After 45 minutes to 1 hour of rigorous CPR and 5 intubation attempts they transported Sarah to the hospital and she was pronounced dead. There were no signs of struggle, no prior history of relationship issues, etc. However, Sarah had not been feeling well the entire day and had a bad headache. She was also known by family and friends to easily fall asleep and had actually fallen asleep in the tub numerous times, even before she met Ryan (as stated by Sarah’s brother). An expert at the trial spoke that in the U.S. every year about 300,000 people under the age of 35 die and that these people’s autopsies do not show any sign of what they died from - a staggering statistic.

Family and friends said the murder charge was a huge mistake. But, Ryan was arrested and sent to jail just 2 days after Sarah’s death. Sarah’s family held off on the funeral and said that it was pending until they could see if they could clear this up for Ryan.

Unfortunately, Ryan’s bail was set at $1,000,000 and he wasn’t able to attend his own wife’s funeral.

This is how the story begins. His trial was originally set for November, but the prosecution, because of their lack of evidence, motive, etc. asked for an extension and his trial was postponed until March. In March, after 8 days of trial he was convicted of murder and sent to prison to serve a 15 year to life sentence. Even though there was not substantial evidence to find him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

Since the trial some of the jurors have come forward to say that they performed “experiments” during their 22 hour deliberations that impacted the outcome of their verdict of “guilty”. The Judge repeatedly during the 8 day trial advised and warned the jury that these experiments were not allowed.

The vast majority of people feel that Ryan was not guilty as shown by many polls on the internet and news sites as well as that the vast majority 82+% think he deserves a new trial.

There is an innocent man sitting in prison right now! Many people and several who don’t know Ryan or his family have stepped up to fight for Ryan’s freedom.

A man, who didn’t have any ties to the Widmer family created a website FreeRyanWidmer.com. This site is the place where a diverse, growing family of passionate people who are working together to support Ryan Widmer and expose the injustice that has happened to him, his family and his wife’s family go and continue to provide support.

This group’s mission is to free Ryan Widmer, an innocent man! He has unfortunately been a living example of how our judicial system doesn’t always work and needs to be revamped.

There isn’t one person who knows Ryan at any point in his life including now that says anything negative about him. He has never been in fights or displayed an angry disposition.

Sarah was the love of his life and he didn’t get a chance to mourn her. He has been in the fight of his life since 2 days after her death.

Please join the cause. Right now there are motions filed for Ryan to get a new trial based on the jury misconduct. We are waiting for the judge’s decision.

There will also be an upcoming airing of Dateline regarding Ryan’s story.