. >> police identified the victim as 11-year-old teresa mcabee. she had last been seen the previous evening around 10:00 p.m. at a circle k convenience store located just 400 feet from her home. >> she told me she had to do her math homework and she didn't have a pencil. and i remember i kept telling her no. because i didn't want her to leave the house. and she said mom, i won't take but a couple minutes. so i finally said yeah. and she left. >> one of the last people to see teresa alive was local police officer james duckett. >> i said listen, it's getting close to 10:30. i said i wasn't to go straight home. >> duckett reminded teresa of the 10:30 p.m. curfew for minors. >> to make sure she was still there and she wasn't. >> she got out of the store. walked down in front of the ice machines again and turned the corner. i assumed headed home. >> i kept, just go walked to find her. >> when teresa's body was discovered the following morning, the tiny mascotte police department turned to the county sheriff's office for help. >> i got there. the child

. >>> former police officer james duckett was on death row for the murder of 11-year-old teresa mcabeeen retired homicide detective marshal frank began to comprehe get in touch with him. >> i just wanted to see if this was a death row inmate. this guy may have been railroade railroaded. >> watch out for stuff here. have a seat right here. you don't stand up until we tell you to, all right? >> yeah, yeah, i got you. >> got it? >> james aren duckett, and we are currently at florida state prison in stark. i am sentenced to death. so i am currently on death row. been here since june 30th, 1988. >> i wrote duckett a letter, tell me more about this situation. well, i got a big letter back. >> he reached out to me. said i'm a retired detective from miami police department. he said i want to help you out. i want to see what your case it. i told him that i walked in this building scared to death as a young man. never been inside a prison, never been in any trouble before. and here i am going to death row. i had a career going. i had a beautiful wife. i had two young sons. i had a future that i