ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - The Ramsey County Attorney’s Office announced an independent review of seven homicide cases last September because of potentially tainted testimony from the county's medical examiner.

Tainted convictions?

Justice delayed?:

But those seven prisoners and their families don’t seem to be any closer to a potentially life-changing conclusion. Kyle Kelbel has spent almost 25 years in custody since police arrested him for the murder of 2-year-old Kailyn Montgomery.

He was 19 at the time and taking care of his girlfriend’s daughter when the toddler stopped breathing.

"I've always maintained that it was from a fall down the stairs," Kelbel told us in August 2025. "And I definitely landed on her."

Prosecutors argued Kelbel’s explanation of her injuries changed

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