"The girl's dead, my life has been destroyed, and this guy, this individual's still free right now," he said during an interview with "20/20" airing Friday, May 6, at 9 p.m. ET.
Police quickly concluded the 1995 killing of Donnah Winger was a tragic incident, committed at the hands of a seemingly mentally unwell driver who'd once driven her home from the airport.
A suspect who allegedly shot and killed a retired Wisconsin judge Friday in a targeted act had a hit list that included U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a law enforcement official familiar with the investigation told ABC News.
However, according to Kevin Fox's legal team, the Will County Sheriff's detectives who led the investigation into Riley's murder never connected this robbery to her disappearance.
When the respected California attorney and horse enthusiast Larry McNabney was killed, he was married to a younger woman named Elisa and lived happily in Sacramento, California - or so he thought. McNabney died by a lethal dose of horse tranquilizer on September 12, 2001.
She was convicted in 2003 and was sentenced to 11 years in a California prison. Dutra is now 42 years old and was released from prison in 2011 after serving nearly her entire sentence.
McNabney's body was found buried in a vineyard on February 5, 2002. At that time, Sims had already liquidated the couple's assets and fled with her daughter.
Dutra was initially charged with capital murder, but a jury ultimately convicted her of voluntary manslaughter and being an accessory to murder. The judge sentenced her to the maximum 11-year term in the Chowchilla prison, where she has been since April 2003.
At the time, Mark and Karen Dutra were preoccupied, worrying about Sarah Dutra's older brother, Jeremy, who attends law school at Georgetown University and was supposed to be traveling between New York and Washington, D.C., for an interview that day - the same day terrorists attacked the World Trade Center in New York ...
Jordan is the daughter of Laren Sims, a woman who killed her husband under the alias Elisa McNabney. Growing up, Jordan and her mother were constantly on the move and only spent a year to six months at a place, according to ABC.
Elisa McNabney (January 20, 1966 – March 31, 2002) was born Laren Renee Sims to parents Jesse and Jackie Sims in Attleboro, Massachusetts, before moving to Florida. Laren was a cheerleader and excellent student at Hernando High School; she had an IQ of 140.
Clements vineyard10, 2001, and his body was found five months later, buried in a Clements vineyard. McNabney's wife Elisa - also known to authorities as Laren Sims, a fugitive from Florida - had since fled the state, and authorities arrested her in March in Florida.
S40 E23 - Murder by Kayak? "20/20" features first television interview with Angelika Graswald, who pleaded guilty in the case of her fiance's death while kayaking on the Hudson River, after being released from prison. NR | 02.16.2018
S42 E29 - The Last Defense: Julius Jones – A Special Edition of 20/20 Julius Jones, who was convicted in the shooting death of an Oklahoma businessman at 19 years old, tells his version of events, claiming he is innocent, from death row. NR | 07.15.2020.
S42 E19 - Last Seen Walking After spending almost 10 years behind bars for his former girlfriend's death -- a crime he says he did not commit -- Nicholas McGuffin opens up after his conviction is overturned. NR | 02.29.2020
The ABC News primetime news magazine 20/20 has distinguished itself as one of the most esteemed programs in broadcast journalism. Currently in its 42nd season, 20/20 continues to combine hard-hitting investigative reports, newsmaker interviews and compelling human interest and feature stories. The program is anchored by award-winning journalists ...
S43 E17 - Stranger Than Fiction: The Murder of Angie Dodge Angie Dodge was murdered in 1996 and the wrong man served 20 years in prison for the crime. Her mother never stopped investigating and helped catch the true killer in 2019. NR | 03.12.2021.
S41 E19 - Robert Blake In a case that remains shrouded in mystery, actor Robert Blake speaks to "20/20" thirteen years after he was acquitted in his wife's murder. NR | 01.12.2019
S41 E37 - The Final Act Daniel Wozniak was a community theater actor in California when he was arrested for the murders of Sam Herr, a war veteran, and Julie Kibuishi, a college student and dancer, in May 2010. NR | 06.01.2019
Jeff Tomczak, the former state's attorney who charged Fox, told "20/20" co-anchor David Muir in 2008 that he stood by the decisions he made in the case. Warren said the FBI started the investigation from scratch, as if the murder had just happened.
WILMINGTON, Ill. -- Five years had passed since the 2004 murder of 3-year-old Riley Fox when FBI Special Agent Lori Warren began working on what she called "the most important case of my career," ABC News reported.
FBI agents recall joining the Riley Fox murder investigation: "There's no way you can't want justice for this child.". It wasn't much to go on, but Warren wanted to chase down every possible lead. The FBI went to interview Eby at Lawrence Correctional Center, where he'd been imprisoned for sexual assault.
When the FBI began its investigation in 2009, it was two years after a jury awarded Fox and his then-wife, Melissa Fox, $15.5 million for the Will County Sheriff's Office investigators' false arrest and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The settlement later was reduced by about half.
Fox was charged with first-degree murder in the death of his daughter. Facing the death penalty, he was held in jail on a $25 million bond but released eight months later after he was exonerated by DNA ...
She had been sexually assaulted, bound and gagged. The toddler's death was later determined to be from drowning.
Yet, the Fox's backdoor lock already had been broken, and Eby told the FBI he just walked in. Once inside, Eby said he couldn't find anything of value to steal. "20/20" dives deeper into the story of 3-year-old Riley Fox's 2004 death in south suburban Wilmington.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- After the brutal murder of his first wife, Mark Winger moved on. After all, he was seen as the hero who tried to save her, subsequently killing her supposed murderer with his handgun moments later.
At the time, Schultz told police that Winger had made several incriminating comments, including, "It would be easier for us to be together if Donnah just died," and, "All you'd have to do is come in and find the body.". Schultz said she felt at the time that the comments were just "crazy talk.".
At the crime scene, Cox said Winger was "very upset [and] very emotional," and that he repeatedly asked who the man he'd killed was. Cox avoided identifying Harrington and tried to calm Winger down.
The Wingers welcomed baby Bailey into their home on June 1, 1995. Donnah's family said the couple loved their new roles as parents. They seemed to have all the makings of a long and happy life together. "Mark was just as excited to become a dad as Donnah was to become a mom," Hansen said.
August 29, 1995 : The day of the murders. People were just returning home from work the day Mark Winger called 911 to report that he'd shot a man who "was killing" his wife. When former Springfield police Det. Charlie Cox arrived at the Winger's home, he remembered they could see the victims from the front door.
One of the key points the prosecution had to prove was that Harrington had gone to the house to meet with the Wingers, not to commit a murder. They presented the cigarettes and coffee mug that he'd brought inside as well as the weapons he'd left in his car and the note with Mark Winger's name and address.
Donnah's family and Winger's ex-wife, Rebecca Simic, spoke to "20/20" about the horrific realization that Mark Winger was a manipulative killer hiding beneath the mask of a brilliant engineer and a kind, loving husband and father.