April 8, 2008 - The Indiana Court of Appeals "Reversed and Remanded" Jeff's Conviction.
August 14, 2008 - The Indiana Supreme Court granted transfer of the case.
February 19, 2009 - The Indiana Supreme Court reinstated Jeff's conviction.
March 2009 - The Innocence Project from Indiana University School of Law- Indianapolis has agreed to take our case.
February 2012 - I just wanted to take a minute to respond to a few emails that we have received lately regarding the status of Jeff's case. The Innocence Project continues to work faithfully on the case. They are making amazing progress and we are so grateful to have them on board with us! At their request we are not discussing details of their work. But rest assured they are indeed working diligently. Thanks for all of your prayers and support!
July 2016 - I never dreamed the process would take this long. For those of you that have thought that our lawyers and the Innocence Project have packed up and left that would be an incorrect assessment. We are so grateful to them for the countless hours that they pour into this case. We continue to wait and to fight for information that others don't seem to want to hand over. We have been through numerous prosecutors and judges at this point but we press on!
March 2019 - Nearly 30 years later and we are still waiting for some sense of closure. 17 of those years we have been fighting the system, fighting for records, for evidence withheld, and we have been fighting 13 years to get Jeff home. It has a been a long wait but 2019 promises M O V E M E N T.
December 31, 2019 - As expected, this year brought much movement behind the scenes. Today, our Post-Conviction Relief petition was filed with the court. Court dates TBD.
August 8, 2020 - While the COVID-19 Pandemic slowed down many aspects of day to day living it brought others to a screeching halt, the court system included. We are currently still trying to get a court date. In the meantime, the prosecutor's office has yet to even acknowledge receipt of our Post-Conviction Relief petition. Considering today's climate, amidst a Defund the Police movement, I guess I don't blame them for trying not to let this come to light considering the questionable police investigation and practices.
On a side note, we are well aware of books being published and interviews being conducted. It is sad that when someone "Indie" publishes a book "in an effort to be sure that names are spelled correctly," etc. that they misidentify their own siblings in the photos in the back of the book. This serves as an indicator about the rest of the content of the book.
