https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/investigating-innocence-magazine daily 0.75 2026-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fed08e615120a7c1d17fc44/4e3f0eea-75b3-44d2-9515-86dddfa0551d/Image.final-11.png https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/investigating-innocence-magazine/who-killed-melissa-koontz monthly 0.5 2026-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fed08e615120a7c1d17fc44/55acb5c6-064e-483a-8e7e-38a09dab296c/Melissa+Koontz+photo.jpg Investigating Innocence Magazine - Who Killed Melissa Koontz? Was it Serial Killer Tommy Lynn Sells? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fed08e615120a7c1d17fc44/2b0a7169-508b-46d0-bf85-c80e6f497daf/Donald+Johnston.jpg Investigating Innocence Magazine - Who Killed Melissa Koontz? Was it Serial Killer Tommy Lynn Sells? - Make it stand out Donald “Goose” Johnston agreed to a video recorded interview by PI Bill Clutter on July 20, 2008. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fed08e615120a7c1d17fc44/f1dcf3d8-ab82-4aec-989e-35d9fa671c06/Clothing+laid+out+at+autopsy.jpg Investigating Innocence Magazine - Who Killed Melissa Koontz? Was it Serial Killer Tommy Lynn Sells? - Make it stand out Melissa Koontz’s clothing was submitted for touch DNA testing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fed08e615120a7c1d17fc44/22f20c5c-a845-4a5f-b0d0-3b47557e7adb/Tom+McMillen.jpg Investigating Innocence Magazine - Who Killed Melissa Koontz? Was it Serial Killer Tommy Lynn Sells? - Make it stand out Tom McMillen DOC photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fed08e615120a7c1d17fc44/4cf98d82-0e2f-46c1-ac00-3d241b1060f2/Gary+Edgington.jpg Investigating Innocence Magazine - Who Killed Melissa Koontz? Was it Serial Killer Tommy Lynn Sells? - Make it stand out Gary Edgington DOC photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fed08e615120a7c1d17fc44/c0db7fbb-8122-42ac-9e58-6a796998e440/Tommy-Lynn-Sells-1.webp Investigating Innocence Magazine - Who Killed Melissa Koontz? Was it Serial Killer Tommy Lynn Sells? - Make it stand out Booking photo of Tommy Lynn Sells taken Jan. 1, 2000, following his arrest in Del Rio, Texas for the murder of Kaylene Harris. He was caught after a survivor gave police a description of the assailant that led to his arrest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fed08e615120a7c1d17fc44/c9763515-0f06-45cc-839e-3dd1a71d07cc/Julie+Rea+.jpg Investigating Innocence Magazine - Who Killed Melissa Koontz? Was it Serial Killer Tommy Lynn Sells? - Make it stand out Julie Rea described being struck by an intruder after being awakened by a scream across the hall at 4 a.m. Tommy Lynn Sells would later say he dropped the knife that he used to stab Julie’s son Joel, after he was startled by the mother, otherwise, she would be dead too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fed08e615120a7c1d17fc44/90d23dc2-0bb2-4706-9355-3b32bd81d99a/Through+the+Window.jpg Investigating Innocence Magazine - Who Killed Melissa Koontz? Was it Serial Killer Tommy Lynn Sells? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fed08e615120a7c1d17fc44/28145400-aad3-40aa-ae1b-5088b3181a8b/Rodney+and+Melissa+Crime+Watch+Daily.jpg Investigating Innocence Magazine - Who Killed Melissa Koontz? Was it Serial Killer Tommy Lynn Sells? - Make it stand out Rodney Lincoln meeting Melissa DeBoer, who at the age of 7 witnessed the murder of her mother. Her mistaken eye-witness testimony had wrongfully convicted Rodney Lincoln three decades before their meeting in 2015 at the prison where he was confined. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fed08e615120a7c1d17fc44/453eca2e-42e2-4dfc-bc91-63591888cc3e/Clutter+press+conference.webp Investigating Innocence Magazine - Who Killed Melissa Koontz? Was it Serial Killer Tommy Lynn Sells? - Make it stand out April 10, 2019, press conference. Story author Bill Clutter calls on Attorney General Kwame Raoul to establish a state-wide conviction integrity unit in Illinois. photo credit AP/John O’ Connor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fed08e615120a7c1d17fc44/1f79e572-ec7a-4cf0-aeba-ee28d886a380/bill_clutter_and+Randy+Steidl.jpg Investigating Innocence Magazine - Who Killed Melissa Koontz? Was it Serial Killer Tommy Lynn Sells? - Make it stand out Randy Steidl (left) with the author after the Senate voted to abolish the death penalty in 2011. He was finally released from prison after the Office of Illinois Attorney General conducted a conviction integrity review of his case. https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/investigating-innocence-magazine/rodneylincoln