Can newly discovered evidence free a young Illinois day care worker serving 31 years in prison for the murder of a toddler in her care?

Melissa Calusinski has been behind bars in Illinois for 16 years in a case plagued by allegations of evidence manipulation, coerced confession and flawed medical opinions.

A former day care center worker got another chance Wednesday to try to prove she’s innocent of killing a child in her care. Melissa Calusinski was found guilty of first-degree murder in the ...

Daycare Worker Melissa Calusinski Reveals Why She Confessed to Murdering a Toddler: 'I Was Terrified' In a new interview from behind bars, Calusinski is adamant she is innocent of murder ...

Melissa Calusinski was convicted and sentenced to 31 years in prison for the death of a 16-month-old in her care, but her attorneys argue that critical evidence that might have cleared her was ...

Melissa Calusinski, the daycare worker convicted in 2011 of the first-degree murder of a 16-month-old boy, was denied a new trial Friday by an Illinois judge.

Melissa Calusinski will be transferred from prison back to the Lake County Jail next month for a hearing on a potential new murder trial in the 2009 death of a child at a Lincolnshire day care center.

Melissa Calusinski's murder conviction in the death a toddler at a Lake County day care center in 2009 was upheld after a judge denied her request for a new trial Friday.