The Murder of Jessica Briggs and Conviction of Anthony Sanborn Part 1

On May 24th, 1989, the body of 16-year-old Jessica Briggs was pulled from the waters of Casco Bay in Portland, Maine. For some time afterward there were no names suspects; that is, until law enforcement honed in on Briggs’ ex-boyfriend— Anthony Sanborn, also 16. Despite the fact that no forensic evidence from the scene matched Sanborn, there were three witness statements that would seem to provide motive AND put him at the scene. Based upon those statements, although Sanborn continued to state his innocence, he was convicted. Decades later, with the Innocence Project involved, a new investigation was launched and Sanborn was granted a post-conviction hearing. What private investigator Kevin Cady uncovered would turn everything on its head. Join me as I go through the case piece-by-piece with Bob Motta, host of Defense Diaries and co-host of The Docket. Special thanks to Kevin Cady for allowing me to interview him for our coverage. Your insight and expertise were invaluable. If you have information pertaining to Jessica Briggs' case, please contact the New England Innocence Project by calling 617-945-0762, emailing at general@newenglandinnocence.org or by visiting their website: www.newenglandinnocence.org If you love what you heard from Bob, and I know you did, check out his pods here: https://defensediaries.com/ Please consider subscribing and leaving a 5-star review. Please also consider supporting Coffee and Cases by joining us over on our Patreon page! Are you up-to-date on all our regular content? Get access to bonus content by joining today! Be a part of the C & C Fam by going to https://www.patreon.com/coffeeandcases to register! BlendJet Offer: Use my special link (https://zen.ai/coffeeandcasesblendpromo) to save 12% at blendjet.com. The discount will be applied at checkout! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices