Shocking: 6-Year-Old's Eyewitness Account Convicts Innocent Man | Murder She Solved | Real Crime

Melinda Elkins opens up about her dedicated fight to free her husband Clarence, who was wrongly imprisoned for the murder of her mother in 1998.
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[@mohammadrashid5077]

Clarence struck gold when he found Melinda. What a loyal wife!

[@DragonWolfAngel372]

And than he divorced her a year later

[@JILOA]

Some police departments have the 'donut code' of being complacent. They'd rather settle for a quick arrest and conviction than doing the proper indepth investigations.

[@b.1162]

By the same token though, police are not responsible for convictions. Prosecutors are the ones filing the charges and putting them on trial, so they should also be making sure that the investigations are air-tight. But it seems that many prosecutors only care about "wins" instead of actual guilt.

[@lotusgift4212]

Sad but true i don't know if inappropriate to say they're lazy to do their homework.😢

[@auroraboobiealice6352]

The unimaginable horror of being wrongly convicted & serving time in prison for a brutal crime.

[@foo219]

Based on the eye witness account of a six year old child. Only. Without there even being an investigation. This is beyond incompetent.

[@jamesb.9155]

Hope he got compensation for the slip-shod treatment he got from local law enforcement and the court.

[@religiohominilupus5259]

​@@jamesb.9155 He did, twice. Once for his wrongful conviction for which he received a million plus dollars from the State of Ohio, and five plus million from Summit County in a civil lawsuit he filed a couple years later against the police. He was also exonerated.

[@jamesb.9155]

@@religiohominilupus5259 Sounds a bit high!

[@beatnik6806]

@@jamesb.9155 well deserved. Imagine someone was killed in your neighbour while you were sleeping and you get dragged to prison for years, your life is ruined and you are thinking you never get out especially after everything they tried to clear his name but got brushed away.

[@sharonbrown6595]

Now that’s love. This woman never gave up and fought for her hubby. Good for her. He owns his life to her

[@rhaen25]

Less than a year after his release, he filed for divorce but remained friends. (Wikipedia)

[@_JaneDoe000]

​@@rhaen25 😂😂😂😂😂

[@suzannegriffiths4795]

Even if her husband doesn't appreciate her support, choosing truth, justice and care will be seen by God who is watching.

[@LJ-ht4zs]

@@suzannegriffiths4795 Wow! Sounded like Clarence was not such a good husband to start with - but the woman did the right thing and found the murderer of her mother. The mother had very bad marriages which rubbed off on her daughter. Unfortunately everyone was hurt by all this - the murdered mother - the two sisters - their children. Tragic.

[@deadbored17]

​@Suzanne Griffiths they are still friends, they were just two very different people after all those years and he felt she was better off with someone else as prison had changed him. (New article online)

[@sbaker4920]

The biggest barrier to justice for the wrongly accused/convicted is the egos of prosecutors and judges who don't want to consider and admit they were wrong.

[@paganettisheila5432]

It’s impossible to accept the police and prosecution’s obtuse attitude! They have huge responsibility and immense power on people’s lives, thus should act in a more careful and respectful manner. Their laziness they have shown in investigating this case not only has put an innocent person in jail, but has potentially left a killer on the loose. Huge admiration for the strong woman who has solved the case! You are the best!

[@totalvamp792]

Wow this poor man. The fact that the court is ignoring everything is just wrong.

[@qrufus]

I hope Melinda was encouraged to either go into forensic science or to work with the Innocence Project. On a related note...the prosecutor's excuse as to why Clarence's DNA wasn't a match doesn't make any sense. If they're going to assume that the test was contaminated, they should've assumed the same thing for Melinda's 1st suspect and retested everything again. It just seems like they're trying to protect their conviction rates more than get ACTUAL justice for Judith.

[@Passion85031]

Amen

[@teddysmith457]

I agree with you on that. Look up Tim Masters.. I was in prison with him. The fact is he was my first celly. They locked him up for 10 years for a murder. He supposedly committed when he was 15 years old and they came after him after you turn 27 or 26 I don’t remember exactly when, but it was quite some time after this murder happened in Fort Collins Colorado check that out I did a little time in prison in Colorado

[@beatnik6806]

They don't actually care about justice. Not even judges. They only care about how they look.

