Who is Michelle Lodzinski?

WHEN five-year-old Timothy Wiltsey went missing, his remains were recovered as his case was ruled a homicide.

Police arrested his mother Michelle Lodzinski for his murder but her conviction was overturned and she was released from prison.

Who is Michelle Lodzinski?

Michelle Lodzinski is a mother of three and a former prisoner from Middlesex County, New Jersey.

On August 6, 2014, Michelle was arrested for the first-degree murder of her late son Timothy Wiltsey.

The five-year-old boy was reported missing on May 25, 1991.

According to Michelle, Timothy was kidnapped while they were at a carnival in Sayreville together.

On April 23, 1992, his remains were recovered near a marshy area in Edison.

Due to the corpse's decomposed state, the cause of death was not determined.

On May 18, 2016, Michelle was found guilty of Timothy's homicide.

Throughout her trial, she repeatedly denied all allegations of killing her own son.

On January 5, 2017, she was sentenced to 30 years in prison.

Why was Michelle released from prison?

On December 28, 2021, Michelle's guilty verdict was overturned after it was declared there wasn't enough evidence for the jury to convict her.

That Tuesday, she was released from Edna Mahan Correctional Facility and allowed to return home.

"After reviewing the entirety of the evidence and after giving the state the benefit of all its favorable testimony and all the favorable inferences drawn from that testimony, no reasonable jury could find beyond a reasonable doubt that Lodzinski purposefully or knowingly caused Timothy’s death," Justice Barry Albin announced.