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Jeff Titus Wins $5.25 M Settlement After Wrongful Conviction, Dillon Implicated

5/19/2026

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Jeff Titus secured a $5.25 million settlement after 21 years in prison, alleging police withheld evidence.
Michigan prosecutors erased his 1990 murder convictions, prompting the University of Michigan Innocence Clinic to urge authorities to view Ohio killer Thomas Dillon as a suspect.
A 30-page sheriff’s office file linking Dillon—who later pleaded guilty to five murders—to the hunters’ deaths led attorney Wolf Mueller to say settlement cannot compensate for two decades.

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Jeff Titus secured a $5.25 million settlement after 21 years in prison, alleging police withheld evidence.
Michigan prosecutors erased his 1990 murder convictions, prompting the University of Michigan Innocence Clinic to urge authorities to view Ohio killer Thomas Dillon as a suspect.
A 30-page sheriff’s office file linking Dillon—who later pleaded guilty to five murders—to the hunters’ deaths led attorney Wolf Mueller to say settlement cannot compensate for two decades.