[@LJ-ht4zs]

For Clarence

[@MuslimByChoice]

Damn this story deserve a movie 😢

[@carolinasones1541]

They did do a movie or documentary. I remember seeing it. Melinda and her husband divorced after he was set free which is sad.

[@Spencerlayne]

For real.

[@kezzaward5104]

​@@carolinasones1541 not really they ruined his life

[@BrendaLee8]

Agree, movie

[@BrendaLee8]

Where can you see this documentary?

[@dianawatton7570]

In my years as a legal secretary l know there are judges who do not deserve the title “Your Honor”. God only knows how many innocent men were sent to prison by a judge too lazy to pay attention to the testimony being presented.

[@fairmaiden6472]

and women

[@66limelight]

The jury is also to blame. They voted to convict based on eye witness testimony of a 6 year old girl. Everything else was circumstantial. I also think those on the jury believed he was guilty simply because he was on trial. I wonder how much time they took in discussing the case. I'm guessing they didn't debate very long, but I haven't seen the entire video.

[@madamesproete]

Melinda's family needs to kiss her feet and beg forgiveness every day. Some people wish and pray they had a spouse to stand with them, and stand for them. I'm proud of you, Melinda. Your Mum is proud of you, too.

[@LJ-ht4zs]

The fact that Clarence sued for divorce 1 year after his release - also after that Clarence filed for 1million then 5 million - hope Melinda and her boys got 1/2 of the settlement.

[@marisolclark1537]

I don’t understand why Clarence still file for a divorce instead of being grateful to Melinda.

[@Blairlakers]

​@@LJ-ht4zs he didn't get 5 million. His lawyers took 2 million and the rest divided between him, Melissa and one of their kids. However, IRS came knocking and taxed Melissa and the kid heavily

[@meljavi7453]

We should all hope to marry someone who would believe us and fight for us if ever falsely accused like this

[@beatnik6806]

I agree. I know my sisters would and my gf 🥰 not everybody is as lucky though.. even they divorced year after he was released.

[@beatnik6806]

It's sad that even the judges don't care about justice.

[@66limelight]

I think there's more to it than not caring about justice. I think they're more concerned about having their colleagues' backs. They're all lawyers and in the "good ole' boys' club." Kind of like a union where they protect each others' jobs. None of them want a black eye and none of them want to admit that after all of the time and money spent on a conviction, they were wrong. But the top ranking attorney in the state of Ohio didn't see it that way and he stood up for justice. Maybe putting his career on the line to do that....what if he'd been wrong?

[@bostonsandatot4948]

Wait, kid shows up covered in blood and they don't immediately call the cops? The husband goes to investigate?!

[@DragonWolfAngel372]

The neighbors didn't call the cops when the neighbor dropped of the daughter the father went to the house not the neighbors husband

[@purpleheart9620]

I always like watching crime documentaries, this one is by far the most amazing stories I have ever seen, I really love how the victims daughter fight for what she think is right, she is more intelligent than those police who have first investigate her moms crime..She is an amazing wife and and amazing daughter...this story should be in the big screen...

[@RoseOfSaudia]

Did you know they divorced only a few months afterwards? Now each 1 of them has remarried

[@BrendaLee8]

Oh wow

[@rickimcpherson5207]

Yes...I agree. It should DEFINITELY go on the Big screen...

[@rickimcpherson5207]

O that's sad. But good that both are happily remarried..

[@LorettaGoodin]

​@@BrendaLee8😊

[@teddysmith457]

How do you get multiple life sentences for killing one person?😮

[@teddysmith457]

@Clarry OK that’s right I didn’t think about that

[@ASMRR3N33]

​​@Clarry I don't understand your comment. Can you say it another way??? 😂😂 sorry I'm slow 😅

[@abbigaylemcneely6766]

They probably put charges on him in relation to the attempted murder of the little girl, breaking and entering etc

[@kabra72]

RESPECT! What a power woman 🦾

[@VVilla-zh5mw]

What a rollercoaster ride ! the twist and turn of this is mind-blowing, Someone need to turn this story into a movie 🍿

[@LiftingStress]

It should because most people haven't heard of it. If they can get a big time Hollywood actress to play Melinda, it'll do well at the box office. People love movies based on true events.

