The episode explores the flawed investigation into Angie Dodge's 1996 murder in Idaho Falls, focusing on how police pressure and coercive interrogation tactics led Chris Tapp to falsely implicate his friend Ben Hobbs—only for DNA to later exonerate Hobbs and leave the case unresolved.
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