I thought Patsy died years ago?
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She died in June 2006. But what does that have to do with this story?
“The couple have maintained their innocence”
The use of the word “have” indicates present tense and although they are describing what happened in 1999, the article was published yesterday and does not distinguish the quote came from 14 years ago.
It was just an indictment of the author of the article.