{"id":2378,"date":"2021-10-13T17:28:14","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T23:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freebart.org\/?p=2378"},"modified":"2023-01-21T23:03:03","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T06:03:03","slug":"2021-september-24-news-article-nbc-week-25-decades-old-mclean-county-murder-case-to-be-featured-on-true-crime-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freebart.org\/?p=2378","title":{"rendered":"2021 September 24 News Article \u2013 NBC Week-25: Decades-old McLean County murder case to be featured on true crime series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

September 24, 2021<\/a> 6:34 pm   Harry Croton<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MCLEAN COUNTY (WEEK) — A decades-old McLean County murder case is now receiving national attention as it is set to premier on a true crime television series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1999, Barton McNeil was found guilty of the murder of his three-year-old daughter. He was sentenced to 100 years in prison without the possibility of parole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McNeil’s cousin, Chris Ross, says two Illinois innocence projects are fighting his case and believe he was wrongfully convicted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“To be 39 years old, gainfully employed working at the local Red Lobster, only to awaken one morning and suddenly find your beautiful daughter lifeless in bed \u2026 I think of Bart as kind of the poster boy of wrongful convictions,” Ross said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new hearing for McNeil is scheduled November 12 to review possible new evidence in the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The case will be featured on the Oxygen Network series, ‘Snapped: Behind Bars’ on the following dates:<\/p>\n\n\n\n