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The Upright Shoe: How One Clue Cracked a Perfect Alibi

The Upright Shoe: How One Clue Cracked a Perfect Alibi

A single left shoe stood upright on a frozen culvert lip at seven degrees Fahrenheit, snow undisturbed and no body or blood in sight - a detail that would unravel an alibi and reshape a murder trial. How did one dark brown leather flat with a small buckle become the key to a case that took fourteen months and a methodical defense attorney to untangle?

In this episode, we follow the timeline from January 3, 2009 through the discovery that shifted the investigation, laying out the scenes and statements that produced conflicting images and…

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