He was freed and not retried.Įileen, who also said her father sexually abused her, testified that the memory of the murder can back to her after she became a mother. George Franklin, who maintained his innocence, appealed his conviction, which was overturned. The ' long-standing question about the existence of repressed memories has been at the heart of one of the most heated debates in modern psychology,' according to an article in journal Perspectives on the Psychological Sciences. This concept sparked the so-called Memory Wars in the 1990s. It also spurred a national conversation about incest and child sexual abuse and an examination of the statute of limitations for those crimes.Īs a coping mechanism for trauma, the brain represses a memory but can recover it later.
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When Eileen's story came to light and her father was arrested, her testimony at George Franklin's trial led to his conviction in 1990 and launched a debate about repressed memory. Not until, she said, a moment while playing with her young daughter caused the suppressed memory to resurface. Eileen never told anyone about the killing - she didn't remember it. And then, she saw him lift a rock high up over his head and bash her friend's head in.įor 20 years the unsolved killing of eight-year-old Susan Nason in 1969 haunted the idyllic town of Foster City, located on a peninsula between San Francisco and San Jose. Published: 22:38 BST, 14 October 2021 | Updated: 13:27 BST, 15 October 2021Įileen Franklin said she saw her father sexually assault her best friend. The trial sparked a debate about repressed memory and spurred a national conversation about incest and child sexual abuse and the statute of limitations for those crimesīy Dusica Sue Malesevic For.
After appealing, that conviction was reversed in 1995 and prosecutors decided not to retry him
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