"On the afternoon of April 15, 1994, Donald Ewing and Doniel Quinn were in an idling car in Kansas City, Kansas, when a man dressed in black opened fire with a shotgun, killing them both. Ruby Mitchell saw the shooting from her house and told police that the killer looked like her niece's boyfriend, Lamont. Lamont was reportedly out of town, but Detective Roger Golubski's investigation quickly zeroed in on someone with a similar name: Lamonte McIntyre, who was seventeen."
"Mitchell picked McIntyre's face out of a photo lineup; six hours after the shots were fired, McIntyre was under arrest. During the murder trial, that fall, another witness also identified him as the shooter, and Golubski claimed that "confidential informants" and "street talk" further confirmed the teen-ager's guilt. Throughout, McIntyre proclaimed his innocence. He was convicted and given two consecutive life sentences. "God and I weren't speaking for a while," McIntyre later said."
On April 15, 1994, Donald Ewing and Doniel Quinn were shot dead in an idling car in Kansas City, Kansas. Ruby Mitchell witnessed the shooting and told police the killer resembled her niece's boyfriend, Lamont. Detective Roger Golubski quickly focused on seventeen-year-old Lamonte McIntyre, and Mitchell later selected McIntyre from a photo lineup; McIntyre was arrested six hours after the shooting. At trial another witness identified him and officers cited "confidential informants" and "street talk." McIntyre proclaimed his innocence but was convicted and given two consecutive life sentences. Attorney Cheryl Pilate later found signs of a flawed and incomplete police investigation with no clear link between McIntyre and the victims.
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