Richard McClelland was 49 and the manager of a Murphy’s Mart in Suffolk, Virginia, when he was abducted and murdered in May 1985. After leaving the Churchland store two assailants forced his vehicle off the road, took him back to the store and robbed it, then drove him to the vicinity of Tidewater Community College where he was shot six times in the head. His body was left in Suffolk; his car was found seven miles away, burned after being soaked with a flammable substance.

Investigators arrested Coleman Wayne Gray and co-defendant Melvin Tucker. At trial Tucker testified that Gray shot McClelland, testimony the prosecution relied on; in December 1985 Gray was convicted and sentenced to die while Tucker avoided a death sentence. Years later several trial witnesses, including Tucker, recanted, saying they had lied about hearing Gray confess and alleging coercion and pressure by authorities.

Are there readers who remember the original investigation or who have information about the witnesses who later recanted?