20/20

True Crime Vault: The Accused

September 22, 2026·1h 24m·8-min readnarrativetrue crime
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The episode chronicles the harrowing true crime case of three-year-old Riley Fox, who was abducted and murdered in 2004, leading to the wrongful arrest and coerced confession of her father, Kevin Fox, before DNA evidence and a renewed FBI investigation ultimately exposed the real killer,

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Kevin FoxMelissa FoxRiley FoxKathleen ZellnerScott EbyJeff TomczakJim GlasgowLori Warren

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FBI

Topics

Cold CasesCriminal Justice ReformForensicsInvestigative JournalismLong Form JournalismTrue CrimeWrongful Convictions

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