Abernathy was convicted in the Oct. 3, 1984, sexual assault and murder of Kristina Hickey, a 15-year-old high school student who went missing after a choir concert at Rich East High School in Park Forest, according to the Illinois Innocence Project. Her body was found two days later under bushes nea
Date: Feb 11, 2015
Category: U.S.
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Illinois man declared innocent and freed after 30 years in prison
Kristina Hickey was a high school student who disappeared after a choir concert at her Park Forest school. her body was found two days later. Abernathy was arrested more than a year after the murder. He signed a confession after more than 40 hours of interrogation, and later recanted, saying he was
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