monthly 0.5 2025-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fed08e615120a7c1d17fc44/c22a47a7-3910-46b6-a583-f42702b45470/Image.final-11+copy+2.png Investigating Innocence Magazine - Rodney Lincoln FREED After Spending 36 Years in Prison - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fed08e615120a7c1d17fc44/c2128932-4485-4ee8-b34b-76cd66c5ef34/Keagan+meeting+Rodney+Sunday+Aug+19+2018.jpg Investigating Innocence Magazine - Rodney Lincoln FREED After Spending 36 Years in Prison - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fed08e615120a7c1d17fc44/d1271ed4-b157-4067-bf07-7d507e57fa6b/Rodney+and+Melissa+Crime+Watch+Daily.jpg Investigating Innocence Magazine - Rodney Lincoln FREED After Spending 36 Years in Prison - Make it stand out Melissa DeBoer meets Rodney Lincoln during a prison interview with Crime Watch Daily in 2015. Her testimony as a child mistakenly identified him as the killer of her mother. She realized her mistake after seeing Tommy Lynn Sells in the first program that aired. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fed08e615120a7c1d17fc44/3dbe6459-4b41-4bb8-8299-f74183172fc9/Capture.PNG Investigating Innocence Magazine - Rodney Lincoln FREED After Spending 36 Years in Prison - Zimmerman stated, “Tommy told the court he was on his way home and reported that his brother and his family all lived in St. Louis.” Less than two weeks later, on April 27, 1982, JoAnne Tate was murdered, and her two girls, ages 7 and 4, had their throats slit, but somehow survived. West’s investigation and affidavit was presented in a petition filed by the Midwest Innocence Project, in response to the prosecutor’s assertion that Sells was in custody. His investigation corroborated the interview that my son Keagan conducted of Sells’ brother. West owns UCMJ Investigations, a company that focuses on providing investigative defense services to military members and veterans. This was not his first case investigating an inmate who claimed to be innocent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fed08e615120a7c1d17fc44/f0dd5aa7-d780-40f8-93b1-915eed765858/Captu16re.PNG Investigating Innocence Magazine - Rodney Lincoln FREED After Spending 36 Years in Prison - In 2001, private investigator Bill Clutter started what is now the Illinois Innocence Project, the first undergraduate program in the nation. After moving to Louisville, in Feb. 2013, Clutter started a new national organization of private investigators called Investigating Innocence. The Rodney Lincoln case is the Project’s third exoneration. https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/investigating-innocence-magazine/category/True+Crime monthly 0.5 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/investigating-innocence-magazine/category/Conviction+Integrity+Unit monthly 0.5 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/investigating-innocence-magazine/category/Wrongful+Convictions monthly 0.5 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/investigating-innocence-magazine/category/Prosecutorial+Misconduct monthly 0.5 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/investigating-innocence-magazine/tag/False+Confession monthly 0.5 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/investigating-innocence-magazine/tag/Sangamon+County+Sheriff monthly 0.5 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/investigating-innocence-magazine/tag/Lori+Hayes monthly 0.5 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/investigating-innocence-magazine/tag/Richard+Eikelenboom monthly 0.5 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/investigating-innocence-magazine/tag/Richard+Leo monthly 0.5 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/investigating-innocence-magazine/tag/Joanne+Tate+homicide monthly 0.5 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/investigating-innocence-magazine/tag/Michael+Callahan monthly 0.5 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/investigating-innocence-magazine/tag/Bill+Clutter monthly 0.5 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/investigating-innocence-magazine/tag/Intellectual+disability monthly 0.5 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/investigating-innocence-magazine/tag/Dale+Lash monthly 0.5 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/investigating-innocence-magazine/tag/Erle+Stanley+Gardner monthly 0.5 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/investigating-innocence-magazine/tag/Conviction+Integrity+Unit monthly 0.5 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/investigating-innocence-magazine/tag/Investigating+Innocence