MrBallen

The thing that was wrong was Laverne.

Because their star witness, Laverne, was not just this sweet older lady afraid of her abusive boyfriend who had come forward and told the truth despite the consequences.

That wasn't really the story.

In fact, basically everything she told Ingram and his partner was a lie.

What was true and what ultimately drove Laverne to do what she did

was she really wanted to break up with John, but she didn't know how to do it.

And so what she ultimately did to attempt to rid herself of John was to frame him for murder.

And at first she did an incredible job.

She read everything she could, little details about the murder in the news.

She also snuck a peek at Ingram's list of evidence during that early interview that was done at her apartment.

And so that's how she knew about that swatch of denim they were looking for.

And she also just happened to take a few really lucky guesses.

Like when she pointed out the spot on the side of the highway where the body was found,

She just guessed, but it happened to be right.

However, the problem was, despite, you know, basically nailing the framing of John and getting him wrapped up with a murder conviction, she also sort of inadvertently implicated herself.

You know, when she came out and said, well, I participated in the murder, her thinking was, they'll take pity on me, and they'll blame John, he'll go to jail, and I'll be okay, but...

No, she also got convicted of murder and went to jail as well.

And Laverne and John were literally in prison, basically riding out their life sentences, when the actual killer, the real Tanya Bennett killer, sent a letter to authorities confessing to his crime.

That was why that prosecutor called Ingram.

It was to tell him, like, I think there's been a mistake.