[@joanne3049]

@V. Villa Agree. It needs to be a movie for sure .. but they need to change the ending because that husband who was wrongly convicted actually ends up divorcing her in the end! Unbelievable.. Change the story so that they have a second honeymoon or some happy ending, then it will be a hit.

[@dianetoombs868]

WOW! what a courageous gutsy woaman! That's love! She did it for her Mum, her husband, And her sons!! This is a happy ending to a very sad story!

[@seanthomas7441]

Now that's a wife!!!

[@RoseOfSaudia]

Isn’t it sad that they had a divorce afterwards?

[@khangbradley2672]

​@@RoseOfSaudia damn that's messed up... at least he can say she was mvp wife of the decade for getting him out of jail. He probably didn't want nothing to do with their family because the little girl blamed uncle.. I do wonder why and how she came up with her uncles name though......

[@b.1162]

@@RoseOfSaudia Not really. Part of the reason they thought he had motive was because his marriage was so bad. Plus, I'm sure he had quite a few women interested after he became a millionaire over this.

[@RoseOfSaudia]

@@b.1162 Yeah, I know that too. But what I’m sad for is the amount of work she put through all of those years to prove his innocence only for them to divorce a short time after that.

[@feliciabosch8110]

💯 per cent

[@ASMRR3N33]

He ģot out in 2005. He also filed for a divorce in 2006. Their divorce was finalized in 2007 although Melinda wanted to make her marriage work. Clarence also received over $1 million in a settlement. He protest against Melinda from making a movie about all of this. Both of them have new spouses. But she did what she had to do for her mother and Clarence. She also went on to reunite a baby who was stolen at birth and sold 50 years ago by a doctor, with its rightful family...

[@user-zm2ej3db3o]

Sick and tired of divorced in america satan the demon destroying families and divorce is one of the tool to disintegrate families. I'm afraid out of 10 marriages 9 ended in divorce a sad reality.

[@LorettaHale6321]

Cant believe they put all their cards on the eye witness of a shocked scared and confused little 6 year

[@Mrsuperdestroyer]

Not to mention oxygen deprived and concussed.

[@jamesb.9155]

She was very lucky to have survived in the first place after suffering such a life changing trauma.

[@lindamahrer7067]

Shows warped police detectives..warped prosecutors...warped Judges...misinformed jurors...A WARPED AMERICAN JUSTICE SYSTEM .... UPSIDE DOWN WORLD......... GUILTY UNTIL YOU PROVE YOUR INNOCENTS..

[@Truelyblue333]

I think she was just going off the hatred her grandma sowed of her son in law!! People have to be careful of what they discuss in front of children. They are listening and much smarter than we give credit for… The grandma painted him as an evil guy so the little girl was like “it was him”…… She was still wrong about the eye color. The killers eye color is not brown … tragic!!

[@jenmooney5054]

I’m in total awe of Melinda’s persistence, determination and guts, I wish I had a quarter of it.

[@jamesb.9155]

Wow. Now that's amazing commitment and tenacity that completely paid off. It was a horrible ordeal for everybody.

[@KauanyB]

What an incredible woman. I'm speechless, she's just a genius, very brave

[@jeanhargis7333]

What an amazing wife! I hope they have many happy years together

[@felbicky6333]

Poor Uncle Clarence

[@judepower4425]

WARNING: SPOILER ALERT! I wondered why the neighbour's first response wasn't to take the injured little girl to hospital or at least call for an ambulance. I find it very very ironic that the daughter who fought for her husband's innocence was rejected by her family for standing by him AND the brutal perpetrator was shielded by another woman. One of the best overviews of a specific crime I've ever come across: definitely stranger than fiction.

[@LJ-ht4zs]

Also the wife who stood by her husband Clarence - he asked for a divorce 1 year after his release - also he got at least 1 M settlement afterwards - hopefully it was shared with his ex-wife.

[@mfi-cf7sp]

wow.. Melinda is a true mvp for her family ❤ I hate to think we can’t go by what a child says but they should have done a better job investigating that crime scene. I bet Ms Judy had fussed to her neighbor about her son in law and that’s when that lady decided to put that in that little girls head on that drive home. Tonya definitely had guilty knowledge or at least a suspicion or she would have called cops for the little girl

[@lucyruto2008]

😢

[@lucyruto2008]

😮

[@queenayahofficial292]

I salute to the wife for not leaving her husband. The true meaning of love and faith

[@kezzaward5104]

Yet they divorced when he got released for her family ruining him

[@queenayahofficial292]

@@kezzaward5104 really? WTF! After all that hardship her wife has been through, wasting her time just to get him out of prison, it's just ended on a, goddamned divorce? Darn!

