State v. Owen
According to an affidavit submitted by Senator Schmit, the FBI threatened an alleged perpetrator too who had considered cooperating with the Franklin subcommittee in exchange for immunity. Schmit’s affidavit states that attorneys representing the perpetrator relayed to Schmit and two others affiliated with the Franklin subcommittee that FBI agents dispensed a life-threatening warning to ensure his silence.
When Gary Caradori initially videotaped Alisha Owen’s testimony, she voiced her reservations about coming forward, saying she had been warned that talking would endanger her or family members. On November 7, 1990, as Owen awaited her perjury trial, her 17-year-old brother Aaron was found hanged in his cell at the Lincoln Correctional Center. His death was ruled a suicide. Alisha Owen has never recanted her version of events and was released from prison on 2001.
