2023-06-08 18:18:02
Thursday, June 1, Jeff Titus was cleared by American justice. Caner / stock.adobe.com
Convicted in 1990, Jeff Titus was the main suspect in this case where two men were found dead on his property.
Thursday, June 1, Jeff Titus was cleared by American justice after spending 21 years in prison. He had been identified as the prime suspect when two hunters were found dead on his property in 1990, and had been convicted of double murder.
Already released from prison since last February, prosecutors have decided toto acquit and to exempt him from a new trial after numerous inconsistencies in the case were brought to light.
Lack of evidence
In this case told by Associated Pressthe man was portrayed by various witnesses “as someone gruff who didn’t like intruders and so was quickly charged with the double murder“. But two decades later, members of the association “Innocence Projectfrom the University of Michigan Law School decided to reopen the case.
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They discovered many inconsistencies, such as the fact that at the time of the events, Jeff Titus was himself hunting 43 kilometers from the crime scene. In addition, another suspect was mentioned in the file: Thomas Dillon of Magnolia. This information had not been transmitted to the lawyer of Jeff Titus. Died in detention in 2011, nothing can confirm the involvement of this other man, guilty of five murders between 1989 and 1992.
For lack of evidence to justify this conviction, Jeff Titus, now free, could ask for more than a million dollars in compensation from the American State.
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