Around 6 a.m. on December 4, 2000, Rob Will and a Houston cop's son, Michael Allen Rosario,

were stripping hubcaps in North Houston when two Harris County deputies rolled up and

they gave chase through a nearby apartment complex.

Deputy Hill followed Rob and Deputy Kelly chased Rosario.

Just around the time the Deputy Hill radioed in that he had Rob in custody, Deputy Kelly

lost sight of Rosario and then about a minute later Deputy Kelly heard gunshots coming

from a little over a hundred yards away.

Michael Allen Rosario had shot and killed Deputy Hill and Rosario also shot Rob Will's

left hand and freed him from his cuffs.

Rob and Rosario separately fled the scene.

Rob boosted a car only to be pulled over and arrested peacefully by an hour north-west

of Houston.

Meanwhile, Michael Allen Rosario fled to Rob's girlfriend's apartment where he is said

to have had blood on his clothing and washed up in the sink.

At trial, the prosecution muddied the details about how much time Rosario had had to return

to the scene in murder Deputy Hill, which would have made Rob the only possible culprit at

the scene.

Despite the physical evidence of the contrary, Rob was convicted of capital murder and

sentenced to death.

One of Rob's appellate attorneys, Sammy Colliel, tells me now about the evidence that

they've uncovered as well as the progress in Rob's fight for freedom.

This is Ronful Conviction with Jason Flown.

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