The Teenager Convicted by High School Doodles
In 1987, a young woman was murdered in Fort Collins, Colorado, beginning a case that would later become a major example of wrongful conviction and investigative failure. Instead of following all available leads, investigators focused on a teenager whose disturbing drawings were interpreted as evidence of guilt, leading to his conviction and years behind bars.
Nearly a decade later, the conviction was overturned after DNA evidence and the determination of those who continued searching for the truth revealed serious flaws in the original investigation. The case exposed overlooked evidence…
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