• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Home
  • About
  • Forum
  • Design Studio
  • Upholstery Jobs
  • Newsletter
  • Sponsors

The Hog Ring

Auto Upholstery Community

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter

This Trimmer Was Wrongfully Convicted of Murder. Now He’s Free

September 15, 2020 By Nadeem Muaddi 1 Comment

The Hog Ring - This Trimmer Was Wrongfully Convicted of Murder

Robert DuBoise was an 18-year-old aspiring auto trimmer when he was arrested and sentenced to death row for the murder of a young woman. Now, 37 years later, he’s free and fully exonerated.

At the time of his arrest, Robert was working at a Town N’ Country, an auto upholstery shop in Tampa, Florida. He had only gotten into minor trouble with the police — a burglary conviction he describes as a misunderstanding.

But when Barbara Grams’ body was discovered behind a dentist office, he and some friends who regularly hung out at a nearby store were quickly scooped up by police and questioned.

Robert had an alibi for the night of the murder. He was home with his mother. Furthermore, neither finger prints nor hair found on Barbara’s body were his.

But police focused on a bite mark left on her cheek, which a dentist said matched Robert’s teeth. That was enough for an arrest and trial.

Robert was ultimately found guilty and sentenced to death row. Years later, his sentence was reduced to life in prison. But for Robert, it was all the same.

“The hardest part is just trying to figure out why,” has said, according to Tampa Bay Times. “How can this be happening?”

“I kept thinking, I’m going to wake up tomorrow and just see that it was a bad dream. But every day, I woke, and the bars were still there.”

Living with notorious men and in constant fear for his life, Robert had all but given up hope when he met Susan Friedman in 2018.

Susan was a lawyer for the New York-based Innocence Project, which works to release men and women who they believe are wrongfully incarcerated.

She filed appeals and petitions on his behalf, and even consulted Adam Freeman, an expert in forensic dentistry, to reexamine the bite mark on Barbara’s cheek.

Adam concluded that it wasn’t a bite mark after all. In fact, it was too large to be a bite, and the supposed teeth marks were too round to be teeth. Whats more, a secondary review of DNA left on Barbara’s body revealed that two men were involved in the crime, neither of which was Robert.

Days later, after serving nearly 40 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, Robert was free.

“Now the world knows DNA proves I did not commit this crime,” Robert said in a statement released by the Innocence Project.

“To walk out of this nightmare and hug my mother and sister after almost four decades, knowing I was innocent is bittersweet. I can never regain the birthdays, holidays and precious time I lost with them, never mind the life I could have made for myself. I am grateful to be here, now with a chance to move forward, but I know there are more innocent people like me still behind bars.”

To read the full story, see “An exonerated man adjusts to life in Tampa after 37 years away.”

Filed Under: Archive, Interesting Read Tagged With: Auto Trim, Auto Upholstery, Car Interior, Innocence Project, Robert DuBoise, Town N Country Auto Upholstery

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Ken Reed says

    September 16, 2020 at 2:13 am

    If he lives in the area and needs or would like a job, have him contact me. I own Auto Styles, in Oldsmar and while I doubt he practiced upholstery in prison, we do a tremendous amount of it on cars and boats and I hate seeing someone lose so much of their life being wrongly convicted. BTW, I’m a retired NYPD Sergeant, we’re not even close to being all bad.

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

THR Sponsors

NC Sewing Machines
Top Down Group
Apex Leather
  • GAHH Automotive
  • Mobile Solution
  • Albright's Supply
  • Moore & Giles Ad 1
  • Hyde Leather
  • Douglass Interior Products
  • Keyston Bros

THR Favorites

The Hog Ring - Learn Auto Upholstery With This New Book

Learn Auto Upholstery with this New Book

Whether you're a rookie or seasoned auto … [more] about Learn Auto Upholstery with this New Book

The Hog Ring - What Trim Shops Looked Like in the 1800s

What Trim Shops Looked Like in the 1800s

What did auto trim shops look like 150 years … [more] about What Trim Shops Looked Like in the 1800s

The Hog Ring - How to Sew a Double-Piped French Seam

How to Sew a Double-Piped French Seam

If you're as obsessed with decorative … [more] about How to Sew a Double-Piped French Seam

Auto Upholstery - The Hog Ring - Design Studio

Design Studio: 1955-57 Chevy, Pt. 2

Last month, The Hog Ring Design Studio … [more] about Design Studio: 1955-57 Chevy, Pt. 2

Auto Upholstery - The Hog Ring - M&M Hot Rod Interiors

Shop Profile: M&M Hot Rod Interiors

Since 1982, M&M Hot Rod Interiors in … [more] about Shop Profile: M&M Hot Rod Interiors

Auto Upholstery in the Early 1900s

Trimmers have a long and storied past – one … [more] about Auto Upholstery in the Early 1900s

Categories

Footer

Recent Articles

  • Skoda is Using Olive Tree Leaves to Tan Leather
  • Trim Shop Illegally Growing Marijuana Catches Fire in California
  • Pecca Leather Buys Majority Stake in GMK
  • Subaru is Selling Shopping Bags Made from Airbag Fabric
  • Most Corvette Z06 Models Sold are Convertibles

Recent Comments

  • Lisa on This Car is Upholstered in Persian Rugs
  • jamal's unblocked games on 10 Best (Worst) Rat Rod Interiors
  • kbh games on Bolder French Seams With QTC Contrast
  • snokido on Custom Dashboards Made to Order
  • David Pitts on Simcon Tops: Stayfast Replaces Cambria

Advertise With Us!

We're always looking for companies to collaborate with. Watch this short video about the benefits of sponsorship and then email us to say hi.
anal porno bangbros rus porno yaşlı porno konulu porno olgun porno porno izle sarışın porno bakire sex 69 porno

Copyright © 2023 · Magazine Pro On Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in