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Wrongfully Imprisoned for 29 Years: The Leo Schofield Story

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ā€œA lot of people get involved [with Leo’s case] because they hear the story from me…and then they meet Leo, there’s something about him, he’s special,ā€ says Crissie.

Finally, in 2004, one of Crissie’s friends had the prints run.

The results were astounding.

Jeremy Scott, a man with a rap sheet a mile long, a man imprisoned for murder, a man with a long history of violence, and a man who lived less than two miles away from the location of Michelle’s body.

"Jeremy Scott’s former girlfriend, Jami Nelams, testified to Scott’s violent history, saying that he had struck her with a baseball bat and choked her to unconsciousness.

Leo and Crissie tried to get a hearing based on the new evidence. After being denied in 2008, they were granted a hearing in 2010, in which Jeremy Scott was called to testify. Scott testified that his fingerprints were on the car windshield (which was false, they were found in the rear of the vehicle) because he stole the stereo out of the car (which, in investigators’ photographs of the vehicle was still present). It should also be noted that, prior to the hearing, the original prosecutor on the case, John Aguero, held an unrecorded private meeting with Scott.

Jeremy Scott’s former girlfriend, Jami Nelams, testified to Scott’s violent history, saying that he had struck her with a baseball bat and choked her to unconsciousness. She also testified that he had frequently taken her to the same location where Michelle’s body was found.

Circuit Judge Keith P. Spoto (a former colleague of prosecutor John Aguero) denied the motion for a new trial, saying that the fingerprint evidence would likely not result in a different verdict for Schofield and that the evidence presented against Schofield was ā€œsubstantial and convincing.ā€

ā€œCan somebody just slam the podium and say, NO NO NO!ā€ Said Crissie, expressing frustration with the process, ā€œenough is enough.ā€

Scott Cupp, Leo’s attorney at the time, also expressed disappointment, ā€œthe frustrating thing is that I feel strongly, nobody has the read the trial record.ā€

"Speak the truth, even if your voice shakes" - Leo Schofield

Leo and Crissie’s adopted daughter, Ashley Nicole, 16 years old, has become more involved in the case. ā€œMy dad’s rule is ā€˜speak the truth, even if your voice shakes.’ He’s always taught me to be truthful.ā€

Last year, Ashley spoke before a parole commission that ended in Leo being denied parole, again. ā€œI felt like they didn’t really care.ā€ She says.

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