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Article: Innocent, but behind bars. (accused murderer Johnny Wilson)
- Article from:
- U.S. News & World Report
- Article date:
- September 19, 1994
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This much is for certain: Pauline Martz was brutally murdered in her own home. T he 79-year-old widow was beaten, tied up and then burned alive when her stucco rambler was soak ed with gasoline and set aflame on April 13, 1986. Acting on a tip, police in the little Ozark town of Aurora, Mo., questioned Johnny Lee Wilson, a mildly retarded man who was the gra ndson of one of Martz's bridge partners. Wilson confessed. He even provided minute details of the murder, from the color of Martz's blouse to the fact that her legs were bound with duct tape.
This now also seems clear: Wilson, in his ninth year behind bars, is not guil ty.
Johnny Lee Wilson's ...
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