A former Indiana State Trooper returns home from a church basketball game to find his wife and two young children shot to death in the garage. Within days, he is arrested and charged with their murders. But a gray sweatshirt left at the scene—bearing the nickname Backbone and DNA from a convicted felon—would tell a different story.

On September 28, 2000, David Camm discovered his wife Kimberly, 35, and their children Bradley, 7, and Jill, 5, murdered in the garage of their Georgetown, Indiana home [citation:1]. Three days later, the former trooper was arrested. For thirteen years, Camm maintained his innocence as he endured three trials, two wrongful convictions, and a prosecutor who built a case on junk science [citation:2]. An unqualified forensic assistant named Robert Stites testified that blood on Camm's shirt was high velocity impact spatter—a finding later debunked [citation:3]. Meanwhile, a prison-issue sweatshirt sat in an evidence locker, its DNA never tested.

The sweatshirt belonged to Charles Boney, a convicted felon with a history of attacking women and stealing their shoes. His palm print was found on Kimberly's vehicle. Boney was convicted of the murders and sentenced to 225 years [citation:5]. David Camm walked free in 2013. Turn down the lights, put on your headphones, and press play because the system failed before it finally got it right.

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