Bob and Lauren return to Marion, knocking on doors once again. This time, however, they uncover crucial footage that reveals significant flaws in the investigation’s hasty rush to judgment.

Email us with thoughts, suggestions or tips at investigatingmurder@iheartmedia.com. 

Bob and Lauren return to Marion, knocking on doors once again. This time, however, they uncover crucial footage that reveals significant flaws in the investigation&rsquo;s hasty rush to judgment.
Email us with thoughts, suggestions or tips at <a href="mailto:investigatingmurder@iheartmedia.com">investigatingmurder@iheartmedia.com</a>.&nbsp;

Murder on Songbird Road revisits the stabbing death of an 11-year-old girl in Southern Illinois and the subsequent arrest and conviction of her father’s fiancée for the crime. In this series, veteran true-crime host Lauren Bright Pacheco teams up with criminal defense attorney Bob Motta to investigate whether the case—one that tore apart a rural community, sparking controversy, corruption, and ongoing questions—was truly solved, or if an innocent woman remains wrongfully convicted.

Murder on Songbird Road revisits the stabbing death of an 11-year-old girl in Southern Illinois and the subsequent arrest and conviction of her father&rsquo;s fianc&eacute;e for the crime. In this series, veteran true-crime host Lauren Bright Pacheco teams up with criminal defense attorney Bob Motta to investigate whether the case&mdash;one that tore apart a rural community, sparking controversy, corruption, and ongoing questions&mdash;was truly solved, or if an innocent woman remains wrongfully convicted.

Murder on Songbird Road

10. Suspect

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In January of 1989 the director of Oregon’s Department of Corrections, Michael Francke, was brutally stabbed to death outside his office in Salem. The murder was quickly ruled a “car burglary gone wrong” and pinned on a low-level drug dealer named Frank Gable, a man who Francke's own brother, Kevin, along with storied Oregon reporter Phil Stanford, believe has been wrongfully imprisoned for nearly 30 years. They believe Francke had uncovered a trail of corruption in the prison system— one that ledto the top of Oregon’s political establishment. Murder In Oregon follows the two men on a decades-long journey, bordering on obsession, into Oregon’s drug and crime-infested underworld to answer one question: Who really killed Michael Francke?

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The final episode, subject to future updates, of Murder on Songbird Road invites listeners and former interviewees to reflect on their thoughts and opinions regarding the case against Julia Bevely. Additionally, Bevely's legal team provides an update on the current status of her appeal process.

Email us with thoughts, suggestions or tips at investigatingmurder@iheartmedia.com. 

CONTACTS:

The Illinois Attorney General’s Conviction Integrity Unit (CIU)

Office of the Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul

Office of the Illinois Governor JB Pritzker 

 

The final episode, subject to future updates, of Murder on Songbird Road invites listeners and former interviewees to reflect on their thoughts and opinions regarding the case against Julia Bevely. Additionally, Bevely's legal team provides an update on the current status of her appeal process.
Email us with thoughts, suggestions or tips at <a href="mailto:investigatingmurder@iheartmedia.com">investigatingmurder@iheartmedia.com</a>.&nbsp;
CONTACTS:
<a href="https://illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/open-and-honest-government/Conviction-Integrity-Unit/">The Illinois Attorney General&rsquo;s Conviction Integrity Unit (CIU)</a>
<a href="https://www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/Contact/">Office of the&nbsp;Illinois Attorney General&nbsp;Kwame Raoul</a>
<a href="https://www.illinois.gov/services/service.e-mail-governor.html">Office of the&nbsp;Illinois Governor JB Pritzker&nbsp;</a>
&nbsp;

11. Closing Arguments

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The infamous Huck’s footage exposes critical flaws in the prosecution’s theory, reinforced by a criminologist’s analysis of stabbing murders—setting the stage for Innocence activist Jason Flom to intervene and alter the course of Bevely’s legal battle.

Email us with thoughts, suggestions or tips at investigatingmurder@iheartmedia.com. 

The infamous Huck&rsquo;s footage exposes critical flaws in the prosecution&rsquo;s theory, reinforced by a criminologist&rsquo;s analysis of stabbing murders&mdash;setting the stage for Innocence activist Jason Flom to intervene and alter the course of Bevely&rsquo;s legal battle.
Email us with thoughts, suggestions or tips at <a href="mailto:investigatingmurder@iheartmedia.com">investigatingmurder@iheartmedia.com</a>.&nbsp;

9. Judgement

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The access to the interrogation video and the collection of Bevely’s DNA raise concerns about official protocol and the broader objectives of the investigation. Additionally, the prosecution’s influence on the case comes under scrutiny.

Email us with thoughts, suggestions or tips at investigatingmurder@iheartmedia.com. 

The access to the interrogation video and the collection of Bevely&rsquo;s DNA raise concerns about official protocol and the broader objectives of the investigation. Additionally, the prosecution&rsquo;s influence on the case comes under scrutiny.
Email us with thoughts, suggestions or tips at <a href="mailto:investigatingmurder@iheartmedia.com">investigatingmurder@iheartmedia.com</a>.&nbsp;

8. The Evidence

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10. Suspect

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