Kevin Herrick Wrongful Conviction, Kevin is Next

The Largo Police arrived on the scene at 12:15 am and by 4:00 am had Kevin in custody and collected evidence which they inaccurately identified as blood-stained clothes and a blood-stained knife. With four (4) of the five (5) arrest affidavits identifying Kevin as a prior felon who is an escape risk and dangerous, is it such a stretch to consider that the Largo Police Department approached Scott to ask if it could be possible that the neighbor who is a convicted felon, could have done it? After all, it was established during the trial that the Largo Police Department provided the victims false and misleading information regarding the fingerprints, bloody clothes, and blood-stained knife. So, who’s to say that Kevin’s past criminal history wasn’t shared with Scott to persuade him to allege that Kevin was the assailant and then supported these previous accusations with the fake fingerprint results and alleged blood evidence which never existed. CASE CLOSED

Keep in mind that the Largo Police Department solved this case in three hours and forty-five minutes based on Kevin's past criminal history and physical evidence which does not link Kevin to the crime. This case gives no explanation for how their suspect is in two places at the same time, and even the K-9 says it could not have happened the way Largo Police and Scott Barfield claim. 

How is it then, that the State Prosecutor did not drop the charges? 

• What is the state's ethical obligation when the anticipated evidence test results contradict the investigation and introduce unidentified fingerprints and hair samples which do not match the defendant or either of the victims?

Why did the police not reopen their investigation when the evidence testing did not add up to their initial theories? 

• How is it that Kevin is reported to be in two places at the same time?
• Does Scott's narrative of the assailant’s escape in the getaway car, and explanation for how Kevin could be in the courtyard with everyone else as he retuned from chasing the assailant to the get away car make sense to you?
• Why was the K-9 unable to pick up any tracks to substantiate Scott's revised claim? 
• What did the police ever do with the license number and description of the getaway vehicle that Scott provided? And why is this information present in any of the police reports?
• Why are no dirty wet socks found, collected, or reported from when Kevin was allegedly running away from Scott.

How is it that the police are allowed to misinform the victims and say that they had, in fact, obtained bloody evidence from Kevin’s bedroom when this information is false?

• The police report states that the jeans recovered appeared to have blood on them. Turns out that the stains on Kevin’s jeans are from construction adhesives from work. 
• Both victims testified at trial that the police had told them that the knife and bloody clothes were recovered from the Kevin’s bedroom. But the forensics test results tell a different story.

Why did the police further misinform the victims and say that they had matched fingerprint evidence that they obtained from the apartment to Kevin Herrick?

• This is also not factual, as during the trial the state prosecuting attorney affirmed that all the fingerprints collected from the crime scene matched the victims. 
• Yet, even the state attorney got it wrong as only some of the states fingerprint evidence matches the victim and the remining viable prints are still not identified. 
• So who's fingerprints are they and why can't they be evaluated and tested? 

What happened to the hair samples police collected from Kevin on July 15th 1989, for fiber analysis?

• Amazing that this physical evidence is not discussed at all during the trial and when Kevin questioned his defense attorney, Mr. Lienster told Kevin that the FDLE fiber analysis was inconclusive. 
• But that is not the case, The FDLE analysis which was performed by Marianne Hildreth, who testified in federal court 10 years after the trial, confirmed that three (3) hair samples from the bed sheets did not match Kevin, Scott or Cheryl. Wouldn't you like to know who they match?
• In 2007, The Innocence Project represented Kevin in post-conviction proceedings that sought to have the DNA tested from the hairs recovered from the victim’s bedsheets for the specific purpose of identifying the actual assailant in this case. The motion for post-conviction DNA testing was inexplicably denied, so the Innocence Project had no option except to conclude their representation of Kevin.

What about the belt buckle.

• Look at the belt buckle? It does not match the victim testimony.

Let’s also not forget the extraordinary assessment by Officer Crosby to distinguish Kevin’s rapid heartbeat through the shirt he was wearing and how extremely effective that was for the efficient apprehension of their suspect.

• Officer Crosby's  police report states “He (Kevin) acted very nervous, and I could tell through his shirt that he had a rapid heartbeat”.
• Does Officer Crosby have x-ray vision like superman? 
• What other superpowers does Officer Crosby have?