Stephen Retracted Confession for Leslie's Abduction

Stephen's appearance strongly matched eyewitness Christopher Coverdale's account of the man he saw leading a child matching Leslie's description up to the mall that same afternoon. His own confession before he retracted it, stated he drove to the labour with Leslie at that time Forensic evidence proved Stephen had contact with Leslie Will fibers found on Leslie's clothing matched carpet used as a mat on the floor of Stephen's vehicle White powder identified as wallpaper paste was found in Stephen's home A blue pen with a white cap found at the crime scene matched pen's used at his workplace The knife Stephen had previously confessed to using had traces of blood on it. This meant there had come from someone who was infertile Stephen was inf