Seven-year-old Jaclyn Dowaliby was discovered missing from her home on 9th September 1988. An extensive search uncovered her body five days later. All leads pointed to Jaclyn's parents, David and Cynthia Dowaliby, who had called in her disappearance to the police.
The parents believed an intruder had broken into their home in the middle of the night and taken Jaclyn while they slept. Authorities were suspicious and they arrested the couple.
David and Cynthia stood trial for the murder of their daughter Jaclyn, even although the state had nothing that directly linked the Dowaliby's to the crime; their case was largely based on circumstantial evidence.
Halfway through the trial the judge granted Cynthia a directed verdict of acquittal, citing the lack of evidence against her, but he let David's case go to the jury. The jury found David guilty of first-degree murder.
After 18 months in prison David was granted a complete reversal by the Illinois Court of Appeals. The Appeals court judges cited that there was a lack of evidence against David.
This was one of the most widely covered cases in Chicago in the 1980s and 1990s and people are still widely split on the innocence or guilt of the Dowaliby's.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv89P1zhdiE
Some of the music played throughout the eppy freaks me out and also i hate when they showed her found body wrapped in the blanket.