WARREN, Maine (AP) — The Maine State Prison inmate who’s seeking a new trial for the 1988 kidnapping and killing of a 12-year-old girl has been hospitalized for an undisclosed illness.

Corrections officials say 52-year-old Dennis Dechaine was removed from the prison on Monday. She declined to discuss his medical condition.

Bill Moore, a private investigator who’s part of Dechaine’s legal team, tells the Portland Press Herald that Dechaine had problems with heart rate and blood pressure.

Dechaine, a former Bowdoinham farmer, is serving a life sentence for the murder and rape of Sarah Cherry. Dechaine maintains his innocence and is pressing for a new trial based on DNA evidence.

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Information from: Portland Press Herald, https://www.pressherald.com