Ryan Douglas Roberts: Not Guilty

Author: rdrfamily

  • We’re Still Here

    Hi All: A note to say that we are still here. Our faith in Ryan remains unwavering, and our belief in his innocence is resolute. As we step into 2024, it is with gratitude and hope, understanding that even in the darkest moments, there is light to guide us. Over…

  • The Investigation that Never Happened

    Sacramento County Inspector General, Rick Braziel At the trial for the murder of Jessica Funk-Haslam, Sacramento Detective Kenneth Clark testified that someone—he was unsure who—had entered the locked dugout the day he was in charge of the crime scene. Clark had to be prompted by DA Prosecutor Eric Kindall to even…

  • Too Small for the Big Lie

    When homicide detectives arrived early Tuesday morning, March 6, 2012, the gate to the dugout was still locked. It was a small opening. Tiny Jessica, at 4’10” and 87 lbs. got through it, but CSI Tamara Mickelson who was on the scene that morning testified that she could not enter the locked…

  • A View to a Kill

    Christopher Reed was up to his neck in trouble. Thirteen-year-old Jessica Funk-Haslam had been found brutally murdered in a locked baseball dugout in the Rosemont Community Park in Sacramento. And he knew who killed her. Life at Vince’s Motel As a meth addict and dealer, he had brushes with the…

  • This is Not Your Killer

    This is Ryan Roberts, January 2012, just two months before Jessica was murdered. He was 19-years-old at the time. He’s is incredibly bright and smart, talented, and outgoing. He makes friends with everyone and was always helping those in need. This is not your killer.

  • “All I did was just beat her up!”

    This is what Savannah Lawless was hysterically repeating as she moved around the seedy Vince’s Motel room that morning–the morning that Jessica’s body was discovered, according to defense witness, Michelle Serrao.  Ms. Serrao testified that there were five people in her motel room, Room 130 the night Jessica was murdered:…

  • The Jealous Girl

    During the murder trial, Sacramento County DA Prosecutor Eric Kindall tried to say that Ryan Robert’s motive for killing Jessica was “as old as time–he’s a man and she’s a woman.” But there never was any evidence to support this statement. Jessica was fully clothed and zipped, and buckled according…

  • Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire!

    Sacramento County Sheriff’s Detective, Paul Belli. At 6′ tall and 215 pounds, he claimed he entered the locked dugout the morning Jessica Funk-Haslam’s body was discovered. CSI Tamara Mickelson, at 5’6″ and 125 pounds testified that with her gear on, she could not. When pressed at trial, she was very doubtful she…

  • The Batman-Logo Baggie

    At trial, one item of evidence was repeatedly referred to, by both the prosecution’s criminal forensic specialists and by the defense counsel. But none of them ever got to the truth of the Batman-logo baggie. Crime scene investigators recovered one Batman-logo baggie, a small plastic ziploc bag near the dugout.…

  • “You Understand this Might Actually be the Murder Weapon?”

    Sacramento County Deputy DA Prosecutor Eric Kindall during the murder trial of Jessica Funk-Haslam. Incredibly, he chastises a defense witness about a knife that could have been the actual murder weapon. So why was he prosecuting Ryan Roberts? Ryan Roberts was convicted solely on the “evidence” of his DNA on cigarette…