Subscribe to Oregonian/OregonLive newsletters and podcasts for the latest news and top stories. Then 18, McGuffin was investigated, but the case eventually went cold. Today we start that process.”. McGuffin’s lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Eugene. They identified a dozen suspects, including McGuffin. The girl was 3 years old when her father was convicted. McGuffin said he has savored being reunited with his daughter since his release from prison. Coos County and Coquille city officials did not respond to requests for comment Monday, while Oregon State Police officials declined to comment. Her boyfriend at the time was McGuffin. Last year, Malheur County Circuit Senior Judge Patricia Sullivan overturned McGuffin’s conviction because the Oregon State Police crime lab failed to disclose that it had found another man’s DNA on the girl’s shoe. McGuffin was convicted of killing Leah Freeman, then 15. Subscribe to OregonLive. The lawsuit filed by Nicholas McGuffin, 38, named multiple Coquille, Coos County and Oregon State Police law enforcement officials.

It also says the officers “fabricated results of the McGuffin polygraph examination to the public, through media outlets, in an effort to manipulate public opinion and implicate McGuffin in the abduction and murder of Freeman despite his innocence.”. “That is my game plan and my mindset now. They neglected to mention that DNA from an unidentified man found in blood on the girl's shoe. It’s a crime he says he didn’t commit. In 2011, a jury found him guilty of manslaughter in a 10-2 verdict. ... ABC reports. McGuffin’s case was the subject of an extensive ABC News story. He said no one has come forward with information about the case. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. He said he went directly to pick her up upon his release and the two shared a meal from the McDonald’s drive-thru. In 2008, local police put together a team of detectives to reinvestigate the case.

Her body was found five weeks later down a steep embankment. He alleges that authorities manufactured and hid evidence in their case against him. (McGuffin’s case was the subject of an extensive ABC News story. The judge also faulted McGuffin’s trial defense lawyers for failing to investigate a police report of an interview with Nick Backman. “I've got to show her strength. Two years later, the case went to grand jury and McGuffin was indicted. Freeman vanished June 28, 2000, after leaving a friend’s house. Cold case investigators “fabricated” evidence against McGuffin and generated a “false” suspect profile that implicated the man in Freeman’s murder, the lawsuit alleges.

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