TWO LIFE SENTENCES,YET BYRON IS INNOCENT
Byron was just a teenager in 1997, when his friend Anastasia WitbolsFeugen died of a gunshot to the head.
Most
people, including the officer running the investigation, believed Anastasia died in a suicide pact with her
boyfriend, Justin Bruton. Hours after her death Justin shot himself dead. Her body hadn't even been
identified
yet.
Three years passed. Then Byron broke ties with his ex-girlfriend, Kelly Moffett. Within days Kelly was
telling
Jackson County prosecutors that Byron had shot Anastasia. Two Jackson County prosecutors, eager to close the
case, put Byron on trial.
They withheld evidence and let key witnesses lie on the stand. At the end of it all, the jury found him
guilty
of first-degree murder and armed criminal action, and the judge sentenced Byron to life without the
possibility of parole.
Tomorrow for us will be just another day; for Byron it'll be another day taken away.