Parrack, but also raised questions about a possible connection to the disappearance of another local little girl, Brittney Beers, who had disappeared in 1997. DNA samples from the crime scene where Jodi Parrack had been found were then matched to samples from Furlong. He confessed that he had snatched the girl from her bicycle while riding beside his home, after which he dragged her into his garage where she was tortured and raped in his boat. He bound her with zip-ties and then smothered her with a plastic bag, before taking her body to the cemetery. Furlong was given a sentence of 30-to-60 years in prison. With the sentencing of the perpetrator, McCann continued to press his case to have his own charges dismissed and was subsequently fully exonerated of the crime. The case has continued to receive discussion due to its circumstances and the tangled investigation, with the initial apprehension and indictment of a suspect who turned out not be the actual culprit, and debates about proper police procedure. These issues, and the case's eventual resolution, were discussed in a number of articles and depicted in the episode “Small Town Killer” on the true crime series “Scene of the Crime with Tony Harris.” See also List of homicides in Michigan List of kidnappings References External links Man wrongfully convicted in Jodi Parrack case gets $40K, “24 Hour News 8 web staff” (2019-05-17). 2007 deaths 2007 murders in the United States 2007 in Michigan Deaths by person in Michigan Murdered American children People murdered in Michigan