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• Ibar spent over 30 years in prison after a 2000 death sentence was repealed in 2016 and converted to life imprisonment in 2019.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.