Hey everyone, it's Jen.

And this is Lindsay.

And welcome back to Corpus DeLecti.

We are still in our delayed justice series.

They're wrongfully convicted.

And this week's episode will keep you on the toes of who's the man who is wrongfully

convicted until the very end. Yeah, this one in its own little way is kind of a two for one. We

already had one like that. And this one is sort of like that as well. And you'll clearly see what we

mean as we go. But I guess without further ado, we got a lot to cover. So let's

jump right in. So it was early morning around 1 a.m. on August 15th, 1982 in Chicago. The town had

celebrated their blinking parade with floats, picnics, family, friends. It was one of those atmospheres that everybody just came out, they barbecued, they interacted with everybody.

It was just one of those feel-good town movements.

Now, that day had been super hot and the night was considerably warm as well. This event that we're going to talk about

happened in Washington Park. Now it's located in the south side of Chicago and in this park there was a

public swimming pool. The pool was rectangular in shape and had a concrete bleachertype seats that ran along one side. It also had

diving boards and was surrounded by a metal fence that was easily climbed by the locals.

So picture kids climbing in and out, teenagers, they're not supposed to be there. The pool is closed,

but they're going in and out.

Well, that night, Marilyn Green, who was 18, and her fiancé, Jerry Hillard, who was 19, were sitting near the top of the bleachers.

And beside them, now according to eyewitnesses, of course, were two males. Witnesses claimed that one of these

males stood up and shot Marilyn in the neck and Jerry in the head. Then Marilyn was able to get down

from the bleachers. She reached the front of the pool. And at that moment, there was a police car

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