[@kezzaward5104]

@@queenayahofficial292 he got 1 million settlement and you got to understand prison changes people he would of been attacked raped seen alot in their Melissa confirmed the flirting with these other guys the mental damage on him would have been devastating they both have new partners n are still friends some things you can't come bk from

[@queenayahofficial292]

@@kezzaward5104 so sad to know about it. But at least he must have been thankful because if not Melissa's faith in him being wrongly accused, he was still in prison up to now

[@perfectlyimperfect9129]

Why would an adult leave a little girl covered in blood saying that her grandmother was murdered on someone's couching and just leave?! Sounds to me like Brook would certainly know if it was a family member !! 6 or not She knew enough to call her friend and leave a message she knew enough to go to a neighbor. I wouldn't doubt a little girl who was there and has been through something so traumatic. If he didn't do it out assuming that it's somebody who looked like in the dark Her uncle. Makes me wonder how Many investigations We're not done right.ANYONE that would hurt children and animals and the elderly is a 100% a soulless monster !! Does this mean that the neighbor knew ?! The mother? If so put her under the prison too.

[@chloeuntrau4588]

well not the mother!

[@royalmichaels1289]

We used to rely so heavily on eye witness accounts but have since realized eye witnesses in the middle of a traumatic event like this are highly unreliable. Say little Brooke’s mind blacked out in order to protect her… in those cases it is not uncommon for your mind to fill in these small blanks. There is really no way to know if that memory is real. Also if there is a lot of discussion about how Clarence and grandma didn’t get along, this could have also influenced her thinking. At this age kids are just starting to figure out how the world works. I remember my daughter at that age. We ran into her school teacher who approached us and tried to speak to my daughter who is normally outgoing and social. Even with encouragement she didn’t say a word. When the teacher walked away I asked her what was wrong. She said “how did my teacher get out of the school?” Wait what?! At this age they are still developing their understanding of the world around them. In the dark, in the middle of a traumatic incident with her age, being injured and probably having limited interactions with strange men, it’s no surprise that size, height, age similarities would make her think it was her uncle. Her mind can’t conceptualize what she doesn’t know.

[@rae941]

@@royalmichaels1289😂😂😂😂 “how did she get out of the school” 😂 that is so cute. But yes! There have been many innocent people arrested due to the false testimony of an eye witness. Really through no fault of their own, it was how the investigation was carried out. Police line ups & those photo books have very distinct ways it should be introduced to the victims or eye witnesses. I just watched a story on this the other day & the research carried out due to many false arrests.

[@gemcrystal1043]

The 911 call is ignored as Brooke said on it "Somebody" attacked her and her Grandma Not My Uncle!? That's a Clue Right There if it was the Uncle and they believe a Traumatised 6yr old was Very Intelligent why didn't she say on that 911 call it was my Uncle Clarence!!?? That's the First thing I picked up on immediately after watching only the first ten minutes or less, Anybody else?? It's a decrepency that Should have been Brought up Immediately. 🤔 Would a Uncle and (I KNOW THEY DO Rape Nieces) Seriously Rape the Then 6yr old Niece After Raping the Grandmother That's as F@#KED up as Many Serial Killers who are Completely Demented But an Uncle who was home at 2.40am and the Attacks were between 2.30am and 5.30am!!?? Was saving that question for the Comment section but had to Reply to your Comments None of it makes Sense and I'm only a 3rd through the Story 🤔🥺 I have to say how Horrific this was to both but Brooke has to now live with that Trauma from a 6yr olds Perspective Forever, Not Good at all the Poor Girl and I Wish her a Much Happier Life from that Point On 💜🦋

[@DragonWolfAngel372]

​@@gemcrystal1043 she called her mother's friend not 911 her father called 911

[@user-sl8gp6gs4d]

How could you not check the next door who was a criminal? One bad example of poor police work. Terrible to put someone innocent in prison. They should pay for it by giving him $$$ for the lost freedom in life watching his sons growing up and all. What a shame! Great work for the wife Melinda what a lady to solve her husband's wrongfully accused as her own mother's murder! May God bless her and her family!

