Charges Dropped Against Man Who Served 21 Years in Prison for Deaths of 2 Michigan Hunters

Jeff Titus speaks at a news conference after learning he will not face a second trial after his double murder conviction was overturned in February 2023. Marie Weidmayer/Kalamazoo Gazette via AP

DETROIT—Prosecutors dropped murder charges Thursday against a man who spent nearly 21 years in prison for the fatal shooting of two Michigan hunters.

Jeff Titus was released in February when authorities acknowledged that critical information in police files about another suspect—an Ohio serial killer—was never shared with his trial lawyer in 2002.