On July 28, 1999, an Edmund Oklahoma business owner, Paul Howell, was returning to his

parents' home with his sister and two daughters after shopping for school supplies.

Upon exiting the vehicle, he was shot twice and killed for his GMC suburban.

Paul's sister would describe his shooter as an African-American male wearing a red band

down across his face and a stocking cap with up to an inch of hair sticking out from

the bottom.

Investigators would tap confidential informants in the stolen car trade that would deflect

from themselves and point police in the direction of Chris Jordan and Julius Jones.

Chris Jordan would go on to give a confession that was riddled with inconsistencies, blaming

Julius Jones for the murder.

But on the night of July 28, Julius was at home with his family.

The following night, July 29, Chris Jordan slept at the Jones' home and that's when

he planted the murder weapon in a second-story cross-base, something he admitted both to

the police and to two jailhouse informants.

On July 30, police would find the gun exactly where Chris Jordan had told them to look and

emerge with it wrapped in a red bandana.

Julius's defense at trial failed to present any evidence, including a photo taken by police

after a traffic stop just 10 days earlier that would have ruled him out as a potential match

to the only eyewitnesses description.

Chris Jordan, on the other hand, received leniency for testifying against Julius and he's

been out of prison since 2014.

Julius, meanwhile, remains on death row for a crime for which Chris Jordan has bragged about

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