[@Texas_Made_]

Oh man this was crazy!!

[@kingcockroach.]

A little girl saw a man with a mullet and mustache in a decade where everyone had that.....and this was accepted as fact? Even tho he was obviously at home asleep.....madness

[@cherylemaybury9967]

That is so sad that te prosecutors put so much pressure on a 6 year old child who had been traumatised and beaten. I think the neighbor woman, Tonya probably sowed the seed to blame her uncle. I would never put complete trust in a six year old for something so important. 😊

[@Doxymeister]

Amazing. The prosecution and the court took as gospel the word of a six year old with head wounds from her attack, but found the same person at age nine, "unreliable"? Massive eye-roll.

[@davidrafik2174]

Every man should have a wife like Melinda.

[@amberlocsaknot]

A neighbor drove her to her home and dropped her off instead of calling the police to come to the scene????

[@juanitarichards1074]

Clarence didn't deserve his loyal faithful wife. Their marriage was rocky because he was immature and more interested in drinking with his buddies than being a husband and father and he was sometimes violent to his wife. If he hadn't gone out drinking that night the charges against him wouldn't stack up. His MIL hated him for a reason and everybody knew it. I am glad he was vindicated in the end and I hope he appreciates the long suffering wife who saved him in the end.

[@DragonWolfAngel372]

He filed for divorce a year after he got out of prison and it was finalized in 2007

[@juanitarichards1074]

@@DragonWolfAngel372 Did he the ungrateful SOB.....when his wife was the ONLY one who stood by him and caused him to be freed

[@LJ-ht4zs]

No, he sued for divorce 1 year after he was released. Also, he then sued and got at least 1 million settlement -hope that his ex-wife and sons got 1/2 of it.

[@juanitarichards1074]

@@LJ-ht4zs He owed his freedom to his devoted wife....if not for her he'd still be in prison.

[@LJ-ht4zs]

@@juanitarichards1074 Yes, I agree - however, he was not a good husband to begin with, and after she saved him, he divorced her in one year. He then sued and received 1 million dollars - (also another suit for 5m - don't know the outcome of that suit) Also, I hope that his ex-wife and their two sons received 1/2 of the settlement.

[@saeidnia1689]

For sure Melinda is real hero with great will power, is great to have a friend or lover like Melinda, she deserve the all the credits to movie and book after their divorse!

[@discobikerAndRosie]

Mind blowing.

[@SweetChicagoGator]

Amazing tenacity ! What a great wife !! ❤

[@chenaplicador5049]

Nice. The wife is very intellegent even though they are not not together now atleast she proved that a father of her sons is innocent. Good job for Ms. Melinda and Mr. Martin. Justice served! May Mrs. Judy's soul may rest and peace, Amen

[@akaylacuffie5638]

Thank GOD for DNA!!!!!!!!!! Isn't it so appalling that all you need is a confession to send someone to prison!!!! Police, investigators, and the prosecutors don't even need to do there job!!!

[@helenstueber3943]

Finally! What a wonderful wife.

[@sunilayya8948]

What a true heroine she is. Wow. And kudos to the ex prosecutor of Ohio. Such A truly ethical and fair prosecutor is rare indeed in a world where judicial misconduct is rife .

[@user-do4vt4en5f]

What a great woman you are dear God bless you more💖💖💖

[@Xxxxxx19-p1c]

This wins for insane twists.

[@anikajain571]

I am so thrilled that this family found truth & true justice after all they went through, so sorry for their loss 💕

[@peggychristner9192]

Truely a blessed man,n awesome aunt for that little girl,

[@hengietu701]

Good job finally your husband is free and innocent 😇 may your mother rip 🙏🙏 God bless ❤❤❤ from 🇹🇴🇹🇴 i

[@2prize]

that girl is a horrible witness

[@Kinvesu]

Why did no one teach that little girl to call 911 when there is an emergency?

[@blacksapphirerain]

She was almost dead. I’m sure she also knew her own home phone number but the only number she could think of was her friend’s and that’s who she called.

