Bill Bosko, a US Navy sailor, had been at sea for a week when he returned home to the ghastly sight of his murdered wife.
He ran to a neighboring house and told them what he had just seen at home. The neighbor helped him call the police to report the crime.
When the Norfolk Police arrived at the apartment, they took the body away, and investigations commenced.
They discovered that Michelle Moore Bosko, Bill Bosko’s wife, had been raped, stabbed several times, and strangled to death the previous night.
Further, investigations revealed that there wasn’t much of a struggle in the apartment. They also found out that the culprit didn’t break into the house to commit the murder.
As the investigations continued, over eight men were arrested and questioned. Later, five were arraigned in court as the main suspects in the crime and convicted for it.
Four of these men were Joseph J. Dick Jr, Eric Wilson, Derek Tice, and Danial Williams, who later became the Norfolk Four.
In addition to the Norfolk Four, another man who got convicted of the crime after his DNA matched that on the body is known as Omar Ballad. He received a 100-year prison sentence for the rape and murder of Michelle Moore Bosko.
Why Did the Norfolk Four Confess To A Crime They Did Not Commit?
The main reason why the four young Navy sailors confessed to a crime they did not commit was fear.
The detectives investigating the case threatened them with the death penalty if they did not confess.
Another reason they confessed to a crime they did not commit is the mental torture from the long and harsh interrogation by the police.
A confession was the only way they could see an end to the ten-hour ordeal they experienced at the hands of the Norfolk Police detectives.
Who Killed Michelle Moore-Basko?
Omar Ballard, a criminal and rapist, confessed to killing Michelle Moore-Basko when he was in jail for the rape of a fourteen-year-old girl.
Following the admittance of guilt and subsequent confirmation of DNA at the crime scene, he was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for both crimes.
In February 1999, about eight months after the murder, Omar Ballard sent a threatening letter to a female acquaintance from prison.
In the letter, he mentioned that he had killed Michelle. It was after the police got the letter that they started investigating him.
Upon interrogation of the murder of Michelle, he confessed to doing it on his own. His confession aligned with the conclusions the police had made during the investigation, and he did not testify against or implicate the Norfolk Four.
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