THREE

After decades of secrecy, the truth is finally on trial. In a stunning turn, Judge Kubota orders the release of long-hidden evidence, shaking the very foundation of the case against Ian and Shawn Schweitzer. But as the Hawai’i Innocence Project prepares to expose the full scope of this wrongful conviction, the prosecution fights back—taking their battle to the state’s highest court in a desperate attempt to keep the past buried.

Transcribed - Published: 8 May 2025

The fight for justice takes a shocking turn.

Transcribed - Published: 1 May 2025

A DNA match. A suspect identified. A chance for long-overdue justice. But instead of an arrest, the investigation takes a shocking turn.

Transcribed - Published: 24 April 2025

For decades, Dana’s killer remained a ghost. Until now. With a new weapon in their arsenal—cutting-edge forensic genealogy—investigators uncover a truth that had been buried in plain sight.

Transcribed - Published: 17 April 2025

The DNA never lied. It never pointed to Ian, Shawn, or Frank—but to someone else entirely.

Transcribed - Published: 10 April 2025

A guilty verdict. A plea deal. A family shattered. Ian Schweitzer is sentenced to life, and his brother Shawn faces an impossible choice—fight for the truth or admit to a crime he didn’t commit. But with missing evidence and a system eager to close the case, the truth remains just out of reach. What if justice was never the goal?

Transcribed - Published: 3 April 2025

By 1996, because of pressure from Dana Ireland’s family and the media and the want to close this case for good, the police decided to send the case to prosecutors—despite DNA evidence excluding Ian and Shawn Schweitzer, as well as Frank Pauline Jr.

Transcribed - Published: 27 March 2025

In Chapter 3, Amanda Knox takes you to Hawai’i’s Big Island to speak with Ian and Shawn Schweitzer and members of their legal team to understand how a confession, driven by deals and deception, could lead to their arrests.

Transcribed - Published: 20 March 2025

In a place where everyone knows everyone, during the early days of the investigation, police have no shortage of tips. Soon they turn their attention to three potential suspects: Frank Nasario, Anthony Torres and Roy Santos…but only a few months later, any hope that this case would be open and shut is dashed; none of the men’s DNA matches what was found on Dana Ireland or at the scene.

Transcribed - Published: 13 March 2025

On Christmas Eve in 1991, Dana Ireland is found tucked away in a secluded, hard to get to area of the Hawaiian subdivision, Vacationland barely clinging to life. When she finally arrives at a Hilo hospital, the damage is too severe and they declare Dana dead at 12:25am on Christmas morning.

Transcribed - Published: 13 March 2025

For over 30 years, the murder of 23-year-old Dana Ireland haunted the island of Hawai‘i, leaving behind a tangled web of suspicion, betrayal, and unanswered questions. Three men were convicted. The case was closed. Justice was served. Or so everyone thought.

Transcribed - Published: 6 March 2025

Justine and Holly ask an FBI profiler and a clinical psychologist their burning questions about Shelia and Rachel and the pathologies of juveniles who murder.

Transcribed - Published: 12 April 2024

Morgantown attempts to heal. What, if anything, can be learned from the senseless murder of Skylar Neese?

Transcribed - Published: 5 April 2024

Rachel and Shelia adjust to life behind bars. Ten years after her sentencing, Rachel comes up for parole. Will one of Skylar's killers go free?

Transcribed - Published: 29 March 2024

Shelia and Rachel finally appear in court; Holly flies down to Morgantown to cover the proceedings.

Transcribed - Published: 22 March 2024

As prosecutors build their case from Rachel's shocking confession, Shelia keeps up with her social calendar. Dave and Mary finally get some answers.

Transcribed - Published: 15 March 2024

A last ditch effort to extract information from Shelia goes awry; Rachel returns to the scene of the crime.

Transcribed - Published: 8 March 2024

It's a bleak Christmas for the Neeses, who go to extreme lengths to find their daughter. An examination of the past reveals warning signs.

Transcribed - Published: 1 March 2024

As law enforcement circle Shelia and Rachel, a group of digital vigilantes begin to kick up dust. Officers learn more about the girls from their private journals.

Transcribed - Published: 23 February 2024

July 6, 2012, the first day without Skylar, was complicated. After a strange summer, Shelia and Rachel return to University High School for their junior year.

Transcribed - Published: 16 February 2024

Star City, West Virginia. Sixteen-year-old Skylar Neese disappears into the night, just after the July 4th holiday, 2012.

Transcribed - Published: 16 February 2024

After midnight on July 6th, 2012, three teenage girls walked into the thick Appalachian woods somewhere along the Mason-Dixon line. Hours later, under the glow of a nearly full moon, only two walked out.

Transcribed - Published: 30 January 2024