monthly 0.5 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/investigating-innocence-magazine/tag/Too+Politically+Sensitive monthly 0.5 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/investigating-innocence-magazine/tag/Melissa+Koontz monthly 0.5 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/investigating-innocence-magazine/tag/Dyke+and+Karen+Rhoads+homicide monthly 0.5 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/investigating-innocence-magazine/tag/Melissa+DeBoer monthly 0.5 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/investigating-innocence-magazine/tag/Tom+McMillen monthly 0.5 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/investigating-innocence-magazine/tag/Rodney+Lincoln monthly 0.5 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/investigating-innocence-magazine/tag/Gary+Edgington monthly 0.5 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/investigating-innocence-magazine/tag/Tommy+Lynn+Sells monthly 0.5 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/investigating-innocence-magazine/tag/Innocence+Project monthly 0.5 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/investigating-innocence-magazine/tag/Gov.+JB+Pritzker monthly 0.5 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/investigating-innocence-magazine/tag/Pizza+Conspiracy monthly 0.5 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/investigating-innocence-magazine/tag/John+Milhiser monthly 0.5 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/investigating-innocence-magazine/tag/Selma+Eikelenboom monthly 0.5 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/investigating-innocence-magazine/tag/Donald+%22Goose%22+Johnston monthly 0.5 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/investigating-innocence-magazine/tag/Kwame+Raoul monthly 0.5 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/investigating-innocence-magazine/tag/Illinois+Innocence+Project monthly 0.5 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/investigating-innocence-magazine/tag/Herb+Whitlock monthly 0.5 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/investigating-innocence-magazine/tag/Randy+Steidl monthly 0.5 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/investigating-innocence-magazine/tag/Touch+DNA monthly 0.5 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/investigating-innocence-magazine/tag/The+Court+of+Last+Resort monthly 0.5 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/investigating-innocence-magazine/tag/Dardeen+murders monthly 0.5 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/meettheteam daily 0.75 2025-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fed08e615120a7c1d17fc44/1633832634258-IWJT2OHZ2QCVWOW8BR1A/Bill-Clutter.jpg Meet the Team - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fed08e615120a7c1d17fc44/1633832655332-1SZUMBHJU2M85IYU9UXO/Ron-Zimmerman.jpg Meet the Team - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fed08e615120a7c1d17fc44/1631039538815-B2NS9ZSRBR5BN4GTXK3O/Doug-Longhini.jpg Meet the Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fed08e615120a7c1d17fc44/8c7ff0c4-d238-44f5-90df-f1addc5cb4c4/FanningDiane.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fed08e615120a7c1d17fc44/1631204505625-RCCHLOTX6413QZ8GVNPH/julie.jpg Meet the Team https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/home daily 1.0 2026-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fed08e615120a7c1d17fc44/c937f570-5dc2-4940-aaea-93f4395747fa/Attachment-1+%281%29.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fed08e615120a7c1d17fc44/52d1d047-8809-4036-883b-326080612abd/SoBro+logo+-+Morning+Star+Design.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fed08e615120a7c1d17fc44/69bbf223-cb46-47fe-934b-792b7aad344e/Coal+Tar+Front+Cover+DIGITAL+-+AUG+2025.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fed08e615120a7c1d17fc44/c844d75f-0aff-4ad4-b0df-3f04b32fcf79/Murder+in+Illinois+logo.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fed08e615120a7c1d17fc44/006b7f23-a275-4469-aaed-477da61d21c9/Security-Bank-Logo.