# Joe Sexton on Dana Chandler's Case

> Investigative journalist Joe Sexton explores Dana Chandler's wrongful conviction and the citizen sleuths who helped overturn it.
- Title: Joe Sexton on Dana Chandler's Case · Newsweek | Shortify
- Summary: Investigative journalist Joe Sexton explores Dana Chandler's wrongful conviction and the citizen sleuths who helped overturn it. Joe Sexton details how Dana…
- Keywords: joe sexton, dana chandler, mike sisco, karen harkness, eileen umbehr, keen umbehr, topeka, kansas, hbo, a killer story, retrial, wrongful conviction
- Source: Newsweek — https://newsweek.com/entertainment/a-killer-story-joe-sexton-on-dana-chandler-doubt-obsession-12457947
- Published: 2026-09-17T21:49:32+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: joe sexton, dana chandler, mike sisco, karen harkness, eileen umbehr, keen umbehr, topeka, kansas, hbo, a killer story, retrial, wrongful conviction
## New True Crime Doc
Hbo releases a killer story documentary series about dana chandler's murder case.
## Dana Chandler Case
Dana chandler was convicted of murdering her ex-husband and his girlfriend in topeka, kansas in 2002.
## Sexton's Reluctance
Sexton initially ignored the case but received thousands of emails from eileen umbehr.
## Eileen's Investment
Eileen umbehr spent years creating theories about dana chandler's case without admitting she might be wrong.
## Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas supreme court overturned chandler's conviction with a nine to zero vote.
## Prosecutor's Mistake
The original prosecutor lied to the jury and manufactured evidence to frame chandler.
## New Trial Outcome
Chandler's retrial ended in a hung jury, seven to five.
## Sexton's Doubts
Sexton questioned eileen umbehr's bias after she tested a hair theory with a uzi.
## The Challenge
Sexton asked how dana chandler could have committed the murder without evidence.
## Key takeaway

Joe Sexton details how Dana Chandler's murder conviction was overturned after citizen sleuths uncovered evidence of a frame job by the original prosecutor.