Detective Devlin News Today

Philadelphia prosecutors agree and say all three former detectives charged today lied under oath about the case, including in devlins testimony during that deposition a lawyer for devlin telling nbc news marty devlin spent 50 years of his life fighting for justice for victims of crime and that these good men are innocent of all charges. detective devlin worked several cases where false statements sent innocent people to prison. you can see more about this ill be there for a special "dateline" at...

Police posted a composite sketch throughout northeast philadelphia. >> we had hundreds and hundreds of tips. we worked a lot of hours on it. >> a $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of barbara jean horns murder. >> but after countless tips and false leads, the case went cold. >> you always want to do the best for her and her family, and resolve it as quickly as possible. but unfortunately we didnt. >> four years would pass before barbara jeans case was reopened ...

The street. >> according to detective devlin they start questioning him, and at that point he bursts into tears. for the next two hours and 45 minutes he confesses this entire thing, and it comes out to be a 16-page confession. >> they called and they said that they arrested somebody for the murder, and i said who was it, and they said walter ogrod. >> it was just the best news i could have ever heard that they found her killer. >> walter ogrod would face the death penalty. >> as long as hes not...

The way we were trained. most of the interrogation schools out there teach the same approach, which is some form of the reed technique, what the reed technique does is it takes psychological manipulation and persuasion to convince the suspect that theres no doubt as to their guilt, that theyre done, and the only way that they can receive any sort of help is by confessing. in looking at walters case, it was like an oh, my god. i just threw my hands up. there was a lot of evidence of problematic i...

Did it. they kept on putting the pictures of the childs body in my face. they said look what you did, all the blood when you hit her. i kept on denying it. i didnt do it. >> according to walter they not only fed him the story about the murder, but detectives lied to walter. >> devlin said you bring her right into your house. they said you killed this girl, you killed this girl over and over repeatedly. >> its repetitive and its overwhelming to be in that situation where you feel so trapped and y...