Mulero spent 28 years in prison, five of which were spent on death row, before she was exonerated and released.
Mulero, then 21 years old, was accused of being involved in the May 1992 murders of reputed gang members Hector Reyes, 21, and Jimmy Cruz, 22, in Humboldt Park. Investigators believed Mulero and two others — 15-year-old Jacqueline Montanez and 16-year-old Madeline Mendoza — were members of a rival gang and had killed the men in retaliation for a separate gang murder days prior.
Before taking them back to the police station, the detectives allegedly drove the two around while attempting to question them. When they didn’t get any answers, the detectives drove them into rival gang territory and attempted to flag down gang members, telling them “these are the two who killed your homeboys,” according to the lawsuit.
After several hours of overnight interrogation, Mulero falsely confessed that she had killed Cruz. Guevara and Halvorsen then allegedly fabricated additional evidence against Mulero — who was charged with first-degree murder and pleaded guilty in September 1993, believing it “was her only choice,” according to the lawsuit.
She said she wrote some 3,000 letters seeking support while she was incarcerated, but didn’t begin to get any responses until after her release. Mulero said she’s now living with one of her sons, but had struggled with finding a job and a home after her release.
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