Isaiah Andrews, 84, who was exonerated of his wife’s murder last fall after spending 46 years in prison, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Cleveland in the U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio Monday.
Highlights
- Isaiah Andrews, 84, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Cleveland Monday.
- Andrews was exonerated of his wife’s murder last fall after spending 46 years in prison.
- The lawsuit alleges police withheld critical evidence about Regina Andrews’ murder on September 18, 1974.
- It says detectives failed to share information that another suspect, Willie Watts, was initially arrested for the crime.
- Willie Watts was released after providing an alibi for the time of death, which was later determined to be “uncertain” The Ohio Innocence Project (OIP) made the discovery about Watts’ arrest after filing a motion for DNA testing.
- Andrews’ body, wrapped in linens from three different hotels, was discovered near a parking lot