Cody Ketchum's sister is speaking out after her brother's conviction.
“I grew up on a farm with three brothers, and I never had any issues with Cody; he’s not the mean one,” said his sister, Michelle.
Michelle said Cody is the youngest sibling. Health issues led to bullying in school and left him with a sixth-grade education. She is stunned by the conviction and said she has been in communication with Holly Cantrell’s family members.
“She apologized because she didn’t think the verdict was going to happen,” said Michelle. "Her family does not think Cody did it, and I don’t think Cody did it.”
Michelle believes the jury didn’t hear important evidence, such as Holly’s husband’s failed lie detector test and her brother’s inconclusive test.
Those tests are often inaccurate, but Michelle was floored by the testimony from the cell phone expert who admitted to inaccuracies. During the trial, they were repeatedly called “scrivener’s errors.”
“If you can use one, you should be able to use the other,” she said.
Michelle believes another flaw was holding the trial in Pittsburg County.
“It was a lost case from the go,” she said.
Cody Ketchum was convicted this month of killing his pregnant girlfriend, Holly Cantrell, while she was married to someone else.
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