Imagine you're accused of something horrific. You swear you didn't do it, but someone says they witnessed it: your own brother. Sophia Johnson was newly married with a baby on the way when she became the prime suspect in her mother-in-law's brutal murder.
In 1986, Jacob Wideman fatally stabbed Eric Kane, his roommate on a summer camp trip to the Grand Canyon. Both were 16 years old. Jacob confessed to the murder, but couldn't explain why he did it.
The crime devastated both boys’ families. For the Widemans, it was also a haunting echo from their history. Just two years earlier, Jacob’s father and acclaimed author John Edgar Wideman had published “Brothers and Keepers.” The elder Wideman’s memoir grappled with how his own brother — Jacob’s uncle Robby Wideman — was sentenced to life in prison for his role in a fatal robbery. How could another inexplicable crime happen twice in two generations?
Jacob served decades behind bars for killing Eric Kane. Then in 2016, an Arizona parole board granted him house arrest. Kane’s family was outraged., a new podcast from WBUR and The Marshall Project, tells the story of how this horrible crime has connected two families for decades. It explores suffering and retribution, as well as power and privilege.
Beth Schwartzapfel is a staff writer for The Marshall Project. She often covers addiction and health, probation and parole, and LGBTQ+ issues. Her work has won many awards and has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today and NPR. Before joining The Marshall Project, she covered the criminal justice system as a freelance journalist for more than a decade.
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