As mentioned before on DCC and on Twitter, I am currently taking another look into the case of Mr. William Thomas Zeigler, on death row in Florida, USA.
His case has such a complexity that it is absolutely impossible to cover the entire case in one average-sized post. The other option is to write a book. However, others have already done that and far better than I could ever do. So, I am going for the last option which is to dissect the case in small portions that fit in the general theme of DCC: forensics, missing puzzle pieces, exposing prosecutorial and police misconduct, exposing miscarriage of justice and exploring alternative explanations for the facts. The case will be uploaded in parts. As of now, I cannot estimate how many parts there will be. What I can do is to make sure that the series is recognizable to the reader. All posts will simply be called “Zeigler” with the number part behind it.
In Dec 1975, a quadruple murder took place in the Zeigler Furniture Store (Florida). The victims were Charles Mays, Virginia and Perry Edwards, and Eunice Edwards-Zeigler. The fifth victim became the sole suspect because he survived. The case is riddled by police misconduct (lying on the stand), prosecutorial misconduct (withheld evidence), and forensic testing disproving the charges.
UPDATE: The evidentiary hearing for for touch DNA testing was held on March 31, 2016. Judge Whitehead denied the request on July 18, 2016. On November 23, 2016, an appeal was filed in the Supreme Court of Florida.