Gone in the Night

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Gone in the Night is a 1996 television movie based around the Dowaliby case. It is about the parents (Shannen Doherty and Kevin Dillon) of a young girl who is kidnapped.

[edit] The Dowaliby Case

"David and Cynthia. On September 14, 1988, 7 year-old Jaclyn Dowaliby was kidnapped from her home in the middle of the night. Two years later in 1990, Cynthia and David Dowaliby went on trial for the murder of their daughter. However, Cynthia was acquitted by the judge on grounds of insufficient evidence, but David was tried and convicted of his daughter's death. His conviction came because the jury believed a witness, who claimed he saw David's nose on a moonless night in an unlit parking lot from 75 yards (69 m) away.

In 1991 David's conviction was overturned when the Illinois Appellate Court reversed conviction outright, holding that the evidence against him had been no more probative than that against his wife. The murder of Jaclyn remains unsolved."