Christopher B. Dunn

Wrongfully Convicted
Sentenced to life in prison

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See Chris' forum on Innocent in Prison.

New evidence is surfacing. More witnesses are coming forward to prove that the wrong man has been imprisoned for the murder of young Recco Rogers. His killer escaped the police and avoided prosecution.

Christopher Dunn has obtained more evidence that proves he is innocent of Recco Rogers' murder. The victim's autopsy records show that the killing shot could not have possibly been fired from where witnesses claimed the killer, whom they identified as Christopher, stood. Witnesses say the killer stood and shot from the victim's right front side, 13 feet from the seated victim. However, the killing bullet entered the lower back left side of the victim's head, traveling upward to rest in the upper right brain.

Also, Christopher Dunn has located three witnesses that were never contacted by his defense attorney. Another new witness is willing to testify, and has written and signed an affidavit. In addition, Christopher possesses two audio tape transcripts that clearly contradict two witnesses' police report statements. Please contact Christopher for copies of documentation and more information.

Accused of murder, Christopher Dunn was represented by a public defender who did not utilize witnesses, phone records, crime scene analysis and forensic testing -- all elements that would have proven Christopher's innocence.

Christopher Dunn was convicted solely on the testimony of two State witnesses, one of whom received parole instead of prison time in exchange for his testimony. Since then, he has gotten signed affidavits from witnesses claiming to have heard the State witnesses confess that Christopher did not commit the murder. Other significant facts follow.

	The victim had shot another man the day before. The high probability of retaliation was not raised by Christopher's lawyer.
	At the time of the murder, Christopher was in the company of eight people, blocks away from the crime scene. His lawyer did not make use of these alibis.
	He was also on the phone with a hospitalized friend at the time of the murder, but his attorney made little effort to contact this friend, and obtained no phone records, nor testimony of the nurses who initially took his call.

There was no physical evidence linking Christopher to the crime. However, at Christopher's trial police produced a gun they claimed was the murder weapon. No ballistics tests were conducted, and the bullets that killed the victim were not matched to the gun.  A t-shirt, which the prosecution said he was wearing during the crime, was never tested for gun residue. Christopher's defense made no objection.

Christopher was convicted as a lone gunman firing three shots. However, the crime scene was littered with many more bullet casings. Witnesses claimed to have heard more than three shots.

Can you help? Do you know of someone who can? Do you have questions about the case? Please email the webmaster, email Chris or write to Chris directly at:

Christopher B. Dunn
181654 3A 103
Jefferson City Correctional Center
8200 No More Victims Rd.
Jefferson City, MO 65101

At his appeal stage, Christopher's counsel was promoted, abandoning him to new counsel who did not even request an extension to become familiar with Christopher's case. Christopher filed his appeal pro se, with no legal training. He made mistakes -- the motion was long and sometimes difficult to understand, and was summarily denied.

Can you help by contributing to the Christopher Dunn Defense Fund? Any amount helps!