it s not often that you get to be a hero. i got halfway through this again and went, oh my god. the murder happened in seconds. onewas coming straight for me with a gun leveled at us. i never ran so fast in my life. the truth took decades. i said, you know what, give me a lie detector tests. i never believed it for one minute. never. did someone have it all wrong. were innocent men in prison for a murder they did not commit? a 22 year mystery until facebook helped old friends find each other and justice. did you ever imagine you would actually cause such a thing? not in 1 million years. together they uncovered an almost unbelievable truth it all made sense. none of us knew what happened that nice night. this all made sense. somebody seen it. somebody knew. all rise. now, they just had to get someone to believe them. oh my gosh. we re losing. hello, and welcome to dateline . it started with a party. high school senior celebrating the end of t
the truth took decades. i said, you know what, give me a lie detector tests. i never believed it for one minute. never. did someone have it all wrong. were innocent men in prison for a murder they did not commit? a 22 year mystery until facebook helped old friends find each other and justice. did you ever imagine you would actually cause such a thing? not in 1 million years. together they uncovered an almost unbelievable truth it all made sense. none of us knew what happened that nice night. this all made sense. somebody seen it. somebody knew. all rise. now, they just had to get someone to believe them. oh my gosh. we re losing. oh my god, we re winning. we ll face whatever has to come. this was it? this was it for sure. hello, and welcome to dateline . it started with a party. high school senior celebrating the end of the school year and new beginnings. but before the night was through, one man would be dead and two others could not know it
the story? that john hielscher had been there with when old man bob had was killed. had seen things. and never talk to police. and now? once kevin looked at the pictures of the highers brothers, he understood clear as day that john s story could expose a terrible injustice. if it was ever revealed that is. so, kevin stewed about it for a bit, talked to his wife and took her advice. we had no hesitation that, you know, we should do something with this. you know, you re a lawyer, you know what to do with it. and just go ahead and do it. it s the right thing to do. so, he boarded a treat plane for detroit on his own dime. and john faced down his fears. and both met with a lawyer who represented those imprisoned brothers. we met at a restaurant in gross pointe and talk to the lawyer. he didn t seem like he believed me too much. i said, you know what? give me a lie detector test.
took her advice. we had no hesitation that, you know, we should do something with this. you know, you re a lawyer, you know what to do with it. and just go ahead and do it. it s the right thing to do. so, he boarded a treat plane for detroit on his own dime. and john faced down his fears. and both met with a lawyer who represented those imprisoned brothers. we met at a restaurant in gross pointe and talk to the lawyer. he didn t seem like he believed me too much. i said, you know what? give me a lie detector test. i ll take the test and then will go from there. if you don t believe me, let s do this right now. okay. so, a couple weeks later, we
if it was ever revealed that is. so, kevin stewed about it for a bit. talk to his wife and took her advice. we had no hesitation that, you know, we should do something with this. you know, your lawyer, you know what to do with it. and just go ahead and do it. it s the right thing to do. so he boarded a treat plane for detroit on his own dime. and john faced down his fears. and both met with a lawyer who represented those imprisoned brothers. we met at a restaurant in gross pointe and talk to the lawyer. he didn t seem like he believed me too much. i said, you know what? give me a lighter text or test. i ll take the test and then will go from there. if you don t believe me, let s do this right now. okay. so, a couple weeks later, we ended up taking a light attacked or test. it was one of the toughest things i ve had to do, when you re struck. that s where it isn t it? oh, i was just sweating buckets. and a police polygraph or