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fed08e615120a7c1d17fc44/cbc23a8f-8147-49de-b9fe-5fe543c57b2f/Height-Logo.png Home https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/donate daily 0.75 2025-06-19 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/digital-products-1-1 daily 0.75 2025-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1615225259531-0HK0SKZ3FR5VOEIG39FB/Rectangle+26.jpg Digital Products 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1615225123989-3AGGEWNOKB8XK6YRH6A9/Rectangle+25.jpg Digital Products 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1615225350677-B3YBA0I530Q8W9125BX3/Rectangle+27.jpg Digital Products 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1615225259531-0HK0SKZ3FR5VOEIG39FB/Rectangle+26.jpg Digital Products 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1615225123989-3AGGEWNOKB8XK6YRH6A9/Rectangle+25.jpg Digital Products 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1615225337376-36JM1AX4C0NIC32WNXXU/Rectangle+26.jpg Digital Products 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1615225123989-3AGGEWNOKB8XK6YRH6A9/Rectangle+25.jpg Digital Products 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1615225350677-B3YBA0I530Q8W9125BX3/Rectangle+27.jpg Digital Products 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1615225322403-8M32U1NK41JYCCJQCWP7/Rectangle+25.jpg Digital Products 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/94a889fd-097e-4dde-96b8-0a3094a3569f/10_MARKETPLACE_SHOT_5_0862_02_QC.jpeg Digital Products 1 A woman and a man working together at a desk, looking at a laptop in an office with modern decor and plants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/6485f821-5378-45f4-b5a5-fbfc57ad005d/02_CIRCLE_SHOT_3_0307_04_QC.jpeg Digital Products 1 Three people gathered around a laptop in an office setting, with two women sitting at a round table and a man standing next to them holding a notebook. They are reviewing something on the laptop screen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/7981a6b2-6661-493c-b9dc-654a4b537c39/04_CIRCLE_SHOT_4_0422_03_QC.jpeg Digital Products 1 Three people working at white round tables with laptops, notebooks, a pen, a glass of water, a plant, a coffee mug, a plate with a cinnamon roll, and a container with pens and scissors, viewed from above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/e239d194-c174-49e3-bb11-db58f138c122/03_CIRCLE_SHOT_5_0351_04_QC.jpg Digital Products 1 Woman sitting at a white round table, wearing headphones and writing in a notebook with a laptop, glass of water, notebook, and wallet on the table. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/94a889fd-097e-4dde-96b8-0a3094a3569f/10_MARKETPLACE_SHOT_5_0862_02_QC.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/7981a6b2-6661-493c-b9dc-654a4b537c39/04_CIRCLE_SHOT_4_0422_03_QC.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/e7b2e71d-7fb6-44c2-a351-68b8e4022961/14_MARKETPLACE_SHOT_3_1002_03_QC.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/94a889fd-097e-4dde-96b8-0a3094a3569f/10_MARKETPLACE_SHOT_5_0862_02_QC.jpeg https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/contact-us daily 0.75 2025-07-06 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/buy-coal-tar daily 0.75 2025-07-06 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/make-donation daily 0.75 2025-07-06 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/new-page daily 0.75 2025-10-30 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/store daily 0.75 2026-01-15 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/store/book monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/store/shirt monthly 0.5 2026-01-16 https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/store/p/free-tom-gary-t-shirt monthly 0.5 2026-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fed08e615120a7c1d17fc44/67e154b2-36de-496e-835e-663463e72dc3/LOGO+w+FREE+Tom+%26+Gary+2025+-+pr+2.png Store - "Free" Tom & Gary T-Shirt https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/store/p/free-tom-gary-t-shirt-bx95l monthly 0.5 2026-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fed08e615120a7c1d17fc44/76f8f4db-3954-477f-9a65-2833c600146a/iiTexas.JPG Store - Investigating Innocence Texas - iiTexas.JPG https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/store/p/sobro-t-shirt monthly 0.5 2026-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fed08e615120a7c1d17fc44/52d1d047-8809-4036-883b-326080612abd/SoBro+logo+-+Morning+Star+Design.jpg Store - SoBro T-Shirt https://www.investigatinginnocencemedia.com/store/p/tfevrarwpkgw3p2vc6lan0ca9b8fcz monthly 0.5 2026-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fed08e615120a7c1d17fc44/35566f7b-efad-40a1-8a1a-a37c3dc2d0d8/Coal%2BTar%2BFront%2BCover%2B-%2B2024%2BUPDATED%2BTitle.jpg Store - Coal Tar: Paperback 2025 Edition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fed08e615120a7c1d17fc44/6a253fe7-b0b9-4de5-90b4-2a418fd26556/Coal+Tar+Front+Cover+-+2024+UPDATED+Title.jpg Store - Coal Tar: Paperback 2025 Edition