{"id":2817,"date":"2021-12-12T11:59:52","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T18:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freebart.org\/?p=2817"},"modified":"2021-12-12T11:59:52","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T18:59:52","slug":"2021-december-10-news-article-whoi-abc-news-prosecutors-reject-convicted-killers-new-trial-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freebart.org\/?p=2817","title":{"rendered":"2021 December 10 News Article \u2013 WHOI (ABC News) \u2013 Prosecutors reject convicted killer’s new trial request"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Pictured in the hearing are Barton McNeil legal team lawyers Karl Leonard, Leanne Beyer, Lauren Myerscough-Mueller<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Friend and former co-worker of Barton McNeil, Jeff Boyer takes questions immediately following the hearing. He states that \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of us who knew Bart as a kind and loving person,\u201d said Boyer. \u201cThere was never a moment I felt Bart was aggressive or harmful in any way.” Boyer said his impression of Nowlin differed from what he saw with McNeil. \u201cShe was quite the opposite of his personality. She was combative and combustible,\u201d said McNeil\u2019s friend.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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By\u00a0<\/a>Darnysha Mitchell<\/a> | Published:\u00a0Dec. 10, 2021 at 4:50 PM PST<\/em>|Updated:\u00a02 hours ago<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BLOOMINGTON (Heart of Illinois ABC) – A Bloomington man serving a life sentence after being convicted of killing his daughter is hoping to find justice for his daughter and be exonerated- but it looks like that process could be delayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bart McNeil, 62, was convicted of killing his three-year-old daughter Christina McNeil in July 1999 and is serving 100 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a hearing Friday, Prosecutor Mary Koll said the state would be filing a motion to dismiss, contesting the evidence that could free McNeil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McNeil\u2019s legal team of five lawyers from the Illinois Innocence Project and the Exoneration Project attended the hearing on his behalf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In February, those lawyers filed a 65-page petition detailing why McNeil is innocent of the murder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In that petition, newly and overlooked evidence challenges claims by a former pathologist that Christina was molested by McNeil before she was smothered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also reveals hairs found near Christina\u2019s body were consistent with the DNA of McNeil\u2019s ex-girlfriend Misook Nowlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McNeil said in a statement that he is not surprised by the result of the hearing, but he says he ultimately wants justice for his daughter and for ex-girlfriend Nowlin to be investigated as the suspect in his daughter\u2019s killing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt has always been my goal, reversing my wrongful conviction and meet its greater end, justice for Christina has always been all I\u2019ve ever sought,\u201d McNeil said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeff Boyer, who is McNeil\u2019s friend and former co-worker, also attended Friday\u2019s hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said back when McNeil was convicted, he was shocked because McNeil seemed liked a nice guy would loved and adored his daughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGetting justice for Christina and getting justice for Bart is gonna take some time and if they can go through the process and present their evidence,\u201d Boyer said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThen hopefully this man will be set free,\u201d Boyer added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nowlin is now serving 55 years in prison for the murder of her mother-in-law Linda Tyda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next hearing is set for May 12, where McNeil will make an appearance unless COVID restrictions prevent him from attending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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