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Hey all, it's Anne Roderick Jones, your host of Ozark's True Crime.

We're still waiting for the verdict from Sandy's evidentiary hearing.

As we wait, we're releasing exclusive interviews from some of our most extraordinary guests.

In episode three of our podcast, we covered the story of Melvin Lee Reynolds,

who was wrongfully accused of murder just two years before Sandy was convicted. In many ways,

his story is similar to Sandy's. He was a patient at the same hospital, and many of the same

officers at the St. Joseph Police Department were involved in both

cases. Today, we're releasing an exclusive interview with Melvin's two children, William and Amber.

They share what it was like growing up in the aftermath of their father's wrongful imprisonment

and how it still impacts them today.

First, we'll hear from Terry Ganey, a journalist who covered Melvin's story.

He wrote a book on the murder of Eric Christian and how Melvin Lee Reynolds would later go to prison for this crime. Music Hi again, Terry. How are you doing?

Fine. Thank you. How are you? Good. It's good to talk to you again. It's good to talk to you on this fancy system that I'm holding

on to and hope it works. Could you give me your full name and your title and where you're from,

et cetera? Sure. My name is Terry Ganey. I live in St. Louis, Missouri. I worked for the St. Louis Post

Dispatch for 28 years.

And while I was working for the newspaper, I became aware of Melvin Reynolds case.

I wrote a series of stories for the newspaper about Melvin Reynolds and what happened to him

and about the serial killer Charles Hatcher

who actually committed the murders for which an innocent man, Melvin Reynolds, went to prison.

Okay, so I think this is a good point to talk about Melvin. Can you just tell us a little bit about who he was? Did you know him personally? Let's just

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