[@LL31199]

This must be the worst police investigation in history. They fail to notice that there is a convicted sex offender living next door to the victim, who even asked police why he hadn’t been arrested yet, they take no DNA and then they base the whole case on the testimony of a 6-year old. What a scandal. Not only terrible for the man wrongfully convicted, but also there is no justice for the victims and they left a murderer and sex offender on the streets. Investigators responsible should all lose their jobs.

[@karmayt8956]

Exactly what crime scene evidence does the DNA match? Could the neighbor have left his DNA prior to the crime? I’m still missing the evidence. No assumptions.

[@TheSteve285]

If I recall correctly, they found a cigarette butt about the crime scene.

[@b.1162]

His DNA was in the little girl's underwear where it's pretty unlikely to have gotten under innocent means.

[@karmayt8956]

The video talks about c-clamps and dead cats and not about the girl being sexually assaulted??? WTF! Even before DNA they could match seaman.

[@DragonWolfAngel372]

The guy raped the grandmother and Brooke

[@prestoncheapbtheadphoneste3010]

I hope they sued everyone. 😡

[@user-fq1dr6ft9b]

She is a strong lady to do all those for her mom

[@joanannewallace]

What a brilliant wife to go through all that and never giving up. Right at the beginning, (I dont know why?) I thought the neighbour had something to do with it.

[@kezzaward5104]

And that's why he divorced her when he got released as they ruined his life

[@sunnyday157]

wow Melinda is an incredible woman!

[@isnoozeulose]

She should check her husband's dna first to proof whether he was/was not the murderer (EDIT: nvm. the system is too corrupted to allow that)

[@beatnik6806]

Yup 🤷🏻‍♂️ they don't care about justice. They only care about how they look.

[@justice2255]

What a wonderful wife! I hope she goes into law or investigation.

[@carlosmiguelaltamonte4201]

God bless us Amen 😊

[@raikey2176]

That's why kids' statements are mostly not taken seriously in court.

[@mariejobes9345]

Him knowing he did it but knowing if he gives his dna he's caught though!

[@sorina9130]

She was smiling when she said she pointed to her uncle wtf the judicial system is ridiculous

[@TheSybil47]

What a woman, wife, daughter, sister, and aunt! Total respect! I see from other comments that they divorced soon after his release from prison. Clarence was not a very good husband anyway, so she's better off with her new man. But, bad husband, or not, he was innocent of this senseless murder, and assault on a 6 year old girl.

[@amandaross823]

This is the kind of wife every man wants. She is an amazing woman.

[@Dreamtime-Walker]

Remember She Lost Her Mom & Her Husband at the Same Time & Still Found the Strength Within to Live Her Purpose.❤🍁🙏🕯️

[@SandraPokorneyCmonDude]

That child's phone call just broke my heart.

[@amyrudolph3932]

😞

[@uniquely__awkwardsimply__b2701]

This is absolutely heartbreaking! It was pressure on the child to say a name! When she left a voicemail on her friend phone! She said “someone” killed my grandma! If it was her uncle she would of said my uncle killed my grandma! Someone pressured her to give a name! I’m sorry but if I was the uncle I’d want nothing to do with any of them when I was free other than my wife! Even the child now an adult 🤦🏻‍♀️😂😂 stay AWAY FROM ME MAN! Seriously this is sad though

[@789costela]

Aboute this story. I would *BET* even tho her Mother is no more, she is MORE then happy her daugther *never* gave up & solved it White help from other. I just get that energy!

[@marcleblanc7021]

a solid case? the witness is 6 yo, anf had head trauma. im not sure about that. I mean listen to the girl talk, she clearly has brain damage. plus I feel she couldnt go back on her word. She saw what her mom did to her aunt. Police bias, you have 2 witnesses, but the police believe the one that helps their case. You see this even more today.

[@suegoulding1341]

What a wonderful strong wife Malinda is. I hope Clarence got compensation as in some states this innocent man could have got the death penalty.

[@leonorhernandez7079]

I hope she sued , wins and ends up not having to work another day in her life

[@royalmichaels1289]

With it being a smaller town, it wouldn’t surprise me if the neighbor was aware of the rift between GMA and Clarence. What took so long for the neighbor to get Brooke home and why didn’t she call the police? My guess is that Tanya was brainwashing her, implicating Clarence. Children of that age are easily influenced. They almost got away with it for real. Im glad Brooke kept an open mind and glad the sisters were able to reconcile… that made their mother happy. Clarence has my respect. He shows his character when he reassures his niece.

