The forensic reports recently made public on the mother and father of a local teen behind bars as a suspect in their shooting deaths has brought about two very different reactions from the prosecution and defense of the local teen.
Some family of Madison, namely relatives of his mother April Owenby who was killed in Eclectic last September, have been on a media blitz to clear his name of what they say are two erroneous murder charges.
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