On the morning of June 11, 2001, on a quiet suburban Kansas
City street, twenty-two-year-old Byron Case was dragged from
his bed by a tactical police unit. He did not know it at the
time, but he was being arrested for murder. Led to a waiting
Sheriff's car in handcuffs, the only reply he got to his repeated
questions was stern silence.
The murder of Byron Case's friend Anastasia
WitbolsFeugen almost four years earlier had never been solved.
No evidence had been found at the scene, and basic forensics
never determined when she died or what type of gun had been
used to shoot her. For all their interviews and research,
documentation shows authorities never even had a suspect.
But when an ex-girlfriend of Byron's claimed to have been
an eyewitness to the killing, prosecutors saw their chance
to close a case that had long since gone cold.
Under promise of immunity, Byron Case's ex-girlfriend
testified that she had watched him pull a gun and shoot his
friend in the face. But she would not describe the alleged
murder weapon. Nor could she offer any description of the
scene. Her story was not only at odds with the sworn statements
of other parties called by prosecutors to establish essential
facts, it ignored the very laws of physics. In spite of all
this and a third party witness whose statement
the day after the murder took place vouched for Byron Case's
innocence, a jury found him guilty of First Degree Murder.
Byron Case is now serving a life sentence with no possibility
for parole. Anastasia WitbolsFeugen's killer remains free.
How did this happen? Why has the ruling been
allowed to stand? And who really murdered
eighteen-year-old Anastasia WitbolsFeugen? These are questions
whose answers do not come readily. We — Byron Case's
family, friends, and supporters — invite you to look
at the facts. We encourage you to spread the word of Byron's
wrongful conviction. Hope remains that he will be given back
to us. That cannot happen without help from people who believe
in justice and doing what is right.
Donations of any denomination may be made to the contributory account at Bank of America, 115 W 63rd St., Kansas City, MO,
64113
Make a check or money order payable to Byron Case
Wrongful Conviction. All proceeds benefit Byron's legal fund.