Podcasts · Murder With My Husband

309. The Innocent Man Who Spent 28 Years in Prison - The Murder of Markus Boyd

23 Feb 2026 · 52 min · S1 E309

On this episode, Garrett and Payton examine the murder of Marcus Boyd, who was killed outside his own home. As investigators search for answers and come up empty, they make a decision no one saw coming.

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Case Sources:

PBS.org - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/missouri-judge-cites-actual-innocence-in-overturning-conviction-of-man-imprisoned-nearly-30-years

STLPR.org - https://www.stlpr.org/law-order/2024-01-17/a-year-after-gaining-freedom-lamar-johnson-sues-over-his-time-in-prison

BBC.com - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64645333

InnocenceProject.org - https://innocenceproject.org/take-action/

LathroGPM.com - https://www.lathropgpm.com/insights/client-exonerated-after-spending-nearly-30-years-in-prison/

Felony Murder Elimination Project - https://www.endfmrnow.org/no-compensation-available-from-state-to-exonerated-lamar-johnson

GoFundMe.com - https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-lamar-johnson-after-wrongful-conviction

People.com - https://people.com/mo-man-wrongfully-convicted-and-imprisoned-28-years-sues-st-louis-claims-officers-framed-him-8431962

Oxygen.com - https://www.oxygen.com/crime-time/lamar-johnson-innocent-marcus-boyd-murder-spend-24-years-prison-prosecutor-says

KSDK.com - https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/lamar-johnson-and-his-daughter-speak-out-after-murder-conviction-vacated/63-6f1b0610-87ea-41d7-bf09-9a35f6e14635

KansasCity.com - https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article270471927.html

TheCinemaholic.com - https://thecinemaholic.com/markus-boyd/

SpectrumLocalNew.com - https://spectrumlocalnews.com/mo/st-louis/news/2022/12/14/witness-who-helped-convict-man--testimony-still--haunts--him

InjusticeWatch.org - https://www.injusticewatch.org/archive/2019/st-louis-man-prosecutors-say-is-innocent-remains-in-prison-waiting-for-court/

Colorado Law - https://lawreview.colorado.edu/print/volume-96/manufacturing-false-convictions-lies-and-the-corrupt-use-of-jailhouse-informants-russell-d-covey/

CBSNews.com - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lamar-johnson-marcus-boyd-murder-missouri-exonerated-48-hours/

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