sean melton was arrested and charged with the murder, but two jury trials ended with no verdict. the judge dismissed the case, but it was recently reopened because of new dna evidence. prosecutors say that evidence links the murder to fred kane. >> they started looking into this case because, you know, really never been solved. the person that was put on trial there was no verdict reached and they thought it was better to look into this case again. >> sean melton died in 2000 but was exonerated by the dna evidence. kane is also a suspect in the 1987 fatal stabbing of nine year old eric coy in martinez. kane is charged in the stoner case with murder with special circumstances, with respect to kidnaping and a lewd act on a child. though the da's office admits challenges remain. witnesses, memories fade. >> you know, we hope we can still put together all the physical evidence, hopefully all the witnesses are available. >> but we've done our due diligence. >> we believe that we'll be able to proceed. >> kane will be back in court in october in fairfield, ansar hassan, abc seven news

. >> reporter: that includes sean melton, he was wrongfully accused of murdering jeremy stoner in 1987. >> people accepted the fact that he was innocent. >> reporter: peter was the defense attorney. he was ultimately acquitted after two trials and two hung juries. >> i know he would be elated but he is not here. he died with the cloud hanging over him. >> advances exonerating melton, decades after the death and leading police to the man they say is jeremy stoner's true killer. >> on top of it, sean lived his life being treated the way he was. it makes me so angry. >>> meanwhile, police say they are in contact with the d.a.'s office about the killing of a nine-year-old boy in their jurisdiction about a month before jeremy went missing. >>> san francisco could soon rip the page from the traffic handbook and ban drivers from turning right on red citywide. dean preston officially put the proposal on the table. he represents the tenderloin we're right on red have them banned since 2021. it has paid off. most comply and there has been a sharp drop in close calls involving pedestrians. the re

. >> sean melton was arrested and charged with the murder, but two jury trials ended with no verdict. the judge dismissed the case, but was recently reopened because of new dna evidence. prosecutors say that evidence links the murder to fred kane. >> they started looking into this case because, you know, i'd really never been solved. the person that was put on trial, there is no verdict reached. and they thought it was better to look into this case again. >> sean melton died in 2000 but was exonerated by the dna evidence case. >> kane is also a suspect in the 1987 fatal stabbing of nine year old eric coy in martinez. kane is charged in the stoner case with murder, with special circumstances, with respect to kidnaping and a lewd act on a child. though the da's office admits challenges remain on witnesses, memories fade. >> you know, we hope we can still put together all the physical evidence, hopefully all the witnesses are available. >> but we've done our due diligence and we believe that we'll be able to proceed. >> and kane will be back in court in october in fairfield. on hassan ab

for years, vallejo police had said this man, sean melton, was to blame. o juries disagreed, though, and a judge eventually dismissed the case. >> this whole thing about sean having special knowledge, i ask that very question at the preliminary hearing to one of the detectives. what is this special knowledge you say? my client had and it really couldn't answer peter for represented melton, who is no longer alive. >> he admits that his client was odd, saying that melton thought he was helping police with theories on what could have happened to the boy, but was only hurting himself in doing so. >> i guess what i'm saying here is, is when sean walked in the door, their investigation completely shut down. they'd actually talked to cain once during this time and they were going to follow up on it. but they didn't because they were convinced they were the ones that were telling the press they were 100% convinced that he was the killer. >> solano county's district attorney credits detectives within her cold case unit for linking cain to the case by a dna match, a

lee spoke with him during the initial investigation and of that focus focusing on sean melton was acquittedtwo different juries. >> i feel like it will be some comfort that someone will be held responsible for the crime. >> reporter: as the family moves forward with jeremy and their heart and mind. >> and a lot of kids i see jeremy. even my grandkids, i see jeremy. >> reporter: police are moving forward with another murder case against cane. he has been identified as the person of interest in the killing of nine-year-old eric hoyt who was stabbed to death in martinez less than a month after jeremy's killing.'s body found in a creek near martinez junior high. two cold cases moving closer to closure. >>> we are back in 60 seconds. up next, more expensive than expected took millions more. we investigate the latest twist in the saga to stabilize the san francisco trouble millennium tower. the new bill homeowners just received. >>> destruction of. the break in the left a san jose bakery shambled in asus positions move the owner saw before the smash and grab went down. >>> i'm chief meteorol >>>

for years, vallejo police had said this man, sean melton, was to blame. two juries disagreed, though, and a judge eventually dismissed the case. >> this whole thing about sean having special knowledge, i ask that very question at the preliminary hearing to one of the detectives. what is this special knowledge you say? my client had and it really couldn't answer peter for represented melton, who is no longer alive. >> he admits that his client was odd, saying that melton thought he was helping police with theories on what could have happened to the boy, but was only hurting himself in doing so. >> i guess what i'm saying here is, is when sean walked in the door, their investigation completely shut down. they'd actually talked to cain once during this time and they were going to follow up on it. but they didn't because they were convinced they were the ones that were telling the press they were 100% convinced that he was the killer. >> solano county's district attorney credits detectives within her cold case unit for linking cain to the case by a dna match,

attorney krishna abrams stating investigators at the time focus their attention on a man named sean melton with police the same day cain did. he was either investigator private investigator, a wannabe investigator. but he really wanted to help solve this case. and you walked into. >> police department with his own investigation. i'm into jeremy stoners death after lengthy interrogation hours and hours and he was eventually became the suspect. jeremy stoners death and was arrested and was charged charged with murder and kidnapping. milton faced 2 trials both ending with a hung jury. eventually melton's case was dismissed and he was released from custody last october. investigators and the da's office is cold case unit sent dna from stoners autopsy to a forensic lab which exonerated melton and matched with cain who is 69 years old. now. >> he was tracked down in oregon and taken into custody last week, charged with murder with special circumstances. with respect to kidnapping, sodomy and lewd acts on a child, he will also appear in court for sodomy and rape convictions from the case back in