alibi

However, it turned out the man had an alibi and was ruled out.

They said there was no other evidence implicating Duran, and he had an alibi: He’d been with his girlfriend and her mother.

Over the coming weeks, 572 men provided alibis to police that ruled them out of the investigation.

This time, George Franklin had a solid alibi — he was at a union meeting — and DNA evidence excluded him.

Prosecutors at his trial said the trip was his way of constructing a "cast-iron" alibi while he paid a hitman to kill Carol, 36, and make it look like a robbery at their convenience store.