Michael Martin was found dead from gunshot wounds in a field in Inkster, Michigan, in 2002. The case led to the arrest and conviction of George Clark and Kevin Harrington, though neither was tied to the scene by physical evidence; the prosecutions depended largely on a single eyewitness. Harrington, a college student when arrested, faced four trials — the first was overturned, two ended in hung juries, and the fourth produced a conviction. Both men were sentenced to life in prison.

Years later the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office Conviction Integrity Unit reviewed the case and reported a troubling pattern of conduct by the lead detectives. Investigators alleged detectives coerced a woman into identifying Clark and Harrington after she had repeatedly told them she saw nothing. New accounts also emerged suggesting another man had argued with Martin shortly before gunshots and a witness who could place Clark elsewhere at the time.

In April 2020 Clark and Harrington were exonerated, charges dismissed, and both released after nearly 18 years behind bars. They later sued the city of Inkster and two former detectives, seeking $160 million for alleged fabrication of evidence and malicious prosecution. The person who killed Michael Martin has not been identified. Did anyone in Inkster remember Michael Martin or see activity near that field in 2002?