of Tonya Rodgers, 26, of Clairton, in December 2003.
KDKA
A local jitney driver is speaking out about the death of his girlfriend four and a half years ago.
Ulysses Cager, 49, spent 44 months in the Allegheny County Jail charged with the murder of Tonya Rodgers, 26, of Clairton, in December 2003.
After two trials ended with deadlocked juries, prosecutors decided to drop the case because they didn't have enough evidence.
The case against Cager was circumstantial and there was no physical evidence. His daughter, Justice, testified against him. Cager thinks she was influenced by a relative of the victim, but then she changed her story and said it was an intruder who killed her mother.
Cager says phone records show he was on the South Side - nowhere near Clairton - around the time of the murder.
He tells KDKA authorities never really followed the evidence, including a palm print that wasn't his on the back door of Rodger's house and DNA evidence that excluded him.
Cager says he learned the name of Tonya's killer when he was locked in the county jail, talking to other inmates and jail guards.
Cager says he's hired a lawyer and expects to file a wrongful imprisonment lawsuit.
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