Murder Suspect Tells His Story | The Steve Wilkos Show

In 1994, an 18-year-old girl vanished from her job at a gas station. Richard & his brother were prime suspects but now, Tonya has new information that might clear their names!

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[KelzAnn]

The pain in his face and voice when he mentioned his brother dying in prison 😢
My heart absolutely breaks for them both 💔

[lovegarza]

Sad update for anyone interested....The incarcerated brother passed away in prison in 2018 while still proclaiming his innocence. Thanks to Steve, at least the world knows the truth. 💔

[lamontlowrie]

25 yrs in a small cell, having to live in those conditions for something you never did… That shit is sad asf man… 😕😔😔

[xxdjexx]

I am from upstate New York. 15 minutes from where Heidi Allen got kidnapped . The justice system truly failed these men. No evidence no nothing and Gary wound up dieing in a cell. Truly disturbing how this case was mishandled

[Beth]

This is incredibly sad. You could see the pain from both of them and it was so clear they were telling the truth. I hope Steve and the show get involved to try to get the brother's name cleared. It says he died in prison last year. Very brave of the woman to do everything she did and go on TV

[Slasher]

Imagine spending 25 years in prison for something you didn't do. Missing a huge chunk of your life for nothing.

[englishrose]

It sickens me that even after all this new information, multiple courts ruled against Gary being granted a new trial and he unfortunately died in prison in 2018 after serving over two decades for a crime he did not commit! I really hope he is at peace now ❤
As for Heidi Allen, what she went through in her last moments is beyond heartbreaking and my heart goes out to her family and I'm so sorry that her family have been left with pretty much no justice or answers at all. And for what? Because a bunch of stuck up, arrogant fools didn't want to admit they were wrong and just wanted to pass blame onto anyone for good reputation points!? ... Absolutely disgusting!
To Tonya, thank you for trying to help Gary and Richard ❤
Heidi I hope you're sleeping peacefully and maybe one day you'll get justice ❤

[cheyannelee]

There should be an award ceremony for shows like this. Their hard work and dedication to help people. Steve has saved so many peoples lives, and also helped bring the demons into the light. From everyone Steve, thank you.

[MamaBlisss]

R.I.P Gary. Fly with the angels, you are finally free😢😢I pray they continue to seek justice⚖ 🙏

[TG-hpog]

May the brother finally rest in peace.
I hope the judge and jury feel really bad.
And i hope those cops feel even worse. Its NY rotten police work that led them to let a innocent man rot in jail until he died.
Shame on you, shame !

[princess_amirahx]

Just found out that his brother died in prison,

Years later, it was revealed that Heidi Allen was working as a teen drug informant under the alias "Julia Roberts" at the time of her disappearance and that the deputy she was working with had lost an identification card two years prior to the incident, in which it was stated that Allen was an informant.

Gary's defense team didn't have this important piece of information, which may or may not have changed the case. Even though Gary's lawyers took his case all the way to the state's highest court, he never got a new trial and ended up dying in jail.

[JL-znme]

This is beyond heartbreaking. A young woman murdered, 2 brothers accused with zero evidence. So many lives were ruined and traumatized for nothing! How could an innocent man be in prison for 25 years and no one looked into this case again- there was nothing solid against him. I worry about the woman that came forward. She was so unbelievably brave by doing so, but I pray for her safety. She deserves to be under a witness protection program!!! This is all around horrible.

[breebear]

I'm in psychology and it's crazy how much you learn about the justice system being....not so justice.. it's so sad. Putting away ppl even without proof or anything.

[bellakimama]

This is how the system is designed flawed. This shouldn't of happened and the fact a jury listened to this and put this man away is insane. Most people try to get out of jury duty and the people that actually show up 8/10 are not people you want there 😞

[YourfatherQuinny]

Man this isn’t fair. Turns out the brother died in prison 😭

[NatRicci]

Stories like this just absolutely break my heart. I have been arrested for something I didn’t do. It was a minor offense & the charges were dropped due to lack of evidence however it was still extremely stressful and the arrest remains on my record. I can’t even imagine being convicted of such a serious crime that I didn’t do. My heart truly goes out to ALL inmates in this situation. It is more common than most people would think.

[caruso]

The brother Gary died in prison as a innocent man. So messed up.

[cassievalente]

This is heart breaking! That poor man and his brother getting accused and getting put in prison all the while the true murderers are walking free!! I hope there's a catch up on this story

[amanda_who]

I love these episodes of Steve! Even if it doesn’t help much or change much I love that these people can find some peace!

[deweycombs]

I hope that they get this case solved & if I was him I’d sue them for millions of dollars because that’s just not right at all it’s so upsetting