When Brian was arrested in 1991, one of the things used against him was hair analysis. Detective Smith was telling Tina McDonald, Brian's wife that she was directly connected to the murder by hair found at the crime scene and by matching her handwriting sample to writing left at the scene. Deputy Robert Strickland started arranging phone conversations in the jail between Brian and Tina. Detective Smith was telling her all of the evidence pointed only to her. With these phone calls Tina was able to give Brian rudimentary knowledge of the murder. Brian volunteered to confess to save her life. Back then hair analysis didn't give the best results. The only definitive testing was DNA.
When Brian went to trial the DNA results were not back. It wasn't untill 2011 that the real results came back. There was no DNA linking Brian at all. The "hair evidence" didn't belong to Tina either but to 2 unidentified males.
Petition · Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles: Grant Brian Davis a new trial to prove his innocence! · Change.org
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