Ryan Matthews Murder Case Study

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At the age of 17, Ryan Matthews was sentenced to death for the murder of convenience store owner, Tommy Vanhoose. Police failed to investigate on all evidence to convict the real killer, Rondell Love. Love shot Mr. Vanhoose four times and fled, taking off his mask and diving into the passenger side window of the getaway car. Hours after the crime, Ryan Watthews and associate, Travis Hayes (also 17) were stopped because the car they were driving in resembled the killers. A witness claimed that Ryan took part of the crime, others said he was too tall to be the suspect. Matthews and Hayes were then arrested. After over six hours of questioning, Hayes stated that he and Matthews were not in the area at the time the situation occurred, but then

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