William macumber biography from phoenix az

A man, who has been freed following 37 years in prison, was found guilty of murder in after his ex-wife testified against him to distract from her own involvement in a sex ring, it was claimed. Bill Macumber, 77, pleaded no contest on Wednesday to two counts of second-degree murder and was released. He left court with his son Ron Kempfert and other family members who have worked tirelessly to free him.

Bill Macumber, a convicted felon who spent almost four decades in prison for two murders he claimed his ex-wife framed him for, still denies.

Mr Macumber, a father-of-three who worked as an engineer, was given two life sentences in for the murders of Joyce Sterrenberg and Tim McKillop, both The young couple were shot dead next to their car in the Arizona desert 13 years earlier. Freedom: Bill Macumber is released from prison on Wednesday after serving 37 years for two murders over which he had constantly protested his innocence.

Relief: Mr Macumber hugs a supporter as he leaves prison with his son left. His handcuffs are removed after the judge declared he was a free man. The year-old has spent almost four decades incarcerated due to an extraordinary sequence of events and failures within the justice system. Mr Macumber, a college graduate with no criminal history, first came to police attention 12 years after the murders - when his ex-wife Carol Kempfert told the Maricopa County Sheriff that he confessed.

His lawyer Jordan Green told MailOnline today that at the time of Mr Macumber's alleged confession in , the couple had separated.

He was 39 when he was arrested and accused of killing a Scottsdale couple.

Mr Macumber's extraordinary strength of character and just plain grace are the reason he made it through the last 37 years. Jordan Green, attorney and partner at Perkins Coie law firm. Mrs Kempfert was no longer living at the family home and had left her three sons in her estranged husband's care. Mrs Kempfert was also the subject of an investigation into claims of group sex among police officers and other employees at the sheriff's office.

She reportedly told a roommate that if she lost her job, 'she was taking someone with her'. Mrs Kempfert told superiors that her husband had confessed six months earlier to being responsible for the killings.