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After 17 years behind bars, one of the wrongfully prisoned ate his first meal as a free man in a family-owned steak house in rural Indiana.

Cause to arrest randy or herb because they didn't feel confident that they could convict based on a guy like darrell herrington. >> but a few months later, another witness came forward, deborah reinbolt, a local nursing aide, who confessed that she'd helped steidl and whitlock stab the newly wed couple. >> okay, tell me what you saw happening. >> blood everywhere. >> where's herb and where's randy? >> one was on the right side of the bed, and one was by the door. >> when you walk into the bedroom, what was karen rhoads doing? >> she was yelling, oh, my god, oh, my god! >> reinboldt also gave p...

Murder i had nothing to do with. and i'm telling you, it's like somebody just reached over and turned the light switch off on your life. >> though herb whitlock was convicted of only one of the murders and sentenced to life in prison, randy was found guilty of killing both dyke and karen and sentenced to death. (vo) what does the world run on? it runs on optimism. it's what sparks ideas. moves the world forward. invest with those who see the world as unstoppable. who have the curiosity to look beyond the expected and the conviction to be in it for the long term. oppenheimerfunds believes that'...

Whitlock that night. >> debra reinboldt comes forward with a story that says, well, i was with herb and randy that night and they invited me to come along with them to the rhoads' house. >> what position was karen rhoads in? did she try to leave when you cut her? >> no, i didn't cut her. >> so she was just lying there, watching steidl and whitlock stab her husband? >> yes. >> is that what happened? >> the stories from the key witnesses left callahan with a glaring question. >> they'd made this case based on the two eyewitnesses, but the eyewitnesses contradicted each other. >> darrell herringt...

It seemed to be a crime of great anger and great passion. >> why dyke and karen rhoads? they're both very clean cut. they both had jobs. there was talk in town that dyke was a bit of a partier, but he wasn't involved in any bad stuff. >> with no clear motive, police struggled throughout the summer to come up with any leads or suspects. >> there was really no break in this case at all for about two and a half months, but in september, the town drunk, darrell herrington was at the police station. he blurts out, just don't ask me about the murder. and of course, they ask him about the murders. >>...