Leta Ann Jones Wilkerson, a 30-year-old clerk at Wilkins Dry Cleaners, was shot and killed during a robbery on August 1, 1990, in Conroe, Texas. Thieves took $140 from the register and stole Wilkerson’s van from the parking lot. Investigators tied 17-year-old Glen Charles McGinnis to the crime: he was arrested the next day at his aunt’s home where police recovered $105, a .25-caliber handgun later identified as the murder weapon, and keys belonging to Wilkerson. McGinnis’ fingerprint was also found on Wilkerson’s wallet. McGinnis had been placed on probation for auto burglary five days before the killing, and he was tried and convicted of capital murder.

The stolen cash, the vehicle taken from the scene, the weapon found at his aunt’s house, and the fingerprint and keys linking him to the victim form the core of the prosecution’s timeline and physical evidence. Did anyone in Conroe recognize Wilkerson or remember seeing her van or the suspect around the Wilkins Dry Cleaners on August 1, 1990?