janet dooley was confident her husband would be found not guilty in a new trial because detective mcvay s credibility was compromised after the prosecutor branded him a liar. they lie. they cheat to win. and that s what they do. michelle s sister said they were frustrated by the judge s decision. but it didn t change their minds about david dooley s guilt. after everything that s come out, you think they got the right guy? we absolutely think they have the right guy. we have no doubt about that at all. nothing that happened since the trial, nothing in the appeal has made you think maybe the jury was wrong? no. michelle just was she deserves justice. she deserves this to be we all deserve all of this to be over with. seven long years after michelle mockbee was killed, both sides had to brace themselves for a new trial. this time, there would be a new prosecutor, with a powerful new case.
evidence of guilt. now, after years of waiting for their second chance at a trial, david dooley s defense team was ready to make their case. and at the top of their list of alternate suspects was michelle s husband. no alibi. the police didn t even bother to take his phone. coming up new questions about michelle s husband, and all that insurance money. $409,000 of cash withdrawals? could he be paying somebody? i don t know. what would the verdict be this time. right away, your heart just starts pounding? yeah, i was terrified. when dateline continues. weeks. dupixent is an add-on treatment for specific types of moderate-to-severe asthma that s not or sudden breathing problems. dupixent can cause allergic reactions that can be severe. get help right away if you have rash, chest pain, worsening shortness of breath, tingling or numbness in your limbs. tell your doctor about new or worsening joint aches
at 5:53 a. m. a security camera captured michelle s car as it arrived at the parking lot. she stopped by the warehouse s time clock and headed upstairs to her office. about an hour later, a supervisor named ed noticed a big stain on the upstairs hallway carpet. he started looking arounded the area with the help of coworker, the janitor, david dooley. ed was out on the mezzanine just part of the ways, and i was holding the door. and there was just he said, there s a dead body laying there. what did it look like? i just saw from the knees down. i didn t see the whole thing. but honestly i m glad i didn t look because i d never been around anything like that. it was kind of frightening for me. someone inside thermo fisher had killed michelle mockbee. but who? and just as puzzling, why? coming up what was in that office that
okay, what time did you come back here? 6:30, i couldn t get ahold of my wife and came home to make sure she was okay. his wife janet said davud did come home, to change a pair of ripped pants. he had to come home and change a pair of pants. it sounds like an alibi. except david dooley adamantly denied doing that. i never said that. okay you didn t rip your
is a long shot. when you are innocent, it does happen. and it will happen. dooley was right. it wasn t over. two years after his conviction, a whistle-blower came forward to reveal a secret romance between detective bruce mcvay and prosecutor linda tally-smith. the scandal rocked the prosecutor s office and would lead to serious questions about david dooley s conviction. brian hamrick covered the scandal for nbc cinncinnati affiliate wlwt. all the information about the personal conversations between the prosecutor, linda tally-smith and the lead detective, bruce mcvay all of their correspondence, all of that comes out. the jaw-dropping headline said the affair between the