This is Hidden Killers with Tony Brewski.

So what if the person who killed your spouse walked free and you got locked up instead?

That's the real life nightmare that Gilbert King takes us into with Bone Valley.

And even more in Bone Valley Season 2, a true crime podcast that unpacks a story of

Leo Schofield, who's been in prison for over three decades for the 1987 murder of his wife,

Michelle, a crime he says he didn't commit. The twist? There's a guy with a criminal record and a confession

whose fingerprints were found on the victim's car, and yet somehow, it's still Leo doing the time.

Gilbert King, Putsler, Pulitzer Prize winning author and the man who cracked this case wide open is joining us today to walk us through the

unbelievable story here. That's equal part tragedy, investigation, and justice system

breakdown. Gilbert, welcome to the program. You've covered a lot of injustices in your career, but when a judge personally reached out to you and said,

there's an innocent man over here in prison.

That's not exactly an everyday email.

I mean, what was it about this case beyond the jaw-dropping details that made you say,

yeah, I want to look into this.

I need to tell this story.

You know, the very first thing, and thanks for having me, Tony.

This is really exciting for me.

I think the very first thing is when that judge, you know, gave me that card and so he wrote on the back, it said, Leo Schofield, not just wrongfully convicted, he's an

innocent man.

When I saw that, I was like, God, a judge is not supposed to be doing that.

You know, like there's holds of ethics that they're supposed to maintain.

And he's basically saying that, you know, a guy was framed.

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