"Stone had a lot of questions about the bracelet, because he said its manufacturer claims very few were sold in northern Illinois, and none to Reuter or Yang.
“Just a word about this bracelet. This bracelet was found 17 months after the murder — in an empty lot behind a banquet hall in Arlington Heights, many, many miles from the murder location,” he said.
Stone said police went there because Christi Paschen claimed she and Marni had buried a clip from a gun there and police searched with a metal detector and found nothing.
“Then they went back to look again and there on top of leaves and grass — having survived a fall, a winter, a spring, the sun scorch of the summer, another fall, another winter, snow, ice frost, defrost — there on top of the grass was a pristine bracelet,” he said, adding there was no rust, wear or damage.
“We think the bracelet is a distraction,” Stone said. “There isn’t a single piece of scientific evidence that links this crime to Marni Yang, and that’s significant. This woman is innocent."