Erin Moriarty

Is there any evidence that corroborates the confession that Melissa made?

Is there any evidence that corroborates the confession that Melissa made?

Do you believe there was a skull fracture?

Do you believe there was a skull fracture?

Do you believe there was a skull fracture?

Somebody took x-rays that were completely clear and turned them into unreadable images.

Somebody took x-rays that were completely clear and turned them into unreadable images.

Somebody took x-rays that were completely clear and turned them into unreadable images.

So you're saying that either the prosecutor's office or the coroner's office, but somebody representing the state did this?

So you're saying that either the prosecutor's office or the coroner's office, but somebody representing the state did this?

So you're saying that either the prosecutor's office or the coroner's office, but somebody representing the state did this?

Melissa Koyuzinski has served 16 years of a 31-year prison sentence for the death of Benjamin Kingen, a 16-month-old whom she cared for at an Illinois daycare center. She has long insisted she is innocent.

Melissa Koyuzinski has served 16 years of a 31-year prison sentence for the death of Benjamin Kingen, a 16-month-old whom she cared for at an Illinois daycare center. She has long insisted she is innocent.

Melissa Koyuzinski has served 16 years of a 31-year prison sentence for the death of Benjamin Kingen, a 16-month-old whom she cared for at an Illinois daycare center. She has long insisted she is innocent.

We've been covering this case for more than a decade. And over the years, Melissa's appeals have failed. But she and her attorney, Kathleen Zellmer, are not backing down. Now they're taking their fight out of the court system and straight to the governor of Illinois, J.B. Pritzker, and his prisoner review board.

We've been covering this case for more than a decade. And over the years, Melissa's appeals have failed. But she and her attorney, Kathleen Zellmer, are not backing down. Now they're taking their fight out of the court system and straight to the governor of Illinois, J.B. Pritzker, and his prisoner review board.

We've been covering this case for more than a decade. And over the years, Melissa's appeals have failed. But she and her attorney, Kathleen Zellmer, are not backing down. Now they're taking their fight out of the court system and straight to the governor of Illinois, J.B. Pritzker, and his prisoner review board.

The story began on January 14, 2009. Melissa, then 22 years old, was working as a teacher's assistant at the Minisubi Daycare in Lincolnshire, an affluent suburb of Chicago. Ben Kingan attended daycare there, along with his twin sister and their two older siblings.

The story began on January 14, 2009. Melissa, then 22 years old, was working as a teacher's assistant at the Minisubi Daycare in Lincolnshire, an affluent suburb of Chicago. Ben Kingan attended daycare there, along with his twin sister and their two older siblings.

The story began on January 14, 2009. Melissa, then 22 years old, was working as a teacher's assistant at the Minisubi Daycare in Lincolnshire, an affluent suburb of Chicago. Ben Kingan attended daycare there, along with his twin sister and their two older siblings.