Gretchen Swinn

Gretchen learned that Dr. Jill Urban, the medical examiner, never looked at those scans.

We tried to reach Dr. Urban, but we never heard back.

Gretchen thought the scans were game-changing evidence.

She was eager to get in front of a judge again.

But there were several delays.

Then, as Robert lingered on death row, COVID hit.

It was 2021.

By the time his case was finally back in front of the judge, Gretchen was ready.

She immediately focused on the newly found scans, saying her experts concluded they proved that Nikki did not suffer blunt force trauma.

And Gretchen called former detective Brian Wharton to the stand.

For the first time publicly, he said he'd been wrong.

The district attorney's office called the medical examiner, who stood by the finding of blunt force trauma, and a forensic pathologist agreed.

Sitting in the courtroom listening to Gretchen and the prosecutors was Nikki's brother, Matthew Bowman.

He was just four years old when she died.

I feel like I had a person just ripped from me.

He said he didn't buy Gretchen's theory about Nikki being sick.

Every baby gets sick, every child.

Gretchen thought the evidence she presented spoke for itself.

It was clear Robert deserved a new trial.

The judge disagreed and ordered Robert's execution to proceed.