It was the summer of 1984. Tony Epone of it was in the process of building his house-painted

business on the west side of Cleveland. On August 23rd, a woman named Mary Ann Flynn

was beaten and strangled to death. Authorities collected semen from her body.

Police soon identified plenty of likely suspects, including a violent ex-boyfriend, an ex-tenant

who had been accused of rape, and a few other men who had kissed her house, as well as Tony

Epone of it who had done some painting for her earlier that summer.

But Tony's whereabouts were entirely accounted for on the night of her murder.

Tony was perhaps too cooperative with police, refusing a lawyer, answering all their questions

and even voluntarily giving up hair, blood, and saliva samples. He happened to have the

same blood type as Flu has found at the scene, but the state presented that piece of evidence

without mentioning that Ms. Flynn had that exact same blood type. The state-hit evidence

that Detective Light understand, and in 1984, without DNA testing available to prove his

innocence, Tony would have to wait for that scientific advancement to free him from his death

sentence after 32 years. But remarkably, his time on death row didn't end there.

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