Reminds me of the Martha Moxley murder,something I've done some research on (too much free time,I guess).The police first suspected one of the Skakel sons,who admitted having been with the girl on the evening she was killed.In order to clear him the father hired a NYC Private Investigator to get the "facts".
Turns out that they concluded that another son,not the original suspect,did it.At that point the father shut the thing down...but the report was leaked to the press.
Michael Skakel’s conviction was recently vacated. What do you think about this recent recycling of an old theory?
https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=124793&page=1