Darin Schmidt was convicted after three people testified that Schmidt confessed to them that he killed David Bewig Jr. But a follow-up question from the prosecutor at trial about that confession led an appeals court to throw out the case.

That question drew no objection at trial: “Did you believe he was telling you the truth?”

David Bewig fears a killer could soon walk free. His son, a music producer, was shot and killed in 2016 while sitting in his car on near Etzel and Belt in north St. Louis. David Bewig Jr. was 31.

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