[@aweewa5659]

Clarence and Melinda divorced soon after being released.

[@AromaBlue]

Good for Melinda. She found her mother's killer.

[@poohandfriends8382]

He lost his 7 years of life beacuse of wrong judgment. But happily ending.

[@KellySmith-gt5pi]

Tough LADY

[@Godrulesall777]

I cannot even begin to say how deeply disturbing it is that so many innocent men..women..and children are wrongly convicted in crimes. Clarence if you are reading this..just know that We all know how deeply you were failed by a very sloppy and incomplete investigation. The cat in the bushes prove that the investigating officers failed to look for real evidence and that had they questioned all of the events of that day..including why an injured girl was not taken by ambulance and 911 called would have sealed the deal on the case. I pray God heals the trauma that you suffered and that He sees that not only physical justice was served..but that a great monetary gain was granted to you for your pain and suffering. May God bless you and your family who loves you so much they never stopped until you were free..my heart truly goes out to you and yours. Blessings from God always..

[@foo219]

I think calling what the police did an investigation is stretching the term a lot. The term incompetent is doing a lot of heavy lifting as well. I find it hard to believe you can be that incompetent at your job and still have said job. In fact I find it hard to believe it was incompetence and not actively malicious, and not just the police, but the judge too for allowing this to happen. Eye witness accounts are essentially worthless, and the judge should know that. Eye witness accounts from a child are beyond worthless and anyone who's met a child should know that.

[@terrybowler7215]

The most dangerous thing a prosecutor can wear is blinkers . An open mi d is always the most essential thing

[@altheamclean]

This is why i will forever hate when police use eye witness only as evidence to charge someone for murder because what if the person is lying because they hate the person or what if they make a mistake because the person can bear a resemblance to the real killer among other reasons its not right to do that and this case is living proof of that to me . They need to stop being lasy go all out and try to do all the work necessary to fine the killer or killers of crime and stop taking the short cut easy way to have one less unsolve crime on there hands it is cruel and all it does is destroy the life of innocent people .that is why to this day innocent people is in prison . Thank god the man wife didn't give up and fight hard for his freedom

[@juanitarichards1074]

They aren't telling the whole story here. The 6 year old girl was raped by the intruder as was the grandma.

[@lizhjelmeseth5485]

Detectives didnt do their due diligence to make sure rhey got the right criminal. Especially, the uncle where there wasn't any physical evidence.

[@Meadowsxl305]

Magic city? 😂

[@spikey8085]

Bullying in parliament is unacceptable use the fact not like little boy asking stupid question is this how you treating people who are telling TRUTH ??? Shameful and disturbing what is wrong with this old man 👴 🧓

[@karmayt8956]

I’d believe the motiveless girl rather than the motive filled wife.

[@kristentrohkimoinen]

But kids are very influenced by adults. She could have been coached.

[@kezzaward5104]

She knew her grandma hated him so who better to say killed her it's why children shouldn't be used in serious crimes it was how she was raised by nan

[@b.1162]

@@kezzaward5104 That isn't the reason why the girl said it. She said he "looked like" her uncle. She meant that the man RESEMBLED him, but police decided she meant it literally was him, and then they manipulated her into testifying that way. She never intended to pin it on her uncle.

[@beatnik6806]

@@b.1162 she also said in the call "SOMEBODY killed my grandma"

[@LJ-ht4zs]

Yes, I agree in general except when she called she did not say my uncle killed my grandma

[@gemcrystal1043]

