Each week I invite you to send me the true crime cases from your hometown.

The cases you want me to cover, the cases that deserve attention after years without answers.

My inbox pings with new cases every single day, and each one is added to my growing case log. But as often as I receive requests for cases that I've never heard of,

the victim's names being entirely new to me, there's one case that's received over 100 requests. Some referred to it as the Sarah Cherry

murder, while others called it the Dennis Deshane case.

As I always strive to do, I will tell you the closest version of the truth that I can assemble,

based on the evidence, testimony, and statements that were part of the investigation at the time of the arrest, trial, and conviction of Dennis Deschain. But I will also explore the accused missteps, the appeals, and the outpouring of support

behind the man that many believe is innocent.

I am humbled to have the help of retired detective Dan Reed along the way.

He was one of the first to respond on the day that Sarah was reported missing.

He came face to face with a man who would later be convicted of her murder.

This is the murder of Sarah Cherry.

Helen Buttrick and her husband Harry were on their way back from the grocery store just after 8.30 p.m. on July 6th 1988. The sun had just set and the Dead River Road was dark save for a few washes of light from the sporadically placed homes along the wooded rural street.

The pair wasn't far from home when Helen spotted a man walking out of the woods and traipsing

across the front yard of a family member.

They lived close by.

Startled by the apparent trespasser, Helen and Harry stopped the car and hollered to the

guy, asking him what he was doing.

The man responded that he'd been fishing earlier that day,

but somehow he lost his truck.

He followed the sound of a generator and ended up right there.

The man wasn't carrying a fishing rod. He had no tackle blocks or gear slung over his shoulder.

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