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With the victim's family present, investigators say Holly killed McDonald, the daughter of a retired NYPD detective, because he was angry she was dating someone else and because he owed her money.
But the arrest created a rift between police and the Orange County District Attorney, who says his office wasn't consulted.
A judge freed Holly when the DA failed to secure an indictment within six days as required by law.
Holly's attorney calls the 17-page complaint a reach.
A special prosecutor has been appointed.
Today, Julia Cornaccio said she's still being brought up to speed on two decades' worth of evidence.
With Holly no longer in custody, the special prosecutor has six months to decide whether to bring the case before a grand jury or to drop the charges.
Holly's next court appearance is scheduled for June 7th.
The four defendants all accused of neglecting Goodman's 14-year-old daughter, limiting her access to food, while prosecutors noted the adults in the home were obese.
and two of them were bed bound.
One witness recalling her father saying quote, well I keep her locked up in her bedroom with a camera on her and that's where she stays.
After Wednesday's hearings, 12 News traveled to Oneida to the trailer where the teen was found near death, weighing 35 pounds, a more typical weight for a three year old.
A new notice on the door now calls the house unsafe for humans.
Police tape still in the front yard.
We knocked on every single door on the Goodmans Street.
For those neighbors that did answer, they say they didn't know the Goodmans and they never saw the 14-year-old girl at this home.
None wanted to go on camera Wednesday, one even with a proactive no comment.
But some say the allegations come as a shock, leaving them heartbroken at every detail.