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In may 2009 the fbi's dna database of convicted offenders turns up a cold hit. the rape evidence matches daniel brewer, a 53-year-old man living in the bronx. >> you know when i came back here to new york i thought all this was over with, but i was wrong. >> as a young man, daniel brewer served in the army and was stationed in ft. riley in kansas at the same time eddie lowery was there. but he drank hard, was kicked out of the army and spent time in prison for a cocaine conviction conviction. today brewer suffers from advanced diabetes. he has lost both of his legs, his eyesight and he needs d...

Connection with another rape a rape with a similar m.o. in the same neighborhood. >> and here they have lowery where there's no evidence where he's guessing at details that they're feeding him, and they know all this information. i mean it's inexcusable. >> both the individual officers involved in the case and the department itself declined repeated requests for interviews or a statement of any sort. on january 28th, 2010, nypd detectives along with agents of the kansas bureau of investigation knock on the door of daniel brewer. he's arrested for the 1981 rape of the 74-year-old woman and the ...

>> there you go. good. >> but there's no way to get back 30 lost years or even to put a value on something so priceless. still, a civil suit filed after lowery's exoneration attempts to right the wrong. after dna testing links daniel brewer to the rape of the 74-year-old victim, a bombshell that reveals the extent of the police department's grave error. riley county, kansas, settles with lowery for $7.5 million. >> this money has helped me out a lot. and i've been able to help my kids out, you know, some cars and college and things like that. but it will never -- no amount of money could ever ...

Was there. but he drank hard, was kicked out of the army and spent time in prison for a cocaine conviction. today, brewer suffers from advanced diabetes. he has lost both of his legs, his eyesight and needs dialysis three times a week to survive. >> i don't know why i last this long. >> brewer's pathetic condition is in stark contrast with the brutal crimes he's suspected of. innocence project lawyers soon learn that brewer was actually a suspect in four rapes during the spring and summer of 1981. two rapes occurred before the case of the 74-year-old victim. and one rape, the very next night, ...

Who brutalized her. she couldn't know that the real rapist was still on the loose. >> that's always been a hope of mine, too. besides being exonerated was, you know, to completely convince everybody that i didn't do this, whether they believe in dna or not was to find the real perpetrator and convict him. >> for that, eddie lowery will have to wait six years. in may 2009, the fbi's dna database of convicted offenders turns up a cold hit. the rape evidence matches daniel brewer, a 53-year-old man living in the bronx. >> when i came back here to new york, i thought all this was all over with. bu...