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Who Killed Jennifer? A True Crime Special from WGN Films
The episode examines the unsolved 1993 murder of Jennifer Lockmiller, an Illinois State University student found dead in her off-campus home. It highlights a WGN Films documentary that critiques the original police investigation, which relied on tunnel vision to convict an innocent man. Alan Beaman served thirteen years in prison before DNA evidence exonerated him, eventually leading to a multimillion-dollar settlement and his current work as an advocate for the wrongfully accused. The sources detail how modern forensic testing discovered two unknown male profiles, casting doubt on the…
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