Marni Yang speaks in a new prison interview about why she claims she made a false confession to Rhoni Reuter's murder.
LAKE COUNTY, Ill. -- In a prison interview with her own defense attorney, Marni Yang explains why she claims she made a false confession for the 2007 murder of Rhoni Reuter and her unborn child. Reuter was the girlfriend of former Chicago Bears player Shaun Gayle."I made up everything I said," Yang said in the interview with her attorney.
He said the strongest piece of evidence against Yang is the purported confession she gave to a friend who was wearing a wire. "I was just not thinking, beyond putting a stop to what was happening to my children," Yang said."I believed once the case got into the hands of the legal system it would be clear I did not commit this crime."Yang, 54, is serving a double life sentence at Logan Correctional center downstate. Her attorney is hoping a Lake County judge will grant a hearing to determine whether Yang can get a new trial.