Previously on Spiral.

Samantha Wool's ex-boyfriend, who police say actually confessed to killing her a few weeks after she was murdered, he was later released.

Jeffrey Herbsman says he was on prescription medication. At that time, he doubled his dosage. He also smoked cannabis out of a vape before having what he called delusions. And that is what he said led to

the confession. We immediately said that was bogus. We knew Jeff. That was totally bogus.

I used to smoke weed. I've never smoked weed in my life that's made me want to admit to a murder

that I did not commit. That's crazy.

That's crazy.

My story has been caught up in all of this

and have made this more complicated than it needs to be.

Jeff, did you have anything to do with Sam's murder?

No. No.

July 3rd, 2024.

It's been over eight months since Samantha Wall was killed,

viciously stabbed in her home.

And now in the Wayne County Courthouse in Detroit, Michigan,

the man accused of doing it is on the stand.

He's wearing a crisp three-piece tan suit.

His shirt buttoned up to the top, no tie.

Michael Manuel Jackson, Bolanos, B-O-L-A-N-O-S.

Michael Jackson-Belanos, the 29-year-old man who denied the police having any kind of contact with Sam,

and who said he never entered her home, never hurt her, is on the stand.

He was charged with Sam's death on December 13, 23, based on security video that placed him near Sam's place in the middle of the night, and blood that was found on his clothing.

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