Alex Peebles

One of the suspects in Heidi Allen's 1994 kidnapping was arrested after attacking his long time ex-girlfriend. Roger Breckenridge has a history of violence towards women, and is now facing menacing, harassment, Criminal trespass, attempted criminal mischief, and unlawful imprisonment charges. According to charging documents Breckenridge's victim thought he was going to kill her, and had attempted…

I was sitting at the dinner table with my family when my phone buzzed. It was a text message with a picture of a facebook post by Heidi Allen's sister, Lisa Buske. I saw my name in the first line, I immediately thought she must not have been happy about the voicemail I left her. After reading the post thoroughly, that wasn't the case. The post generated a slew of derogatory comments towards me.…

In this special episode of Peebles for the People I take you behind the scenes to give you a look at the story telling process. In this episode you'll hear never before heard audio of phone calls I made to help better tell Heidi's story. I have to say, I never could have imagined how these calls turned out. I heard baseless accusations, lies, and was confronted with contention in many of these…

This is the final episode of the first season of Peebles for the People. Gary Thibodeau's case was heard by the New York State Court of Appeals. His fight for innocence came to an end in August of 2018. Towards the end of the more than 20 years he spent in prison Gary wrote letters to his defense attorney Lisa Peebles, everyone was signed: "Gary the innocent." His letters were insightful and…

Gary Thibodeau's defense team fought tooth and nail to get his 1995 conviction overturned. Lisa Peebles dredged up details of Michael Bohrer's horrific criminal history, yet prosecutors and Judge King saw no significance in Bohrer kidnapping another woman between the ages of 18 and 21. During Bohrer's testimony he talked about chilling details that no one could ignore. Bohrer admitted he found…

As more information about Heidi Allen's kidnapping came to the surface, a plausible theory about what happened to her started to develop. Could it have been the Thibodeau brothers who kidnapped and killed Heidi for no reason? Or was Heidi targeted by a group of drug dealers, after her identity had been exposed? In 2015, during the evidentiary hearing to determine if Gary Thibodeau should get a…

In this episode of Peebles for the People: Michael Bohrer was the last of the three new suspects to testify at the evidentiary hearing. During his testimony, Bohrer had an emotional breakdown after being asked about Heidi Allen. Gary Thibodeau's defense team believed they had him on the verge of a confession, but Judge King stopped Bohrer's testimony and allowed him to take a break. King went on…

Oswego County District Attorney, Greg Oakes, withheld evidence from Gary Thibodeau's defense team until the eve of the hearing. Oakes admits he should have turned evidence over sooner. His reason for the late disclosure of Brady material was he did not want that information to be leaked to the public, and that is NOT a valid reason under the law. While the DA turned over thousands of pages of…

In January of 2015, Gary Thibodeau and his defense team were ready to fight for the truth in a hearing to determine whether or not his 1995 conviction should be overturned. But even before the hearing began it was clear that the deck was stacked against Thibodeau. Less than 72 hours before the start of the hearing the district attorney, Greg Oakes, dumped a massive amount of material on…

Though police denied it for years, it turned out that Heidi Allen was in fact a confidential drug informant. Then the sheriff's office claimed that even though she was signed up as an undercover agent, she was never provided them with any information. But according to people close to Heidi, that was also false. What is even more concerning is the fact that the Oswego County Sheriff's accidentally…

Tonya Priest came forward and told police that James Steen confessed to her that he and others killed Heidi, and dismembered her body at a cabin in the woods. Police concluded their investigation by saying that Priest was not credible and that there was no cabin in the woods. But Gary Thibodeau's defense team and a reporter had already found a cabin in the woods that seemed to corroborate what…