The Brief A new book raises serious questions about the Pinellas County death row case of James Dailey, who was convicted of killing 14-year-old Shelly Boggio in 1985. Author Pamela Colloff asserts that co-defendant Jack Pearcy acted alone in the teenager's murder along Indian Rocks Beach. Key evidence in the case relied on a notorious jailhouse informant whom prosecutors used in dozens of cases. Author Pamela Colloff's new book challenges the conviction of death row prisoner James Dailey, arguing Pinellas County prosecutors relied on an unreliable jailhouse informant for crucial murder evidence. Pinellas County murder caseWhat we know:Shelly Boggio, 14, was beaten and stabbed to death along Indian Rocks Beach on May 5, 1985.