My name is Maggie Freeling.

A majoring list and producer and this is unjust and unsolved.

A podcast about people who I believe are wrongfully incarcerated for crimes that are actually unsolved.

You've surely heard stories like these on the news, but the thing is, the ones you've heard about barely scratch the surface.

The Innocence Project gives a conservative estimate that about 20,000 innocent people are currently locked away in US prisons.

After reading some of these stories, I felt compelled to do something.

So I sent 20 letters to people who are locked up despite evidence pointing away from them.

Some responded through mail, some emailed, and some called me on contraband cell phones.

But all wanted their stories to be heard.

So I left my public radio job and decided to do just that.

In each episode, I speak with those people, their loved ones, supporters, and lawyers,

to shed light on how they wound up incarcerated for decades, despite the evidence,

and how that means the crimes they were convicted of are still unsolved.

This week, I'm telling the story of David Thorn.

This case is filled with sex, secrets, and surprises.

On April 1st, 1999, 26-year-old Yvonne Lane was found murdered in her home in Alliance, Ohio.

The murder of a mother of five in her own home stunned the small town of Alliance, Ohio.

She was discovered by her mother, who had arrived to take her six-year-old grandchild to kindergarten.

The crime scene was brutal and bloody.

And despite several people of interest, including members of law enforcement,

police immediately home did on Yvonne's former boyfriend, David Thorn.

The father of one of the children, the motive, child support, Thorn was ordered to pay.

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