scene. six people were convicted, including eric glisson. you actually think they read the wrong verdict. then divine intervention through a nun he called grandma. eric would say, grandma, i think this all happening for a reason. maybe a nun could help him get into heaven, but could she help him get out of prison? what she helped him do was get a lawyer, and together they hunted for the truth. this is the one case that has kept me up at night for six years. he says i know you re innocent, i know the guys who committed this crime. will justice finally arrive? hello and welcome to dateline. eric glisson was just 20 years old when he was convicted of a murder that sent hello and welcome to dateline. eric glisson was just 20 years old when he was convicted of a murder that sent shockwaves through his neighborhood. a crime he insisted he did not commit. to clear his name eric would have to find the real killers, following clues from the confines of his cel
been found slumped over his steering wheel shot multiple times, the victim of an apparent robbery. the driver s money and cell phone were missing. the investigation of the cab driver s murder would be headed by 31-year-old detective mike donnelly, who worked alongside detective aiello. the two detectives donnelly and aiello ended up putting their heads and cases together, concluding the same group of several people committed both murders. did you know the other people? i knew two of them. from the neighborhood? from the neighborhood. these are good friends of yours? acquaintances. just guys you saw around? yes. february 4th, 1995. one of those guys was 19-year-old michael cosme, the first suspect arrested. you have the right to remain silent. he was the only one videotaped by police. i have one thing to say, though. i ll read you those rights
you would think so. i think they got on the horse early on in this case and they rode that horse and they weren t going to change direction. we wanted to speak with miriam tavares. she died of a drug overdose in 2002. other than her testimony, there was no physical evidence, no forensics, no prints, nothing that tied eric or the others to the cab driver s murder. even so, detectives donnelly and aiello went with what they had and closed both murder cases. within three weeks, they arrested their suspects and the bronx district attorney tried them. in all, six people were convicted. we ll call them the bronx six. five men and a woman. all sent away facing 25 to life. one of them was eric glisson. what s it like to hear that verdict read? it s like a shot in the chest. it s like your heart just melts. just dissolves. you actually think that, you know,
it s really hard. i told her grandma, i just lost my last appeal. i don t know what i m going to do. i always say, eric, let s keep the faith and let s go and pray and i said, we have many, many sisters praying with you. sister joanna offered more than just her prayers. that s when she brought in peter cross, who was now fighting for eric on the outside. so you have detective donnelly as the officer assigned. yes. with eric as his guide, cross got up to speed. and he found some troubling information about how detectives donnelly and aiello connected the two murders. it was through this witness. her name is kathy gomez. kathy, we re on the record. cross tracked her down and videotaped his interview with her. you know i m here today because eric glisson gomez, who was 16 at the time of the murder, says she first came in contact with the detectives for only one reason.
i only have one thing to say, though. i m innocent. i didn t do it. i wasn t there. this is michael 18 years later. finally, someone believed him. and while we now know those two gang members confessed to the cab driver s murder, fed-ex executive denise raymond s killer or killers have never been brought to justice. we wanted to speak to someone from the nypd or the bronx district attorney s office, but both declined comment citing the multiple civil suits they faced as the bronx six sought millions in damages against the city. and those two detectives, donnelly and aiello, portrayed as super sleuths back in 1995, are now both retired and they didn t have anything to say to us. but in court filings attorneys for the city of new york denied that either detective threatened witnesses or falsified statements. and yet