Howe added that he is not planning to retry Jones, the Kansas City Star reported.
It’s unclear what the other man was locked up for, and Jones never saw his doppelganger.
But he told two legal interns assigned to his case about the rumors, according to Alice Craig, one of Jones’ lawyers.
It turned out that not only did the other man bear an uncanny resemblance to Jones, he also lived closer to the site of the crime.
Jones’ doppelganger, Ricky Amos, used to live with his mother in Kansas City, Kansas, near the address of the incident, Craig said.
“When I saw that picture, it made sense to me,” said Jones, who has denied committing the robbery, to the Star.
“Either you’re going to think [we’re] the same person, or you’re going to be like, ‘Man, these guys, they look so much alike.’ ”. »