I think we'd all like to imagine we'd do the same if we believed in our Spouse But it Takes Great Guts to go searching Bad Guys for their DNA in pubs etc Melinda is One GUTSY CHICK!! Nothing in this case added up from the Very Beginning First Brooke says on her first call that "Somebody" Killed my Grandma Not Uncle Clarence which would be Fresh in her mind even after the Attack as She was and is a Very Intelligent Girl able to Find the phone (i missed why it was outside?) But Prosecutor's Ego's are Notorious for Refusing to Admit they Screwed up But the Police did 💩 to follow through and Investigate this Crime Properly from the Getgo did they even speak with the woman next door did they canvass the neighbours? When the neighbour left Immediately she returned Brooke to her Mother without so much as a Conversation was Very Suss and i have to wonder why the police Never questioned that as it seems? The difference in time to get Brooke to her Mum After the original phone call made by Brooke SHOULD have been a Big Red Flag 🚩 What was happening to her in that time should have been a Priority for the police if so they would have had a chance to consider an Alternative Suspect especially that he was a Known Criminal i gather? The DNA testing was a Joke even for that year of early testing of DNA before this Century has improved it Dramatically Why did they Ignore that Clarence's DNA Didn't Match even after it was put forward years later they Still Ignored That Fact!!?? So many Innocent people behind bar's because of Incompetence and Ego's and Stereotyping reminds me of the Samuel Little Serial Killer where if they Believed African American Women back in the 80's 90 or More Women Wouldn't have Bloody Well been Raped and Strangled But No Stupid People with Racist Bias decided that they Didn't Matter and then to Rely on a 6yr Olds uncertain Account Without Investigating Much Much More Another Innocent Person goes to Jail its Disgraceful and i Hope That Melinda and Clarence Sued the Arse off the Police and the DA's Office to give some sort of Recompense to Their Family at Least!! 😤🤬😱 Melinda You Are a Brave Intelligent Woman and i Hope you and your Sister Remain Close and that Brooke gets Some Peace knowing that her Uncle holds No Anger towards her and that the CREEP who Killed Her Grandma and thought they'd Killed Her is Caught and Behind Walls he Can't get out of Forever till the Glorious Day He Dies a Sad Pathetic F@#Ked Up Life!!! Raping a 6yr Old should get him some Deserved Beatdowns Hopefully 😊 No Mercy Shall be Shown to Scum!!! ☠☠☠ 100%..

[@TDdelta777]

Eye witnesses are already not very reliable, not for any particular desire to deceive but because not many have above average face-recognition abilities (which is about of 90% of accuracy) and in cases of “average”, which are the majority, the accuracy is of 60%, add that it’s a shocking event, that one probably doesn’t have the normal time to observe and to concentrate on their appearance given that our priority is to put ourselves into secure situation now add that’s a 6 years old… it shouldn’t be use as the only information to convict someone. Personally I don’t use to look at someone’s face directly because I am an introvert and still can’t remember all my classmates faces after a year, I wouldn’t trust myself to identify a criminal unless he or she had a very distinct characteristic like a huge scar on their face, no way I would dare to incriminate someone because me being 100% sure is me actually being below 60% accurate in the identification that may cost someone’s freedom.

[@velvetnightmare3133]

SHAME SHAME SHAME ON our court system for RESISTING DNA testing!!!!!!!! They fought it tooth and nail! I hope they get to experience the same frustration of that innocent man.

[@margaretbest9600]

April did not give her sister A chance and she did not stand by her sister A problem with her child Because she believed Little children don't tell lies but she must remember the child had just been choked So oxygen Was not going to her brain? Melinda is a fascinated womand I love her for that she finds out the truth about the real killer of her mother

[@fleurbettenaythomson4586]

Looking at the video, Earl Mann also has blue eyes.

[@LJ-ht4zs]

that's what I saw too.

[@nieshimizu6296]

My heart throbs a lot while watching this especially in the part that the time Melinda tries to collect DNA samples on men in bars and in that part that the highest authority of justice and inoccence of crimes was in the scenes of the narration. Tremendous ❣️👌🤔😮🤗😉

[@michellelewis1090]

If they had D.N.A. why did they not compare it to Clarence.? If it proves guilt, it should prove innocence.

[@TDdelta777]

Laziness, they had a kid identifying a suspect and it was good for them to close the case and get themselves a pall on the back for a good job.

[@hiengkuoch9152]

It Dpp job to find evidence and quit often they fail that and an innocent person is convicted. Same with my case the perpetrator still walk free.

[@Spencerlayne]

Im settling down until i find my self a women like this.

[@marvinabigby5509]

I always thought the nieghbor woman knew her man did the crime

[@LL31199]

Sure she did he probably did the same to her. But maybe she was afraid for her own or her daughters lives if she told on him.

[@catalinababy6068]

God is in your corner Wow Not coincidence

[@mariejobes9345]

If they have his dna fingerprints that's definite proof he did it it is! They know to have that anyway or there's no proof of his guilt!