David Muir

And we are recreating the interrogation based on the best of your recollection.

Mr. Fox gave a statement that has led detectives to believe that he killed his daughter after placing her in a nearby creek.

So Kevin Fox was sure lucky when she took his case.

To find out all the stuff we've been finding out, it's terrible.

How can somebody even do that, especially to their own child?

How does it help to have a room full of people laughing at you?

The Will County Sheriff's Department, they dispute what Kevin Fox said went down in there.

I was exhausted.

I had guys yelling at me, saying I was going to get raped.

I happened to look down and I did see a red car.

After a federal civil trial and 16 hours of deliberation, jurors awarded Kevin and Melissa Fox $15.5 million.

The jury awarded damages to the Foxes for false arrest and other claims, but not conspiracy or false imprisonment.

An appeals court later reduced the amount to about $8 million.

Many of the officers involved in the Riley Fox case went on to have long careers with the Will County Sheriff's Department.

In June of 2009, five years after the death of Riley Fox, the case gets a jolt of new energy when the FBI sends a team to Wilmington and starts an investigation from scratch.

2020 obtained a recording of an FBI interview with Scott Eby's mother.

You're no dummy, so you know there's some people here that's going to talk to you, okay?

As Eby keeps talking, he describes how he put Riley Fox in the trunk of his car and took her to Forsyth Woods.

And Deborah, as you know, she also continues to advocate for DNA arrest laws. Today, 34 states require that DNA is collected after an arrest. That's our program for tonight. I'm David Muir.

And Deborah, as you know, she also continues to advocate for DNA arrest laws. Today, 34 states require that DNA is collected after an arrest. That's our program for tonight. I'm David Muir.