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New Eyewitness Testimony Prompts Appeal in Pablo Ibar’s 1994 Triple Murder Case

The defense has lodged an appeal in Broward County Court based on fresh eyewitness testimony naming the actual killers.

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Overview

  • A witness who once knew the alleged perpetrators says they confessed to the 1994 Miami nightclub murders during a later burglary.
  • Defense attorneys presented an appeal this June arguing that Ibar’s conviction relied on inconclusive video images and untested DNA evidence.
  • Critics note that Florida never compared the DNA of “unknown man number 1” found on a key crime-scene shirt.
  • Ibar spent over 30 years in prison after a 2000 death sentence was repealed in 2016 and converted to life imprisonment in 2019.
  • The defense aims to secure an oral hearing within six months to seek a retrial based on the newly disclosed testimony.