Body / crime scene, splitting hairs. How can you possibly know the police had no reason?
How can you possibly know they had? What plausible reason could you give for such? Are you attempting to set free every crim who denies the crime they were convicted of? Perhaps you'd like to have a look at a current one. Elderly man, walking his dog, killed with such ferocity that his head was nearly severed. The alleged perp, a dog hater -despite his DNA being on the body- admits to being in the area but denies murder. I guess you'd want to find him innocent. After all, if he insists he's innocent......................