STORY: "Convicted child killer will get a new hearing: "It's a surprising turn of events that involves a confessed kiler, police corruption and a mother who feard old woumds may never heal.," by reporter Liz Dorland, published by KMTV on July 19, 2012.
GIST: "Ivan Henk was convicted of killing his son 4-year old Brendan Gonzalez. Now the Nebraska Supreme Court Thursday granted Henk an evidentiary hearing after he argued that Douglas County CSI Commander David Kofoed violated his civil rights by "planting" blood evidence. During his murder trial, Ivan Henk repeatedly confessed, even shouted why he did it. "Brendan was the Antichrist child," he screamed from an elevator. Henk told investigators which dumpster he left Brendan's body in. Douglas County Crime Lab Commander Kofoed collected blood evidence from there. Blood Ivan Henk claims Kofoed planted.........Kofoed insists, "I never planted evidence and I had no reason to. He took a deal in 2005. He took a plea and said, 'I'm guilty.'" In 2010 a judge convicted Kofoed of planting evidence in a double murder case in Cass County. Court documents from the Supreme Court of Nebraska say there's "clear convincing evidence...Kofoed falsified evidence in Henk's case". The ruling adds if Henk's claim is true it's an "infringement of his rights".
The entire story can be found at:
See World_Herald story by reporter John Ferak at:
http://www.omaha.com/article/20120720/NEWS/707209921PUBLISHER'S NOTE:
I am monitoring this case. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog for reports on developments.
The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at:
http://www.thestar.com/topic/charlessmith
Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at:
http://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2011/05/charles-smith-blog-award-nominations.html
Please send any comments or information on other cases and issues of interest to the readers of this blog to: hlevy15@gmail.com
Harold Levy: Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog.
