Julianne Himmelstein

Former federal prosecutor experienced in child forensic interviews

Julianne Himmelstein (Former federal prosecutor experienced in child forensic interviews) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include False confession, Forensic interviewing of children.

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False confession

  • Himmelstein said she would never prosecute a case resting solely on a confession without corroborating evidence.

    “I would never in a million years prosecute a case with only one piece of evidence, and that one piece of evidence being a confession”

    20/20: True Crime Vault: The Accused (Sep 22, 2026) · Listen from 50:38

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Forensic interviewing of children

  • Himmelstein argued that Tyler Fox was a key witness who should have been interviewed on the first day.

    “Tyler Fox is an incredibly important witness. He's the first person who sees that his sister is missing. He should have been interviewed on day one”

    20/20: True Crime Vault: The Accused (Sep 22, 2026) · Listen from 21:07

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Appearances

  • True Crime Vault: The Accused

    20/20 · Sep 22, 2026 · 1 h 24 min

    David Muir revisits the 2004 murder of three-year-old Riley Fox, her father's coerced false confession, his DNA exoneration, and the FBI's identification of killer Scott Eby.

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