(FOX 9) - For Bryan Hooper’s daughter, Briana, there is nothing that can replace the past 27 years that her father spent in prison. But to her, proving his innocence and setting him free is now within reach.

"We have an opportunity to shed light on my father's story," she told FOX 9's Rob Olson, clearly emotional. "And shed light on the other people who are sitting behind bars for crimes that they did not commit."

Shocking crime

The backstory:

The decomposing body of 77-year-old Ann Prazniak was found bound with tape and stuffed in a box in the closet of her Minneapolis apartment in early 1998.

Bryan Hooper admitted being in the apartment , his fingerprints found on plastic bags and a beer can, but denied killing Prazniak.

But several witnesses testified that he confessed to the

See Full Page