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Apr 2023
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Presenting: Direct Appeal Season 2: Ryan...

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In August 2008, Sarah Widmer, a healthy 24 year-old is found dead in her bathtub, just four months after marrying her husband Ryan… the only person at home with Sarah that night. 

Suspicion quickly fell on Ryan, leading to his arrest and conviction for Sarah’s murder. But could this have been a tragic accident? 

Ryan has adamantly maintained his innocence for the last 15 years, but now, two seasoned criminologists examine the very controversial conviction of Ryan Widmer, for the murder of his wife Sarah.  

Is Ryan a murder or did something else happen in that bathroom? Join us for the season 2 premiere, May 1st, to find out. 

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