A man who spent almost 23 years in prison for a crime he did not commit is now a free man.

39-year-old David Scott walked to freedom from the Indiana courthouse.

He was convicted in 1985 for the murder of 89-year-old Loretta Keith in her bedroom in west Terre Haute.

At the time, Scott was a special-needs high school student and was convicted primarily on a secretly taped admission, which his sister says he was tricked into.

A recent DNA analysis of blood found at the scene shows it was another man who bludgeoned the woman to death, not Scott.

"He's just absolutely relieved and thrilled and he just spoke to his mother

and she's lady who is in a wheelchair and has very poor health and we 're just very,

very pleased that's she's lived to see her innocent son released from prison,"

said Scott's Attorney, William Maher.

44-year-old Kevin Weeks of Lagrange, Kentucky is now under arrest, awaiting extradition to Indiana.