Daniel Furlong was a quiet, unassuming middle-aged man who often had his grandchildren over playing in his trailer.

His criminal record was clean. He wasn't hiding. He was out in plain sight. He was a youth sports umpire in town.

He had been married for 42 years. But in reality, Daniel was somebody sinister

and evil. He was a predator of young children. He had tried to abduct a 10-year-old girl in

2015, and when he was caught, it was discovered that he had murdered and sexually assaulted 11-year-old

Jody Perrick in 2007. Police also suspected he might be tied to a third child's disappearance

from 1997, although he was never charged with that crime.

After Jody Perrick's death, it took eight years for police to catch Daniel Furlong,

and in those eight years, Ray McCann took the blame.

Ray was a very public suspect.

His name appeared on the TV news and in the newspapers, even though there was no physical evidence linking him to the crime. He was a local volunteer police officer

who had helped join the search for Jody on the night she went missing. The police and local

residents, even some of Ray's own family, believed he was

involved in Jody's death. It ruined his reputation. His son, who spoke with police,

ended up turning against him. He lost his job, got divorced, and filed for bankruptcy. Suddenly, he couldn't be around kids and wasn't

allowed to coach anymore. Even though there wasn't enough evidence to charge him with Jody's murder,

he was still charged with a crime, perjury, or lying to the police during the murder investigation.

Jody's death had appeared on the cover of People magazine and in the national media.

Ray was a pariah in his hometown. He didn't believe he would get a fair trial and the stakes were high.

If he was convicted of those

perjury charges, he could have been sentenced to life in prison. So he took a plea deal

and pleaded no contest to one perjury count while the other four perjury charges were

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