Detective Jack Swanson withheld stolen dynamite arrests from jury in 'Omaha Two' bombing case

Larry  Minard, father of five young children, was buried on what would have been his 30th birthday.

Duane Peak, the confessed bomber, walked free after a couple of years of juvenile detention for his implication of the two Panther leaders.  The anonymous caller who set the lethal trap was never identified or apprehended following J. Edgar Hoover's intervention in the case and Peak was allowed to claim he made the call without a voice analysis to substantiate his claim.  Vocal expert Tom Owen has since concluded that Peak did not make the fatal call.

The four men with dynamite, Raleigh House, Luther Payne, Lamont Mitchell and Conrad Gray all ended up with their charges dismissed.

Mondo we Langa denies having any dynamite in his basement and both he and Ed Poindexter continue to deny any involvement in Minard's murder.  Both men are imprisoned with life sentences at the Nebraska State Penitentiary.  Poindexter has a new trial request pending before the Nebraska Supreme Court over withheld evidence and conflicting police testimony.  No date for a decision has been announced.

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