On Thursday, October 21, the Kentucky Supreme Court overturned the 2007 conviction of John Terry, who was found guilty of manslaughter and tampering with evidence in the 2004 killing of Linda Elmore. Elmore’s body was discovered in March 2004 under an overpass in Louisville, Kentucky. She had been stabbed multiple times.
Detective Gary Huffman of the Louisville Metro Police Department developed a relationship with Terry in the months following Elmore’s killing, as Terry provided him with a number of details related to the crime. At the time, Terry was a 43-year-old homeless man who only had an eighth grade education. Among other things, he told Huffman that on the night of the murder, he saw a drug dealer named Tonk fleeing the area. Huffman brought Terry along with him to search for Tonk, and provided Terry with food and money for his assistance.