Melissa Calusinski was interrogated over the course of more than 9 hours in connection with the death of 16-month-old Benjamin Kingan. More than 60 times, she denied doing anything to harm the toddler. But then, she changed her story.
Before day care worker Melissa Calusinski went on trial for the murder of 16-month-old Ben Kingan, her trial attorney says prosecutors gave him dark, unreadable x-rays of the child. All these years later, defense experts say the x-rays had been manipulated to make them unreadable
Melissa Calusinski is asking the governor of Illinois for clemency after serving half of her 31-year prison sentence for murdering Benjamin Kingan, a 16-month-old in her care. Calusinski’s defense team argues the former day care worker was coerced into confessing and that key evidence was manipulated.
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