after agreeing to a deal that would protect him from legal action. He claimed Helen was killed so she would not report being duped in shady horse dealings to the police. He added that Bailey was unrelated to the homicide. He named nine of the conspirators; the tenth, a woman, he did not identify because he claimed he never knew her name. According to Plemmons, the female conspirator pretended to be Helen and used her plane ticket home from the Mayo Clinic, and that Helen herself was actually driven home. There was no evidence available to charge his alleged accomplices with anything relating to Helen's case. As do all the other suspected conspirators who are still alive, Frank Jayne Jr. continues to deny involvement in Helen's abduction while incarcerated in Illinois for arson. Plemmons was a con-artist who gave conflicting accounts of his role in Helen's death, and some observers, including Brach's brother, have questioned whether Bailey was actually responsible for the crime. However, his earlier testimony had assisted in the murder conviction of another individual. At Kenneth Hansen's 1994 trial for the 1955 killings of the Peterson-Schuessler boys, he provided evidence against Hansen. Plemmons named several people, including Hansen, as suspects in Helen's slaying. Plemmons admitted to his role in Helen's death after being unable to face the guilt, according to investigators. A ruby ring, which according to him dropped off Brach's finger when he was getting rid of her body, is one piece of evidence that backed his statement. He kept the ring and gave it to the police afterwards. Friends and family of Brach recognised it as hers. Plemmons' testimony prompted Bailey to request a fresh sentence hearing, claiming that the proof showed he was not responsible for Helen's abduction and that he should be freed from prison as a result. However, in 2005, the court dismissed his appeal, concluding that the evidence was insufficient to support a reduction in his sentence and, in any event, did not disprove his involvement in Helen's murder. At the age of 79, Matlick passed away at a Pennsylvania nursing facility in February 2011. Plemmons lives in Florida. At the age of 90, Bailey was freed from prison in 2019. Matlick died in a Pennsylvania nursing home in February 2011, at the age of 79. Plemmons lives in Florida. Bailey was released from prison July 25, 2019, at the age of