Category: Case Updates

The day after the murders a Greenwood Drive resident named a rumor: someone called ‘Fat.’ Twenty-five years later Nelson said he had heard it too.

The Gene Screen report excluding Tony Hunter is dated January 30, 2002. What happened to the informants’ cases in the weeks after the State received it.

Called at trial, Christopher Wiggins said ‘I ain’t testifying’ and was ordered held overnight. What his compelled testimony contained, from the record.

June 12, 2001: KTVE names Tony Hunter in the Tanglewood case. June 20, July 20, August 2, August 20: every informant statement came after the broadcast.

An evidentiary hearing tests claims under oath. Five post-conviction applications in State v. Hunter, 2007 to 2026, and not one has received one.

The State never called Glen Dale Nelson. The trial prosecutor later swore he was ‘totally unreliable.’ Nelson has twice sworn the confession never happened.

Captain Harris told the court he was ‘running into a brick wall’ and offered ‘cash money’ on top of the reward. What came forward afterward, from the record.

Three jailhouse informants and no physical evidence: the appeals court called their testimony the only evidence directly linking Tony Hunter to the crime.

A Boston College law professor reviewed all four informants in State v. Hunter. His sworn 2022 conclusion, quoted from the declaration on file.

In 2014 and again in 2022 Christopher Wiggins told defense investigators Tony Hunter never confessed to him. No court has heard him under oath.