CASE SUMMARY: POST-TRIAL INVESTIGATIONS

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 Gurcia Johnson’s brother. He confirmed that Judy Taylor had lied when she testified that Marshall had come to her looking for Matt, and further stated in his Affidavit that he had been forced to testify at Matt's trial in jail clothes despite having been released from jail before his time to testify. 

 Gurcia Johnson’s brother. He confirmed that Judy Taylor had lied when she testified that Marshall had come to her looking for Matt, and further stated in his Affidavit that he had been forced to testify at Matt's trial in jail clothes despite having been released from jail before his time to testify. 

 A friend of Gurcia Johnson. He was once married to Judy Taylor. He was in the Kallethea Bar in the afternoon of December 30, 1985 and did not see Taylor, despite her claims at trial of having been there. He also did not see Matt. 

 Joe Lee William’s wife and friend of Gurcia Johnson. She knew that Judy Taylor was in Maine on December 30, 1985 not Ohio, and certainly not in the Kallethea Bar. 

 Barmaid at the Riviera Bar, next door to the Kallethea Bar. She saw Gurcia Johnson and the two men that matched the composite drawings from the newspaper, on December 30, 1985 and was certain that neither were Matt upon viewing a photo. Upon further review of the photo, she recognized Matt as the man who had installed her waterbed earlier that year. She was absolutely certain it was not Matt with Gurcia Johnson on December 30, 1985. 

 Friend of Gurcia Johnson. He knew that Judy Taylor was not in Kallethea Bar on December 30, 1985 because he was also attested to Gurcia Johnson’s fighting ability. 

Next door neighbors of Butch Perkins. They had been interviewed by police and told the police that the truck had been sitting on Perkins' property since summer of 1985, and further stated that the Mansfield City Bureau of Codes and Permits people had been out and had written a citation for the truck parts in the yard. They were not called to testify by the Prosecutor and the Defense did not know about them. 

  Perkins’ Nephew. He confirmed that the truck had been at his uncle’s house since the summer of 1985, and that he had helped him cut it up in the spring of 1986, thereby disproving the claims presented by the Prosecutor that Matt was driving the truck in the summer of 1987, which testimony the Prosecutor knew to be false. 

Perkins' sister and Matt's landlady. She confirmed that her brother had been badgered and confused by the Prosecutor. She confirmed that she had accompanied both Perkins and Matt to the Courthouse to transfer the title on August 1, 1985 and that she specifically remembered this because the license plates expired on that date, and Matt was driving a blue Oldsmobile when he sold the truck to her brother.

 Gurcia Johnson’s roommate. She told Nancy Mason and Ida Kennon that Gurcia had been selling drugs for Mansfield Police Detective Robert Lemon, for whom she was also a police informant, and he had been at the house on December 29, 1985 accusing Gurcia of having withheld money from a sale. Gurcia responded that she didn't care, she would tell on him, "No", she said, "I'll cut your throat". This incident was 24 hours before she was found dead with her throat cut. Ms. Shilling agreed to testify at a hearing but refused to provide an Affidavit for fear of her safety. Matt has never had a review of the evidence or a hearing. 

They told Nancy Mason that the Ashland Detective, Roger Martin, had taken the paperwork on the Perkins' citation from the file, but would not provide an Affidavit.