Carter Roy

Chief Anderson dismissed them.

Lana was free to go home.

Cheryl, however, needed to stay the night, locked up in the station cells.

Lana was shocked.

She didn't know Cheryl would be detained.

According to author Casey Sherman, Lana thought this was not how it was supposed to go.

Wait, pause.

Not how it was supposed to go?

What does that mean?

Now, Casey Sherman notes that Lana's lawyer didn't tell her that Cheryl would be jailed, so she was caught off guard, but supposed to go is a very specific phrase, almost like something wasn't going as planned.

And that rumored plan is our first conspiracy theory.

Many people, including Casey Sherman, believe Lana was Johnny's true killer and Cheryl took the fall.

Why?

Well, at that time, murder was often punishable with the death penalty, but the court was much less likely to hand a death sentence to a minor.

And it's not just a theory that formed in hindsight.

Lana's televised testimony was questioned from the start.

Some called her testimony the greatest performance of her life.

One person in the courtroom said out loud, what an act she's putting on.

The papers ran pictures of her testimony alongside stills from her movies.

specifically scenes where she was on the witness stand.