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Case. it was much other evidence. none of it really fit ray. they had fingerprints of the crime scene, none matched. they had footprints at the crime scene, didn't match ray. >> there were several blood stains on her underwear and several blood stains on her pants. nobody ever looked at that before the trial. they just assumed it was the victim's blood. >> reporter: plord submits the blood stains for dna testing. the result comes back. the blood doesn't match krone or the victim's. >> we had reason to believe the truth was coming out and would be coming out and i would be freed. >> reporter: f...

Would be automatically labeled ethylene glycol. this is just unacceptable. >> i was finally completely convinced. i notified the court that i would not be retrying the case. >> the next day, mcelroy holds a press conference, announcing that patricia stallings will be released. >> state of missouri is dismissing all pending charges against patricia stallings based upon the death of her child ryan on september 7th, 1989. and i'm satisfied, i'm convinced that patricia stallings did not poison her child. as i have frequently stated, i believe in the system. the system may not be perfect, but thank...

It's a scientific match. this time, the defense fights back. both dr. sperber and dr. campbell testify. >> i felt the evidence i presented was so overwhelmingly negative for the prosecution's side that i thought it had gone very well. >> reporter: the dna and a physical evidence excluding krone is also presented by krone's lawyers. the shoe prints, fingerprints and blood samples found at the scene. >> i was feeling good. the truth was coming out. the facts were told. the evidence was pointing to someone else. it wasn't matching me. >> reporter: after seven weeks, the case goes to the jury. the...

To the stallings. he has spent his entire life up till now in foster care. in 1993 stallings files a wrongful death suit against the hospital and lab for the mistreatment and misdiagnosis of her son ryan. she receives an out-of-court settlement. >> it was our goal to get this over with so we can go on with our lives. >> the stallings ask for a public apology, but the lab and hospital remain silent as the case was not brought to court. >> they ran us through the coals in the public when it was the other way around. now we want a public apology, which they will not grant us. >> four years after ...

The criminal justice system. for dr. shoemaker, despite the major impact his discovery had on getting patty exonerated, he is reluctant to call himself a hero. >> i was fooled along with everybody else. i was fooled by the ethylene glycol evidence until i directly addressed it. ultimately, i did that, but patricia stallings was sitting in prison until i came around to that realization. >> for stallings, faith in the justice system kept her hope alive throughout her struggle. >> i knew the questions would be answered. we didn't have the weight of guilt, so i knew it had to be answered. i've nev...