What Melissa Fox has said about Will County Sheriff's Office
2 quotes · 1 episode · Sep 22, 2026
Melissa Fox, Mother of Riley Fox, has been quoted on Will County Sheriff's Office 2 times in 1 episode of 20/20, most recently on September 22, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Melissa Fox rejected the sheriff's claim of no forced entry, noting the back-door lock was already broken.
“You don't have to force yourself into a door that's already broken”
20/20: True Crime Vault: The Accused (Sep 22, 2026) · Listen from 57:53
Melissa Fox said investigators' mistakes nearly ruined the family's chance of learning what happened, and that she hates them for it.
“But they almost completely ruined our chances of ever knowing what happened to our daughter. And so I hate them for that”
20/20: True Crime Vault: The Accused (Sep 22, 2026) · Listen from 1:21:49
Episodes
True Crime Vault: The Accused20/20 · 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.