In 1994, a newborn baby boy was found dead in a shopping bag at an unofficial garbage dump in Monterey County, California. Thirty years later, Pamela Ferreyra, believed to be the infant’s mother, was arrested on suspicion of murder after advances in DNA technology led authorities to her. The case was reopened by a cold case task force, ultimately leading to Ferreyra’s arrest and arraignment on one count of murder, with hopes of encouraging others to come forward in solving cold cases.
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Connecticut to award nearly $6 million to family of disabled man wrongfully imprisoned for murder conviction
Connecticut will pay nearly $5.9 million to the family of Richard Lapointe, a disabled man wrongly imprisoned for over two decades before being freed in 2015. Lapointe, with Dandy-Walker syndrome, was convicted in 1992 of murder and rape but his conviction was overturned due to a coerced confession and withheld evidence. The settlement recognizes the state's error, though Lapointe tragically passed away in 2020 without seeing his final vindication. Full Article
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